Estrada clocks in fastest time in sprint category, ten others land podium spots

The Team with Ms. Cecille Ty of Unison Bikes before gunstart

July 21 marks the final leg of the Pilipinas Duathlon Series for 2019 at The Villages, Clark

Pampanga. For years, this series has served as a training ground for upcoming and current

duathletes and triathletes.

The Venom rests while team founder Ricky Halasan brings out the Mamba for today

With races shuffling across various locations, this series is also one of the more accessible

races in the country. With sprint (5-20-5) and standard (10-40-5) distances, this race invites not only those who long for a good challenge but those who would like to dip their toes in the

world of duathlon for the first time.

Oakley brand ambassador Monica Torres leads the pack after gunstart for women (standard distance)

For the final leg, thirty athletes from Team TriNics joined with four of them in the standard distance. Race briefing started on time at 6:00 AM followed by the gunstart for the standard category. There has been a short delay with the sprint start as the standard category leaders - composed of John Leerams Chicano, Robeno Javier, and Joey Delos Reyes to name a few- finished the first loop earlier than expected. Nevertheless, the sprint race started immediately after they passed by.

The men's pack for standard distance heading into lap 2 of run 1

The weather was cloudy at most but humid at some parts making it a challenging one. Fortunately, no major incident was reported.

Kayle, heading out from T1

Amiel "flying" from run 1 to T1 for sprint category

Gerald focusing more than just race :)

Our guys leading the chasepack of the age groupers

At the end of the race, eleven members of the Team finished on the podium from various age categories across the two race distances. For the sprint category, James Estrada (1st AC) clocked in the fastest overall time. Other Age Category podium finishers were:

Sprint cat: Jeric Angeles (3rd), James Luciano (3rd), Marc Centeno (3rd), Kayle Borlongan (2nd), Emmanuel Marquez (3rd), Dennis Puatu (3rd), Ruby San Diego (1st)

Standard cat: Gerald Asiado (3rd), Jeric Buhian (3rd), Jennifer Maula (3rd)

Team A Multisport Solutions race organizer Thumbie Remegio manning the transition area after gunstart

Post-race meal provided by Ineng's

Why so serious? Enjoying is half the goal. :)

Kenneth, Joseph, and Steph pacing each other from start to finish

short, sweet, but defenitely not easy

As always, the event was well-organized from the venue itself, parking space for athletes and spectators, to post-race meals. To the organizers and all finishers, congratulations!

TriNics' strong showing will not be possible without the support of our sponsors, such as Unison Bikes, New Balance Philippines, Ceepo Bikes Philippines, Arena Philippines, Compressport Philippines, Twincycle Gear, Bikemate, Oakley Philippines, PSI Custom Sportswear, Vitargo Philippines, and TECSI.