Post by mountguitars on Feb 11, 2007 23:19:53 GMT 8
what an awesome race! 71kms total mileage. 20% was offroad (IMO).
congratulations to rommel for taking 8th place and to paul as well who took 11th place, overall.
the race started at 1230pm though. we had to wait till the festivities were over (street dancing, etc.).
one of the worst races i joined. i was almost gonna die of cramps. in fact, i was the only guy who tried to simulate a woman's scream while giving birth. thanks to those who helped keep my leg straight, hehehe.
here's some pics of the race:
making most of our time. we thought the race starts at 8am as was posted but unfortunately they had to start the street dancing first. we got to the venue at 8am so we had to wait for a couple of hours.
here's the lineup. arnold had to take a leak though, hehe, so he's not in the pic
P100 registration fee includes unlimited skyflakes, water, and packed lunch. sulit, hehe. ;D
stumbled on eboy quiniones, philippine mtb team member. he won the race in decisive fashion, 4mins from the 2nd runner up. he finished the race in more than 2 hours. we finished it at 4 hours, hehe. ;D
my number fan
stumbled on vitz, a fellow PinoyMTBiker member. he didnt join though, had to go back to manila. but he's telling us to get ready for the next EBD race in batangas. i heard it'll be longer than the first one. a crack at a century for an XC race. crazy. ;D
getting ready to rumble.
here's paul, all lined up with the marshalls. staying in front as much as he can. ;D
the awarding ceremonies, hehehe. ;D. top ten get medals and cash.
me, as always, i get bruises, hehehe. ;D. took a spill, 2 times on bone dry, dusty fireroads. i literally ate the dust, no kidding. good thing no pictures to show off how pathetic looking i was. even the folks around town was either laughing becoz i look like a battered espasol or some would feel pity. also lost my cateye cyclocomputer, what a loser. ;D
no action pictures unfortunately. its a race so not one of us dared to stop and take pics. i hope somebody here knows how to get those pics from the race coz there were camera men but that's about it.
special thanks to arnold bandido for the transpo. pa-kiss, mwah! ;D
so who are the PinoyMTBiker finishers who joined and in what order?
1. driver (8th)
2. freeman (11th)
3. jay
4. MIGS
5. arman
6. mountG
7. bandido
8. dragunov (mechanical failure)
with 2 kilometers left, there's this steep, crazy uphill. the kind you'd see at the maarat wall on the steepest elbow. its about 50 meters long. that's where a lot of bikers started pushing their bikes and that's where the cramps came in. its unfair. you pushed hard and then you end up facing a wall. really crazy. ;D
thanks to those who joined this race. more power PinoyMTBiker!
congratulations to rommel for taking 8th place and to paul as well who took 11th place, overall.
the race started at 1230pm though. we had to wait till the festivities were over (street dancing, etc.).
one of the worst races i joined. i was almost gonna die of cramps. in fact, i was the only guy who tried to simulate a woman's scream while giving birth. thanks to those who helped keep my leg straight, hehehe.
here's some pics of the race:
making most of our time. we thought the race starts at 8am as was posted but unfortunately they had to start the street dancing first. we got to the venue at 8am so we had to wait for a couple of hours.
here's the lineup. arnold had to take a leak though, hehe, so he's not in the pic
P100 registration fee includes unlimited skyflakes, water, and packed lunch. sulit, hehe. ;D
stumbled on eboy quiniones, philippine mtb team member. he won the race in decisive fashion, 4mins from the 2nd runner up. he finished the race in more than 2 hours. we finished it at 4 hours, hehe. ;D
my number fan
stumbled on vitz, a fellow PinoyMTBiker member. he didnt join though, had to go back to manila. but he's telling us to get ready for the next EBD race in batangas. i heard it'll be longer than the first one. a crack at a century for an XC race. crazy. ;D
getting ready to rumble.
here's paul, all lined up with the marshalls. staying in front as much as he can. ;D
the awarding ceremonies, hehehe. ;D. top ten get medals and cash.
me, as always, i get bruises, hehehe. ;D. took a spill, 2 times on bone dry, dusty fireroads. i literally ate the dust, no kidding. good thing no pictures to show off how pathetic looking i was. even the folks around town was either laughing becoz i look like a battered espasol or some would feel pity. also lost my cateye cyclocomputer, what a loser. ;D
no action pictures unfortunately. its a race so not one of us dared to stop and take pics. i hope somebody here knows how to get those pics from the race coz there were camera men but that's about it.
special thanks to arnold bandido for the transpo. pa-kiss, mwah! ;D
so who are the PinoyMTBiker finishers who joined and in what order?
1. driver (8th)
2. freeman (11th)
3. jay
4. MIGS
5. arman
6. mountG
7. bandido
8. dragunov (mechanical failure)
with 2 kilometers left, there's this steep, crazy uphill. the kind you'd see at the maarat wall on the steepest elbow. its about 50 meters long. that's where a lot of bikers started pushing their bikes and that's where the cramps came in. its unfair. you pushed hard and then you end up facing a wall. really crazy. ;D
thanks to those who joined this race. more power PinoyMTBiker!