An Open Letter to BDM160 warriors
Dear BDM160 warriors,
Yesterday we have witnessed first hand how you and your comrades fought fatigue and braved the weather. You ran along highways with minimal assistance, equipped with sheer will and determination.
Watching you and listen to your battles gave me a higher regard to the running community, to the sport and to you as individuals. This is a personal journey, your personal dream of finishing only a handful of individuals can. Only a few would understand this idiosyncrasy and would brush it as nonsense.
Your brotherhood defines no religion, no teams, no political alliance. You are a modern cartoon hero: a working individual in the morning, a running addict at night. You don’t belong to the metro but you definitely stand out from the new bloods.
We are fortunate to support one of your brothers and I am very proud to stand by him as one of his support crew. Yesterday was a test of patience and human spirit. It was Ronnel’s first DNF but to declare as such made it more admirable and humbling.
Thank you for helping a brother in need. Thank you Sir Melvin for personally attending to Ronnel. Thank you Madol and Sam for being soldiers when needed. Thank you Sir Jonel for giving a sound advice. Thank you to all who asked how is he, he will be back on 102 and will do a take 2 next year for that silver buckle. Sir Jovie, you have a strong army behind you and it is so admirable.
You are all special idiots and I totally respect that. To all support crew believing in the dreams of these warriors, my respect goes to you as well for sticking around and supporting them all the way.
Running an ultra is not an easy sport. Amen to that.
Cheers to running!
Running Free Manila
Posted on January 29, 2012, in Mission Marathon and tagged Bald Runner, BDM160, running. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Nice post rfm. Hope kampuger is doing ok.
Nai-log ba lahat ng liquid/food intake ni coach? At mga nararamdaman nya along the way? We could learn a lot from this. Its a good decision not to continue lalo n when things are getting out of hand. Salute to you coach Kampuger for your courage! Congrats to you and your crew!
Yep. Really a lot to learn from this experience and certainly we will approach it in a different strategy next time. Coach Kampuger needs a deserved rest and recovery, he will be having a check up para he’ll know more how to avoid what happened last time. Thanks.
*hugs*