I rushed to Alabang to facilitate the SuperKids Squad’s annual Halloween Triathlon– it was supposed to be last weekend but because of inclement weather we had to postpone it. I didn’t want the kid’s costumes and goodies to go to waste! Oh, plus of course their training too 🙂
A photographer from Smile Magazine even came to take their pictures. The kids had so much fun, the coaches had so much fun– what a great way to cap the weekend!!!
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I woke up at 3 to make sure I made it before the swim start of the White Rock Triathlon in Zambales. David, Tyrone, and Paolo had been training for this race and needed moral support. My friends and former teammates George and Noel were topseeds too. I was confident that they would do well but I guess I was too excited for them not to be there and see it for myself.
Patricia, Honey, and Ginny along with Aldrin, Sophia, Eric, Tupe, Rex, and Aris completed the support crew. As expected they were amazing (whew!) and happy smiles were exchanged as they crossed the finish lines with PBs.
George and Noel were 1st and 2nd in the men’s race and Amanda, Fiona, and Laarni were the podium placers in the women’s race.
Congratulations everyone!!!
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Tour Of Matabungkay Team Time Trial – Batangas, Oct 24 2009
There are some races which are fun, some which are painful, some which are tough and lonely, and then there is the Team Time Trial. Which I ABSOLUTELY LOVE. Maybe because I love time trialing per se. Or because I love when we all look so professional and slick in our matching cycling kits. And then there are my female teammates. Who Absolutely, Positively, ROCK. I just love being part of this relatively new all girls cycling team and am really proud of what we have done in so little time. We were the first women’s team to cross the line!
Special thanks to Doray for putting it all together the past few weeks, my work as captain was much easier on race day (all I had to do was keep shouting at them, and trust me after coaching for years this comes quite naturally to me by now). Thanks to Rizzo Tangan, Bea Locsin, Tonichi Balaguer, and Mimi Lucas. Love you girls!
P.S. Fitness First Cycling Ladies Team is actually a combination of Fitness First, Polo Tri, and Sabak Tri ladies 🙂
P.P.S. Thanks Anthony Balaguer for letting me use your wonderful photos!!!
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ADIDAS King Of The Road- Taguig and Makati, Oct 25 2009
Today was a great 21k training race, one that I did not expect to have the day after riding hard with my teammates in the Tour of Matabungkay… I was just glad to make it to the race venue before 5am. I drove home late from the race in Batangas the night before to make sure my sponsor would be happy! Sleep I need! I saw Lea Caringal organizing all of her Adidas athletes and after her trusty photog Nesty took some snapshots we hurried to the start line. Soon enough we were surrounded by uber bright yellow singlets and then it was quite easy to stay alert. When the gun went off something inside me woke up as well and even though I had agreed to just run with Joey and Paolo (oops sorry guys) I mindlessly dashed madly with the crowd… something that surprised even myself as I am always scolding my students not to do this exact thing! Hahaha….
Anyhow it turned out to be a good race, I was happily dancing to the music at the aid stations and thanked the cheerleaders for holding up encouraging placards for the runners. I also kept cheering for all the students I ran into. The food and drink were plentiful, which is always important. I was running in 5th place for most of the race and was actually content to stay there til I noticed at the last turnaround that the two girls in front of me were not doing so well. I decided then that I could still afford to pick up my pace a little bit and that was enough to get me into 3rd place. Cool! After the awarding I looked into my goodie bag and found out that I got a Globe Tattoo– way cool!
That afternoon after a well-deserved nap I coached the SuperTriKids for their Bike and Run session. What a great weekend!
Thanks Patricia and Paolo for the pics!!!
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Here are more random shots of some of my athletes in training (apologies in advance if you don’t find your photo here guys)…. am always proud of each and every one of them and get rewarded 100x more because of their own race experiences as opposed to just my own! The whole year round, somebody needs to prepare for one competition or another so I am always watching out for them 🙂 Thankfully I also have Coaches Noel Salvador, Patrick Joson, and Paolo Defensor to thank for always helping me out when I am away!
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We couldn’t be more grateful with the success of this year’s Gabriel’s Symphony. Our tagline has always been “Making Children’s Lives Better.” And we definitely achieved that with this event in more ways than one–even the adults were happy!
Our usual events went by quickly, Fun Runs, SuperTrikids Aquathlon and Triathlon, Pinay In Action All Womens Tri, Corporate and Individual Relays…. and this year we had some new additions, including the CareWell Bikes For Hope wherein we raffled off a Giant OCR Bike, an IRONMAN Distance Relay, and Demonstrations in Swimming and Table Tennis by Visually Impaired Children (they were amazing, by the way!).
Maiqui Dayrit, who is always our top individual fundraiser, raised close to P280,000.00 for doing his annual Ironman Distance Triathlon! He is a rockstar. He did it in a time of 11:33 too!!! Well within 12hours.
Thank you so much to all the participants who supported the cause. You have really made a huge difference in a child’s life!!! http://gabrielsymphony.com/gabriel/gabrielarticle.php?recordID=3
Thanks to Andie Lagman, Paolo Sauler, and Celda Santos for the pictures.
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Just a few snapshots of some of the people I train in Ultra…. they are a fun and dedicated crew!
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These are my first cousins Kris, Lakan, Edel and Asa from LA and New Jersey. They recently started doing triathlons and marathons and I could not be prouder. Never thought the bug would bite any other member of the family aside from my sister and I. My uncle Glenn even did a sprint tri this year as well! We should plan a family Ironman in a couple years’ time…
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| SuperTriKids Camp, Ayala Alabang, May 2008 | Jun 12, ’08 10:45 PM for everyone |
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Congratulations to all the participants!!! Thanks to our supporters and friends who helped out, Sen Pia Cayetano, Rick Reyes, George Vilog, Patrick Joson, Joel Santos, Rizzo and Anton Tangan….you made it all happen 🙂 Special thanks to TRAP and Coach Rob Pickard! Photo Credits: Isa Cruz, Omi Gozon, Rizzo Tangan
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