So you're a newbie. You more or less run 3-4 times a week, have your fair share of weekend races.You suddenly have a delusion of grandeur attack and then all of a sudden you find yourself signed on to run an insane distance. 50k to be precise. That's like Manila to Tagaytay. Friends, family, and officemates think you're absolutely nuts. The requisite "but its only 50k, some of my friends are running 100k" line is met with sheer incredulousness.
So you're a newbie. You're entering uncharted territory. How do you finish the Botak 50k with no prior experience? Here are some possibilities.
1. Bribe the Botak people with foodies and gingerbreads to give you a free pass, with your name suddenly appearing on the finisher's list, freebies and photo-ops delivered to your front door. Okay maybe not. Better option - bribe 100k ultramen Pat and Dennis with foodies or maybe girlies to pace you to victory.
2. Ride a Segway at 3am when no one's looking and everyone's half asleep. Get more Segways so that Rod and Timmy the Kenkoy Runner could ride along with you, their jokes would take away the pain of running 7 hours.
3. Have Sam the Running Ninja utilize his powers and teleport you 40k down the course.
4. Ask the help of The Collective for a one-time shot at their alien, time-bending powers so that they could transport you 7 hours to the future, the glory of winning without breaking a sweat.
5. Bribe Tito Caloy with Emperador so that he would drive your support car for 7 hours in the wee hours of the morning, taking away from his, um, inuman time.
6. Get some tips from Rico on how to complete the race By Sheer Will.
7. Wear a Phiten titatanium necklace so you can imagine that you have something that actually helps you run better.
8. Record the voice of Coach Pojie and SF Runner Wayne giving inspirational advice and motivational sound bites. Push! Push! Go you lazy Gingerbread! Only 49k to go!
9. Get Doc Iris to give you a thorough eye exam so you could see well in the wee hours of the morning and won't fall into a ditch. Or get run over in Commonwealth.
10. Follow two simple words of advice uttered by local running legend Bald Runner -
DON'T QUIT.
Good luck to everyone running the Botak Ultra! :) Break a leg! Okay that didn't sound good.
luis, i'm okay with the segway ride. that will be my chariot and i'll wear a gladiator costume. i'll be the sweeper. i'll bring my whip just to be sure that everybody will finish the race. *whapakkkk*
Hahaha lol Rod I can just imagine. Doc SHerwin may be mortified :P
Nice, Luis! Very Nice...you amaze me in so many ways! :) LOL
Hey Luis,
Great new layout! makes me want to move to blogger too!
Great post, are you running the ultra marathon this weekend. too bad the other races were moved, I was really excited to run the 10miler.
Luis, haven't you heard? "Races are not won by sheer will alone, but also by the grace of God"...so start praying!
Good luck on your ultra. Would have wanted to run this too if only I had no marathon to worry about the following week. Run a bit slower ok. No need to rush :-)
Thanks coach! Glad you liked it hehehe. Let's talk about those motivational podcasts next time hahaha :)
Hey Gerard! Thanks, appreciate the feedback. Hopefully I could work out the kinks by the end of the week. Yup am running the 50k. I'm on pins and needles hehe. Yeah the cancellations suck, stupid H1n1! Good luck for your upcoming races though!
Thanks Boss Rix, for all the undying support and encouragement :) I promise to run slower, muuch much slower :) But then again.... *evil laugh* hehehhe :)
Luis,
Forget phiten necklace, pray nlang hehehehhe
Hahahaha Lol Sam, prayer is a good option! Will keep that in mind :)
Cool tips. As a newbie, I think il try that teleport thing. Bend the time/space continuum, create a black hole then warp myself through it and vam!
hehe, forget about the segway. bihira yun dito e. 20 bucks and a fairview bound jeep would do the trick. tapos tambay muna sa SM bago bumalik. para hindi halata. haha
Lol Don thanks for dropping by :) Yeah , teleporting is a cool thing :) Now all we need to do is contact The Collective :)
Hey Wilson! Ang tanong.... may fairview bound jeep ba at 3 am? LOL L:) Thanks for dropping by bro.
good luck luis.enjoy the ritual and welcome to the ultra world.remember that ultramen can do it for hours and longer!
jonel
Thank you very much for dropping by Sir Jonel! I will attempt to steel myself for the travails to come. Get well soon boss, would have been great to have run a couple of miles with you. Take it easy!
This is nice :) Good luck and God Bless on your 50k.
Hey Ria! You're back! Seems you've been out for a while :) Actually, am not running the 50k anymore. Send out a prayer for us :) Take it easy! Glad you liked it hehe.
man, i'm glad you're still alive and well, and hadn't fallen into that gaping ditch! :P maybe i should leave my number and clinic schedule here...10% discount on full eye exam for ultra marathoners...additional 10% off if you're a takbo.ph member :P bwahahaha!! seriously, though...that ditch...tsk tsk tsk...really...better get your eyes checked...(oh and about getting run over at commonwealth...maybe it's the drivers' eyes i need to check...no discounts, though) :P
by the way...baka hindi lang whip ang dala ni rod...malamang may handcuffs pa yan...kinky! bwahahaah!! :P
Haha nice Doc Iris, maybe I should get obe myself may discount pala eh! :) Hehe yikes kinky! lol :)