Beyond medals and finisher shirts, trail running in Cebu offers a deeper connection to the land, local communities, and yourself. Through rugged trails, hunger, thirst, and getting lost along the way, runners discover resilience, purpose, and new versions of themselves—making Cebu a true haven for trail running adventures.
I was already entertaining the thought of DNF. But the concern was just too difficult to dismiss. With every local asking where we began and where we will end, I was reminded how long the journey was—and that I don’t want to do it again. Hence the need to finish no matter what.
If pain weren’t involved, who in the world would ever go to the trouble of taking part in sports, like trail running, which demand such an investment of time and energy? It’s precisely because of the pain, precisely because we want to overcome the pain, that we can get the feeling, through this process, of really being alive—or at least a partial sense of it.
For whatever reason you have found this page, hopefully, you’ll find fulfillment and rewarding experiences upon running trails and marathons. If you’re planning to tick that goal of running a marathon this 2023, here’s a quick rundown of the running events in the Philippines.
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