bdm160 dreaming
i stopped running. the term ‘life gets in the way of running’ (aka ‘i’m too lazy’) can sum it all up.
i have not joined any race since i dnf(ed) tnf after the first 67k loop. t’was a long kiss goodnight and an REM of the BDM160 woke me up from the long slumber. it’s time to ‘hit the road, jack!’. and i did. it started with the fat ass 24-hour run.my longest run before fat ass was just a menial 25k backed up by some backstreet/treadmill 10ks. but i still managed to run enough loops to gain confidence in joining BDM160. i guess i didn’t need more practice. the presence of the old folks (bdm classmates) jumpstarted my leg muscle memory (if there is such). fat ass was a good ‘cramming-your-way-to-160k’ prep. thanks to don-jon-(son). ‘pasimuno’ like you are much needed by the ultrarunning community.
for the weeks to come, i don’t know what to do but to run as much as i can until two weeks before the race day. pig out and get ready to rumble.
i’ll try this gameplan for the race:
- 30k run fast – i cannot run any faster later on the race and it’s a good investment miles
- 20k run slow – recovery miles
- 30k jog – sunbathing miles
- 90k run-walk-run (walk-run-walk…a more correct way of putting it) – patience, patience, patience for my support crew
i don’t know how will this measure up to Rockstar Gene Olvis. I am sure i’ll be ditching the gameplan above during the race, the moment i start eating his dust and just run with all my guts (aka ‘bahala-na-si-batman’)
i have no intention of winning, but my objectives for the race are (in particular order)
- to beat Gene (just to clarify..he’s a good man and a great runner..just using him as a motivation)
- to finish below 22 hours
- just gaddam finish before cutoff
maybe i’m still dreaming. sleep running!?! paying 5k surely would wake me up…(it’s the last day to pay..lazy boy!)
chased by fatassers (wish!...photo from someone)
