From my experience in the 2nd QCIM which took me almost 3 hrs to finish the 21 km event, I made a promise to myself to finish the same category in the 3rd QCIM in 2 hrs and 30 minutes. So I trained a little harder this time running at least 10 kms a week. Once, my training peaked at more than 14 kms, running 1 hr and 43 min with 2 uphill climb at what they call heartbreak hill inside the UP Diliman Campus. Due to time constraints, I can only run 2x a week but I made sure to log one long run a week. Thinking this was enough to achieve my target, I was wrong. I should have given myself more time to train harder and longer. I finished in 2 hrs and 32 minutes, missing my target by a mere 2 minutes. I ran out of gas upon approaching the 19th km mark and started to feel cramps in spite wearing a high tech compression pants manufactured by ________. So I slowed down and walked and ran and walked and ran again until I reached the finish line, 2 minutes more than my target time. But I achieved something from that training. I beat my previous time by a wide margin and was able to ran straight for more than 2 hrs. That is quite a feat as far as I am concerned.
I don't know if I will still join the 4th QCIM. The 3rd one was quite a disappointment. First, there were not enough water stations even at the finish line where runners must rehydrate. Good thing the weather was good otherwise, I could have fainted due to dehydration. This event really sucked! Sayang talaga binayad ko! KAPAL NG MUKHA NYO MAG INCREASE NG REGISTRATION FEE!
