Run, walk, climb, crawl, jump, slide—you’d experience it all at the Men’s Health Urbanathlon obstacle race held last September 29.
In 2010, I signed up for a 10K race (courtesy of Men’s Health). Before reaching the finish line, runners had to climb up, slide and jump over an eight-foot wall, which was the last obstacle to tackle. For someone (like me) who had not experienced such obstacle before, the wall was more than a challenge as it would require a considerable upper body strength, a good grip of the rope and a good balance as well. It was my first obstacle race and I had a great time and enjoyed myself.
This year, instead of doing the 21K race, I decided to run the 5K distance only (courtesy of Men’s Health). No pressure. No worries about what time to finish. Just wanted to have fun. That’s all.
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| Running the tires obstacle course (Photo courtesy of Que) |
I missed to start with our wave as I was late. But nothing to worry about since I wore a timing chip. Anyhow, what happened next was .. run … then crawl a net over a bus … too afraid … opted to skip … run … climb and jump over a two-level container van (with the help of the marshals) … run … do the tire obstacle… run … climb a rope? … no, no, opted to skip … run .. crawl through a maze (this is easy!) … run again … do the monkey bars? (oh, no) … can’t reach its height … opted to skip… run … run … run … then there’s the (dreaded) wall … opted to skip… finish.
My finisher’s shirt should have the RUN, CRAWL, JUMP, [SKIP], PENALTY, CLIMB, [SKIP], PENALTY, SLIDE, FINISH written on it. Ha! Ha! Ha! Overall, it was a great 5K run! I enjoyed it a lot!
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| Happy to see fellow runner bloggers Kamote Runner, Running Free Manila, Wilbert, yours truly, Que of Takbo.ph and Run Unlimited (Photo courtesy of B and Que) |
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| As an instant sales person helping Que (right) sell Takbo.ph shirts and singlets at the Media tent with Summit Media ladies |
Related links:
Men’s Health Urbanathlon 2013 Press Release
Men’s Health Urbanathlon 2012 Press Release
Running Diva PH 