Run Unlimited's Run For The Mangroves

How did your Condura Skyway Marathon go? There are 101 ways to do it. Here's how I did it.

• Parked at the same place as from last year. 
• Ran the whole route mostly alone, and just like the other year I felt sleepy. Maybe bored.
• Did not broke my PR of six rosaries, made just two.
• Did 51x400m loops around the Amoranto oval two days before the race.
• Just got a lucky pass from a friend who cannot run for some reason.
• Did not register on time. Expensive? Maybe?
• Did not prepare for this race except for some running routines that I mostly do, short intervals on weekdays and long runs on sundays.
• Had a body massage after the race. Last year I did not.
• Walked all the water stations, same strategy. 
• Chased Cio from km00 and reached him in km07. Last year it was in km10.
• Started easy and gained speed after km05.
• Entered two porta johns to pee. Did not queue unlike last year that I had to do it at the back of one unit.
• Gorged on two bananas.
• Looked for a free gel but there was none unlike last year. What happened?
• The cornetto at the village was a relief.
• Had my photo taken at the village. No photo shoot last year.
• Unlike last year, I loitered at the village for a while before going home.
• Ran together with some bdm160 finishers same as last year.
• Did not see the video copter hovering around.
• Finished in the 30's from the gun time, not the chip time. Akala mo ang bilis.
• Planned of going easy but after reaching km05 in 26mins made me think otherwise.
• Indulged into the waiting 100plus at three or four aid stations just to balance my electrolytes eventhough I am not a fan of those. Gimme a gatorade or powerade please. Namimili pa.
• Greeted every marshall, awake or not.
• Requested for a coffee at one water station, same as last year. Brewed or not, pwede na.
• Gained a friend by running together even for a while. Last year was from Iloilo, this time from Lucena. Both begged-off and let me go ahead, mga pagod na eh!
• Managed to post a status to fb after getting home.
• Wore my new kinvara3 during the race. Awesome!
• Went to a tire center to replace my busted tire in the afternoon before the race while I should be staying horizontally at home. Tigas ng ulo.
• Just got two hours of sleep in the afternoon before the race. Tumambay na sa parking until guntime.
• Ate spaghetti before the race. Apple after the race.
• Smiled at every photographer along the course but until now there are no photos of me in the web. Whew!
• Witnessed the triumph of two marathon newbies. Congrats Jac and Luis, job well done.
• It took me less than 4 hours to finish the race while it took me just 30 minutes to drive home from Alabang to QC. 'Yun ang mabilis.
• Had a good 5km recovery run two days after the race and an intense 10km intervals a day after the recovery.
• I do hope you are all recovered now, and had your experience written down. See you again at the starting line. 
• Special mention (thank you) goes to Jay Gaite for the free race kit. Thank you Jay, sub-four ka na, wohoo!