VITALIFIED SPORTS


Tough Mudder, Tough Races Cap Off Team’s June Events





June 24, 2023



BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES - Several members of the AIA Vitality Sports team got down and dirty, and a couple more racers logged serious mileage in many events around the country on the last weekend of June 2023.


A Vitalified Spartans contingent conquered together the Tough Mudder course at the Sunchamp Agri-Tourism Park in Rosario, Batangas on Saturday, June 24. They made a mad dash through the 5-kilometer team effort mud run, specially designed to be dirty, tough… and shocking.





The course included “earthy” obstacles like Mud Mile and Kiss of Mud, treacherous climbs like Mudderhorn and the Block Ness Monster, lots of slips and dips and slides, as well as the shudder-inducing Electroshock Therapy. (Reviews are quite buzzing, we were told).


The Tough Mudder race was first brought to the Philippines in 2018.



all-out multiple running events nationwide



Meanwhile, many tough racers in the team went all-out in multiple running events nationwide, with one of them even setting a new personal best.





Jerwin Erald Alea logged a fresh personal record for 42 kilometers at the PalawanPay Marathon in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on Sunday, June 25. He finished the run in 4:12:29. This is already his third marathon this year, after the AIA Vitality Cebu Marathon last January and the Davao International Marathon in March.


In the country’s second summer capital, Rionell Buencamino also ran a full 42K at the Tagaytay City Sundown Marathon on Sunday.


In Central Visayas, Lucy Tubal placed 5th in the 10K Female category on Sunday at the Bohol Kidney Run, a race for a cause in celebration of National Kidney Month.


Half-marathons were finished by Lucille Bunagan and Kerwin Jonathan Refe at The Green Run in Vermosa, Imus City, Cavite on June 25.


In Cebu City, Near Canz went back-to-back over the weekend, with a 10K run at Watson's Race to Wellness on Saturday, followed by DENR’s “Bike. Hike. Plant” event for Arbor Day the following day, which featured a 24-kilometer bike race and a 2-kilometer hike.


Fellow Cebuano Rufino “Doodz” Alub joined the Elite Category (5 kms. with 15 obstacles) of the Cebu OCR Ninja Race on Saturday in Mandaue City.


Finally, Michael Gutierrez cut through the cool breeze for 12 kilometers at Camp John Hay in Baguio City for the Nataraki Naragsak Trail Run on Sunday.



RACER TALLY



1. JERWIN ERALD ALEA - PALAWANPAYMARATHON - 42KM, PUERTO PRINCESA CITY PALAWAN OFFICIAL TIME: 04:12:29 (NEW MARATHON PR)


2. MICHAEL GUTIERREZ - NATARAKI TRAIL RUN - 12KM, CJH BAGUIO CITY


3. NEAR CANZ - WATSON'S RACE TO WELLNESS, 10KM CEBU CITY BIKE HIKE PLANT 2023 (DENR), 24KM BIKE 2KM HIKE, CEBU CITY (NOT SURE IF COUNTED)


4. LUCILLE BUNAGAN - THE GREEN RUN 21KM, VERMOSA, CAVITE


5. RUFINO ALUB(DOODZ) CEBU OCR NINJA RACE ELITE(JUNE 24. 2023) CATEGORY(15OBS+5KM RUN) MANDAUE CITY, CEBU


6. LUCY TUBAL BOHOL KIDNEY RUN 2023 10KM - 5TH PLACER FEMALE CATEGORY


7.RIONELL BUENCAMINO TAGAYTAY SUNDOWN 42KM MARATHON 2023


8. KERWIN JONATHAN REFE JUNE 24 - TOUGH MUDDER JUNE 25 - GREEN RUN 21K



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