Had my first Men's Health urbanathlon today. It was fun and something new for our team since it is a 5km run but with obstacles. i was hesitant at first to join since i saw old pics of urbanathlon. I got scared at first but the more adventurous side of me rose up to the new challenge.
here are the details from the registration:
November 22, 2009
5:00 a.m.
McKinley Hill, Taguig City
(behind McKinley Information Center)
Registration fee is P450 inclusive of the ff:
1. race kit
2. MH Urbanathlon Finisher shirt (for finishers)
3. Free breakfast at the festival
4. Free MH November 2009 issue . The November issue contains MH Urbanathlon training program that’s sure to bring out the Urbanathlete in you!
early dawn
For every marathon, there's an ultimate sacrifice. That is waking up very early in the morning. imagine waking up at 2:30 am. Just to get in the venue, have your warm up exercise and look for the place. That is after a night of partying or staying up late.
more pictures of the activity:
warm up exercises
hurdles
uphill/ assault
preparing for the weaver
sa ilalim na lang kame..
water and gatorade station
vertical climb (5 storey building)
up, up and away!
@ McKinley Hill
bananas provided at water stations
the crawl
the wall
congrats team maxim!
celebrity sighting
The Run:
Fort his run, there were just a few participants. unlike the other races. Might be because of the registration fee. This is my first run with obstacles, i had a lot of expectations for this run. i thought there was a 16 storey building, 30 hurdles and the weaver. I guess they downgraded due to safety reasons. the venue had a lot of portalets which is good. Also, goo d setup of drinking stations. All cups filled with cold water adn gatorade. banans are also given. Finisher shirts were good too. too bad for those who had not claimed, bigger than their size. I do hope, there be more loot bags the next time. It was not enough for evrybody. We lined up on this booth, only to find out, there was not enough for everybody. All that time for nothing. We could just haev taken our pics instead. It will be a lot of more fun if there was an entertainment. ntil the next urbanathlon!
