By BEVERLY C. PAOYON
GUMASA, Glan (May 17, 2014) – Triathletes flocked to #sarbayfest2014 to test their true grit with the 51.5-km. semi sandy hilly track, a design organizers described as “new challenge.”
While it is common for triathlons to be raced in flat roads, #sarbayfest2014’s swim-bike-run (SBR) was a bit more daring following the rough and hilly road system of Glan.
The run, event organizer Allan de Lima described, was a “river-run like race” because of the timely high tide.
Players had their sprint and Olympic run exactly at 6:30 in the morning in the beach line of historic Sarangani Bay, the venue of the biggest beach party in the Philippines every summer.
De Lima said they purposely followed the difficult trail design as Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon is also pushing Sarangani as a “tourism adventure” destination. “We put some variety of local play works here,” De Lima said.
The bike was a 10-km out and 10-km back race going to barangay Baliton of Glan from Gumasa.
“It’s a bit of an uphill bike,” de Lima said. He said #sarbayfest2014’s route is more challenging than Subic’s.
Twenty-four year old Peter Villocino from Davao City was the champion of the 51.5km triathlon while Junito Mahinay, 20, from Tagum, and Jimboy Limburan, 18, from General Santos City ranked 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Among the 144 athletes who joined this triathlon is elite player Miguel Antonio Lopez who was named “Best Coach of the Year” during the 3rd Annual SBR Awards and did the latest North Face Ultra Trail from Baguio to Benguet who ranked 12th out of around 300 athletes.
The youngest #sarbayfest2014 triathlete is Keyson Galeos, 16, and the oldest is Boy Villar, 64, famously known as “Boy Powers” who biked from Davao City to CamSur during the half ironman triathlon in Camarines Sur. Live web updates powered by SMART. (Beverly C. Paoyon/SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)
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