And Sometimes You Get More Than What You Bargained For

Finally crossing the finish line

E.T. Full Moon Midnight Marathon, 1/2, 10K & 51K

Running under the luminous moonlight...

Watching four shooting stars...

Witnessing a glorious sunrise...

51 kms of toiling of Route 51's pavements and 7 hours of huffing and puffing, of running and walking--those basically sum up this experience together with the three best things I listed up there. Though not a really big event, almost a thousand active bodies from the states of Nevada and Utah and other states jumped in to join the fun. 

We were blessed with a good weather, a clear sky and some cool breeze. It felt like running under a 3d canvass with the horizon of a full moon and twirling stars--and glowees made in China brought in some of that psychedelic whatnot. 

My dad drove me here to get this pic

I joined this race two years ago when I was just starting out running. It is my first race outside the Philippines and I was excited running with longer limbed runners. I think it was my second pikermi. But as luck would have put it, I felt some intense pain that prevented me from doing a full throttle and had my worst half-marathon performance ever. 

This time around I did the longest distance-51 kms. I thought I still had it after almost a month of inactivity. I only had a couple of short runs and a 21km prior to this event. I was thinking of finishing in less than 6 hours but covered all 32 miles past 7 hours.

Breaking dawn

And sometimes you have to look at the bright side. I have not been a morning person for some time now ever since I left my job. But when the dawn broke, the velvet horizon shifted to a spectrum of amber and turquoise and after some time, it all felt good sans the sore legs. 

Kudos to the organizers and the volunteers for a great job.

Event: E.T. Full Moon Midnight Marathon, 1/2, 10K & 51K

Location: Rachel, Nevada

Date: August 4th 2012