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The Hills Are Alive in Sierra 51050!
Sigue Correr Runners and Team Intensity won the titles for Team Relay and Duo Half Marathon
February 24, 2014 MANILA, Philippines – It was an awesome morning when running buddies and teams experienced the challenging rolling hills of Tanay, Rizal in the Sierra 51050: Team Comes First last February 23.
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| Sierra 51050 promotes team spirit and camaraderie among runners and teams |
Running teams, companies and runners from Laguna, Rizal and Manila compete for the title as the Champion for Team Relay and Duo Half Marathon categories. It was a cloudy day with 22°C weather but as early as 1am participants were already in the venue anticipating the race.
Sierra 51050 ignites team spirit and encouraged runners to come together in a friendly competition where speed, endurance, tactics and strategy are key elements to win the race.
For the
Duo Half Marathon,
Team Intensity took the title for Champion (Team Intensity Bravo, 1:35:00) and first place (Team Intensity Alpha, 1:40:00) while
Team A followed at second place with a time 1:55:14.
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| Champion of Duo Half Marathon, Team Intensity Bravo (in the middle middle) with Carlo Catronuevo, Marketing Manager of World Balance and Abet Ocampo, president of Rundezvous, Inc. |
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| 1 | st | place of Duo Half Marathon, Team Intensity Alpha |
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| 2nd place of Duo Half Marathon, Team A |
For the
Team Relay, where there are five (5) members in a team running the 50-km route. Runners A-D run for 20kms each while Runner E runs the very challenging last 10km leg. The
Team Relay champion is
Sigue Correr Runners A with an official time of 4:02:26. 1st place goes to
The PowerPuff Boys with time 4:05:53 while 2nd place goes to
Nestle WRC1 with time 4:17:40.
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| Team Sigue Correr Runners A gets the award, prizes from co-presenters World Balance and Tupperware and optics from Spyder. Flanked by representative from Tupperware, Race Director Alfred Vedarozaga, Rundezvous, Inc. president Abet Ocampo and World Balance marketing manager, Carlo Castronuevo |
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| Abet Ocampo, president of Rundezvous, Inc. presents the Champion trophy for Team Relay |
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| The Powerpuff Boys gets the 1st | place for Team Relay |
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| Team Nestle WRC1 gets the 2nd place for Team Relay, flanked by representative from Tupperware and Allan Enriquez of Running Free Manila |
Rundezvous, Inc. aims to promote the concept of team in running, known to be an individual sport.
This is a first concept race for
Rundezvous, Inc., known to organize fun runs and runs for a cause. In partnership with
Running Atom and
Running Free Manila, co-presented by
World Balance and
Tupperware Brands, the race started and ended in
Sierra Madre Hotel & Resort.
Sierra 51050 would like to thank their official timekeeper is
Suunto, official photographers
Running Photographers, official eyewear
Spyder, healthcare partner
Pascual Laboratories, registration partner
SecondWind Running Specialty Store, refreshment partner
Creamline, natural therapy treatment from
SensaCare, special thanks to
Team USB and
Team six:30. Organizers would like to thank the
Tanay Local Government Unit for securing the safety and protection of the participants in the race.
