BERTHS in the Philippine team bound for the Asian championships will be at stake in the Philippine National Duathlon Championships 2013 set on December 1 at the Subic Bay Freeport.
World Duathlon Championship 2013 veteran Mirasol Abad and the top duathlete Robeno Javier banner the tough field in the race to be run in the same challenging, technical course in Subic that was used for last year's Asian Duathlon Championship.
Expected to crowd Javier in the race for top honors are the other RP team mainstays that include seasoned internationalists Carlo Pedregosa, Jimmuel Patilan and Bigboy Robinson Javier.
In the distaff side, Mary Pauline Fornea is expected to hound Abad throughout the standard 10-kilometer run/40-km bike/5-km run grind.
Also expected to go all out to dish out fine performances are triathletes John Chicano, Nikko Huelgas and Justine Chiongbian along with up and coming duathletes Joey Delos Reyes, Jeric Buhian and Baltazar Valencia.
Philippine Olympic Committee chair Tom Carrasco, president of the organizing Triathlon Association of the Philippines, said: “We will send a strong team to the 2014 Asian Duathlon Championship in Sri Lanka that is capable of bringing back the crown to the country after 10 years.”
Ryan Mendoza of the Philippine Air Force clinched the men’s title when the country hosted the continental championship at the Clark Special Economic Zone in 2004. Mendoza followed up his feat with another gold-medal showing at the duathlon’s debut in the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Pattaya, Thailand.
They Said It!
“We will send a strong team to the 2014 Asian Duathlon Championship in Sri Lanka that is capable of bringing back the crown to the country after 10 years." - Philippine Olympic Committee chairman Tom Carrasco
The Junior participants (16-19 years-old) and age-groupers aged 16 and above will take a stab at the sprint distance course of 5-km run/20-km bike/2.5-km run.
A 2.5-km run/12-km bike/2.5-km run course for the Youth Mini-Sprint category is also on tap. Remy Field will be the transition area while post-race activities will be held at the nearby Subic gymnasium.
Entry forms may be downloaded at www.triathlon.org.ph. The TRAP office at the Philsports Complex, Pasig City, at BIKE KING store c/o Raul Cuevas at Bonifacio High Street and SPEEDO Concept Stores (Alabang Town Center, SM Megamall, The Podium, Glorietta 4 and Bonifacio High Street) are the registration centers.
Currently, entry fees for standard distance is P2,000 and P1,500 for Sprint and Mini-Sprint. Effective November 1, rates will appreciate to P2,500 (Standard) and P2,000 (Sprint/Mini).
TRAP-registered athletes can avail themselves of 10% discount while students and senior citizens are entitled to 20% discount.
Inquiries may be directed to TRAP at tel. nos. 399-6598, 710-8259 and email addresses: info@triathlon.org.ph and rreyes_upm@yahoo.com.
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