he who suffers, remembers.
let me thank all of you guys who were kind enough to post comments in my previous post(a good hurt).
i won’t be able thank you enough for all your words of encouragement and upliftment during my low times.
while i try to move on and pile up some kilometers again, the dnf at tnf, both firsts for me, has not deterred me a bit from pursuing this one passion that i have had for past a year now.
honestly,the failure ,at first, was like a ghost that haunted me ceaselessly but i have learned to live by it and leave it by the wayside and just go on with my day as normal as can be.the memories will surely remain forever and i can only learn from the failure.it has left me hungry.
i shall move on but i think that the best option is to run forward and take it all the way to where it matters the most.
again,thank you guys and may the good lord bless you all.
May 29, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Ramps, a.k.a. stair climbing, up and down, one hour at a time. Won’t make you faster or stronger, but will make you get used to the pain and discomfort until your mind is tricked into thinking it’s the normal human condition.
May 29, 2009 at 4:15 pm
you could do that, or just have a drink. that can play tricks on you, too…party on!
May 30, 2009 at 5:56 am
Nah, that’s a short-term fix. You’d sober up to reality the morning after
May 29, 2009 at 4:34 pm
relax ka lang..rest & recover and go back to the “basics” again. good luck!
May 29, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Jonel, a DNF is something that I’ve found to be the best thing for a runner. It’s happened to me four times in 41 years of running (last one was LA Marathon in 2008). Every time, it made me more determined than before. Sir Jovie said it right on the dot when one goes back to the basics again.
Definitely, TNF was an experience for all of you, as well as the spectators and the race officials. Just the fact that all of you took part despite the reports of a tornado and an earthquake was amazing enough. Kudos to all of you. Please take care.
May 30, 2009 at 2:19 am
HC Jonel,
as the saying goes, “face your fears, live your dreams”
see you on the road…
May 30, 2009 at 2:24 am
Jonel,
Do you remember this song by Sly Fox?
Sitting with the thinker
Trying to work it out
It’s a traffic jam of the brain
Makes you want to scream and shout
Let’s go all the way
Let’s go all the way
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Let’s go all the way
We can make a better way
Let’s go all the way
Go all the way
Let’s go all the way, yeah
May 30, 2009 at 5:56 am
papy,
in life, the more important thing is not to how to avoid stumbling but rather how you would get up and would keep on getting up if ever you stumble over and over. syempre kpag nadapa tayo, tayo lang and takbo ulit, kapag nadapa ulilt, tayo lang ulit takbo ulit….paulit ulit lang na cycle yun pagpag-pagpag lang tapos fight na naman. ang masama kung madapa tayo and hindi na tayo tumayo at humiga na lang at umiyak. hehehe. ikaw pa! bounce back strong papy! nape-predict ko na, sub-4 milo. support lang ako sa inyo!
May 30, 2009 at 8:08 am
Hey, we got to do some homeworks. We are 00h11m01s short for the milo elims. Lace it on.
May 30, 2009 at 9:55 am
As stated in that Adidas campaign from a while back, it’s not how many times you fall, it’s how many times you get back up. It amazes me how a premiere ultra runner such as yourself could unabashedly share your inner tribulations with the rest of us running denizens. For that sir you earn my undying respect. Good luck to all your upcoming races, specially Milo qualifying
Regards,
Luis
http://gingerbreadrunning.blogspot.com/
June 1, 2009 at 6:04 am
tiyo paeng…sa june 12 sumama ka sa 24-hour endurance walk ko… o di ba basic to. tapos 24-hour run naman next time pag kulang pa rin. kung kulang pa ulet i-multi-day run na natin…3 days na 100km. kailan na nga ba yun manila to baguio? simulan na yun….
June 2, 2009 at 1:39 am
milo… milo… milo…
June 8, 2009 at 7:10 am
Some days we pull them strings like a piece of cake, some days we end up with blank stares on our faces trying to figure out what went wrong but we live to run another day and at the back our mind this is not going to happen again.
But then bottomline is the basic battle plan: nutrition, rest and training or better still nutrition, rest, training, training and training.
We wonder at why tata ed was ahead of the previous tnf leaders and finish on top after having done that in bataan. Well he runs 8 hours day at a pace you would never think could win you a decent 10k then does his secret speed run on certain days.
We’re getting there sooner or later, maybe when we’re 50 or maybe over. But we’re getting there!
Next year is another great year to run BDM102 and TNF100. Or should i say bring it on!