- Obviously not a Philippine Marathon, although marathons here do tendto attact even foreingers ;) -
Why?
It's exciting and fun! There are some drawback however, if one of you two are not physically fit then you might get seperated during the run. There are plenty of advantages however, 1 is that both of you will experience a certain high after completion of the race, pleasure hopefully, that might be extremely pleasing. 2nd, it definitely removes the jitters of first dates since you won't have the energy to feel nervous anymore. Third, it gives a great sensation to be doing something physical and at the same time mental.
There are 5k, 10k, 16k and 42k marathons.
How much?
150-250 pesos
Where and when?
For complete information about marathons here in Manila visit: http://thebullrunner.com/
Or you can also go to http://www.marathonguide.com/races/search.cfm
What do after ?
- EAT! EAT! EAT! Someof the Marathons are held along Manila Bay, which is close to Mall of Asia. Marathons are always held early in the morning, and you usually have to skip breakfast and eat a light snack (recommended: 2 bananas) so both of you might be hungry.
- If you aren't hungry, propose a nice movie, if cinemas are open already, the comfy chairs and the cool aircon might make a happy ending :)
- Grab some coffee! or something cold! depends really
Tips:
Before running your first marathon, you might wanna consider searching on google some tips, or read some of these:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/assets/pdf/U027756510.PDF
http://www.halhigdon.com/Articles/tips.htm
http://www.valleyofthegeeks.com/About/Marathon.html
From experience:
- Wear good running shoes
- Stay on a slow and steady pace
- Carry music if you must
- Don't drink too much water before and during the race
- Walk never stop
- Focus on the next step, not the next mile
- Try to set a goal-person to catch up to
- Eat bananas before the race, around 2
- Wake up early for warmup and stretching (particularly the ankle and the hamstrings)
- Take pictures and smile after! :)
2 comments:
You might also want to join The 2008 Clark Freeport International Marathon slated on January 13, 2008 at Clark Field, Pampanga, Philippines.
You can choose from 5K, 10K and 42K runs and you may register online.
Check out http://clarkmarathon.com for more info.
Yup thanks for the comment, I will be joining that, we've been joining the recent marathons like yakult and the 101.1 run for life. :) I think UP ictus is also slated for that day!
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