Last April 30, 2011, I was one of the 50km trail race crazy’ participants of TNF100 in Camsur. The craziness didn’t stop there, as it was a decision not planned, nor a choice. The initial plan was to register for 21km just to experience trail running in Camsur while our friends Chinky Tan and Ronnie and Elma Gabriana would do 50km. These 3 have done quite a few 50km trails so another 50km wouldn’t shock their nerves.
Thought everything was set smoothly until one morning while having breakfast buffet with my friends, Berns Tan teasingly popped the question which turned out be a statement, “bakit hindi na lang tayo mag 50km?/! ”. Since I assumed it was a joke, continued savoring the food but was stunned with the positive reaction of Candy Lee and Charit Agana. The two were supposed to be my allied in dreading trail runs, so what happened? Simple: both just wanted to try doing an ultra trail race, that’s just it. What’s left of me then is history. Berns, Candy, Charit, Fiona, Reylynne and I registered for 50km while Chinky, Ronnie and Elma upgraded to 100km.
Reylynne could have zoom fast me as she was physically capable to do such, but opted to hang on all through out the 15 ++ hours. Below is the link of Reylynne’s blog featuring my struggle in conquering one of my greatest fears : fear of the trail!!
http://runvocate.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-am-not-elite-nor-pro-nor-above.html
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