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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
