Fit + Academy classmate Hazel asked me to join as the biker of an all female relay team a few moths ago for this years 5i50 race. Without having second thoughts, I said yes cause I will be at the event anyway to support my husband who’s doing the full course and Bea doing the swim for Fit + Academy in the all female division. So, this will just be another training day for me.
However, this post will not focus on how my race went. Well I finished it safely and faster than my expected time, just that to keep my description brief. But let me share with you photos taken by Angelo Baretto that I have requested so that those familiar and not with the field of triathlon and the Century Tuna 5i50 event will be inspired to try or go further his limits.
Age groupers try the swim route the day before the race.
Can you see the varied emotions on their faces?
1.5 kilometer swim seemed to be too long!
No turning back or else how will one get to T1?
Need I say more about the bike course?
Though tough triathlon maybe, anyone can give it a try, from a very respectable
handicap, to someone as fit as Mr. Wilfred Uytengsu… Triathlon is for any size…
big or small…
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people of varied ages from all walks of life…
One may not be as fast as elite athlete Luke Mckenzie …
nor female champion Belinda Granger…
but bruised these triathletes maybe, they are ready
to smile on the course
take opportunity of each photo op…
to let everyone know that they are thumbs up for what they do…
to give it a GO on every step, every kilometer, every mile
though breathless often times they maybe…
but beyond the pain, these athletes do not forget that
triathlon should be fun!
especially when they have conquered
most of the race course
cheering all the way to one destination…
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Pinay Ironmom is a typical mom who wakes up before 6 am to prepare my 3 children for school. After this, I make my husband coffee, similar to the Nescafe commercial on TV of a couple's typical morning. Work is normally a tour of Northern or Southern Luzon to inspect projects we are building, checking quality of designs or preparation of presentations to prospective clients. My schedule is flexible luckily, I can squeeze in hearty lunches with my favorite lunchmate and training early in the afternoon or right after business hours. Weekends are bike days on Saturdays at MOA or Daang Reyna and Sunday is my me time - my long run day. Oh warm ups and stretchings are trips to the grocery, cool down is hearing mass and giving thanks to God for a wonderful week. This is ME :)
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