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Published: January 9th 2010
Swim leg, first loop
Dennis on his swim leg (first loop) at the Dungaree beachSuBIT or Subic Bay ITU (Internation Triathlon Union) Triathlon is held every year in Subic Bay and in which athletes from different countries compete to show that a man or a woman can be faster, stronger and at the same time endure the three (3) disciplines on a standard olympic distance (1.5k swim, 40k bike and 10k run).
Though it was Dennis 5th year of SuBIT, he was a bit anxious on this year's two different transition areas - T1 at Dungaree Beach and T2 at Waterfront Road. With this in mind, we decided to be in Subic earlier than usual.
Arriving in Subic on a Friday would prepare Dennis early for the triathlon on Sunday. After checking in the hotel, we explored its vicinity and discovered that Angels and Demons, the movie, was being shown in a nearby theater, the Times Square. To temporarily relieve Dennis' thoughts from his upcoming race and for him to relax a little, I invited him to watch the movie.
The movie ended a bit late so we had to take out dinner for the kids and after which we went to a local fair that we found while exploring. We rode
Times Square Cinemas
where we watched Angels and Demons... a short distance cable car, dart some balloons, shoot some pigs and bet on some food items. We, the allies together with the triathlete had fun that night.
Non-related triathlon and relaxing activities done before a race was said to be beneficial - one races best when relaxed. This was what Dennis did. Since Saturday was the race for sprints, Dennis and I became spectators and cheerers for this event. Jonas, a friend, was competing and it was his first triathlon race and said he felt good after the sprint race. Dennis then met with his tri group, the Sunkist Tri Hard Team late in the afternoon until dinner time.
Preparation was done a bit earlier than usual since there were two transition areas (T1 and T2). They had to bring their running paraphernalia to T2 then their bikes to T1 where the swim leg would happen. The allies arrived at the Dungaree beach to watch the start of the race event for males when the female race event was just finishing.
The racers had to do two loops for a total of 1.5 kilometer open water swim. Though it was uneventful one, the fastest racer out
At the local fair
shooting pigs (small plastic toys).. of the water finished the swim leg in an amazing 13 minutes, wow, which was fast, really fast.
Off we went to the bike leg area (T2) where we cheered for almost everyone, giving them the boost to go on and complete the 40 kilometers of pedaling. By this time, the allies were yearning for water and breakfast, it was hot and humid. Good thing the Aresi restaurant was adjacent to the finish line where we can eat then watch Dennis do his run leg and finish the race.
Dennis clocked in 2 hours and 7 minutes and by this time we were in hurry to leave for Boracay for my traditional birthday vacation.
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