To Condura or not to Condura? That was the question that kept nagging at me a couple of weeks back. After much soul-searching and for lack of anything better to do at 5:00 a.m. on February 6, I decided to afflict myself with the Condura Skyway Marathon fever by signing up for the 16k event. For those of you who read my last article, I hereby confirm that, yes, I swallowed my pride. 
C is for Consiglieri, it's good enough for me.
Why 16k? Hmmm, lemme see. Here are my top 10 answers.
- I am not blessed with fast-twitch muscles. Moreover, my 37 year-old knees might not appreciate being subjected to high impact forces over 3 km. Better reserve such runs for the track. Logic dictates that I stay away from short runs like the 3k.
- Spending almost a thousand bucks to run for 20 minutes didn’t seem like a good investment. I wouldn’t even be able to partake of any of the sports drinks that would surely fill the hydration stations. OK, I admit. I’m such a cheapskate. So 5k was out of the question.
- I want a new PR. The Condura 10k route has to go through two steep ramps – first, the access ramp leading to the Skyway then, second, the Buendia flyover. Not exactly a PR-friendly race route.
- I ran out of slots for the 21k. While special delivery slots were subsequently made available, I could not get myself to pay an extra couple of hundred bucks for something that foresight on the part of the organizers could have prevented. Again, I’m a cheapskate.
- Got so turned off by this comment:
Duh???
- I sort of slacked off in my 21k training after I found out that the regular slots had been filled. Was not too confident that I’d be able to make up for it in a short span of time. Like I said in a previous post, nothing but a 1:45 will exorcise my 21k demons.
- Ran out of slots for the FM
- Wouldn’t have run the FM anyway.
- This will be my first time to race a 16k or 10-miler. It’s nice to try new things every now and then.
- Since it’s my first 16k race, whatever my time will be, for sure it’s going to be a PR.
See you at the starting line.
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February 5, 2011 at 4:47 pm |
GOOD decision.
Have a strong and safe run, man!
February 5, 2011 at 9:50 pm |
THanks Julius! Same to you, man!
February 5, 2011 at 5:06 pm |
Good for you brah. Re your fast-twitch endowment, that’s debatable.
February 5, 2011 at 9:51 pm |
No debate as to the age of my knees though.
February 5, 2011 at 10:04 pm
My knees are even older.
February 5, 2011 at 8:51 pm |
You’re probably in the thick of it right now. Hope you’re having (a bit of) fun!
February 5, 2011 at 8:53 pm |
Oops, got my time zones wrong. Hope you’re having a good night’s rest. Kick some butt tomorrow!
February 5, 2011 at 9:29 pm |
You’re the one in the “thick” of it–snow.
February 5, 2011 at 9:52 pm |
THanks Kuya!
February 5, 2011 at 9:35 pm |
BTW, what’s so special about dolphins? I don’t get it. Why not run for urchins? You know, street urchins.
February 5, 2011 at 9:54 pm |
And to think that only about 5% of the reg fee will go the dolphins. If they were really serious about the cause, it should have been at least 30%.
February 5, 2011 at 10:05 pm
“Business” as usual? Haha..
February 17, 2011 at 3:19 pm |
i love it