The adventure race was held in Wawa Dam, Montalban last April 17, 2010. The categories for the race include: 3k, 5k and 15k. The race was full of adventures even before the actual race. The registration was limited to 500 participants per category that I heard some registrants cramming to register at the closing day of registration to Merrell branches all over the metro. Another adventure on our group is navigating our way to the venue. Allen, Christian, Tin and I decided to ride with Beep Beep going to the venue but all of us were from the South. The venue was new to us, gladly enough we had backup contacts – Mond / Ross who helped us our way to the venue. (Thanks Mond, Thanks Ross J)
The gunstart for the race was at 6:00am, we arrived 30 minutes earlier that gave us time to prepare ourselves for the trail adventures of the day.
The goal for the day was to run easy and run safely to avoid getting injured for I had another race (21km) the following day. Soon as the race started, we found ourselves almost crawling for the uphills on the first few kilometers of the race. Well, except for the elite runners who looked very comfortable with the trails. J
After looping back from the uphill, we found ourselves an adventure in the forest. The narrow trail makes it more challenging going further inside the forest. Rocky dried creeks, steep slopes and forest fires served as witnesses for the adventure race.
Traces of forest fires…
Upon going down from the forest, we found ourselves running along the trails near the river, crossing the river at some points of the race towards the next loop point.
What adds to the challenge is the difficulty in running on the sandy part of the trail.
And we finally conquered the Adventure Race. At finish time of about 2:16:xx hours, not bad for an easy pace enough to beat the cut off at 2:45:00 hours.
Sa lahat ng oras sila ay Masaya
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WARNING: Excessive adventure running is dangerous to your (mental) health!!!
(Don’t try this at home.)
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3 comments:
nice post! good pictures!..nakita ko kayo sa race,i did the 5K run, and naaliw ako sa inyo,hehehe. Si coach wilnar lang ang kilala ko at nabati, hehe.. Congrats po! ^-^
hey jai!
sayang, wasn't able to meet up with you guys after the race. See ya next time! (btw.. adding your blog to my roll)
@Juvy, Congrats to ur 5k race..
@Maridol, see you too sa mga races in the future. thanks for adding me to your blog roll.. :-)
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