Aquathlon

Camaya Coast Aquathlon 2010

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I knew that Camaya Coast Aquathlon was different from my experience in Ateneo Aquathlon because the run would be on a trail rather than a road, and the swim part would be in an open water rather than in a swimming pool. Experience tells me that the Camaya Coast Aquathlon was a totally different monster than the Ateneo Aquathlon.

Fighting a totally different type of monster rewards you with a totally different set of learning and experience. Let me share to you what I have learned

  • Do more heat training

    I’ve been going to the beach a lot this summer and I thought that I was used to heat of the sun, but this has thought me a lot, never underestimate the power of the sun. The first 3.7km run was hot! I thought I could finish the first run without drinking but even before I got to the turn around point my body was in heat and my throat was almost dry. Luckily the organizers placed a water station at the turn around point and it was ice cold too. Next time I’ll do more heat training and finish the first run without drinking.

  • Never open your mouth while underwater

    Sea water is salty. I knew that! But it has a lot of side effects when

Ateneo Aquathlon 2010: Cat’s Perspective

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For our category, 22-29years old Female, 3 heats were expected based from the numbers of registered participants. But, for some reason, maybe 2/3 of the participants opted to watch the Pacquiao-Clottey Fight or maybe because it was too late before we start, less than 20 females participated in the said category.

Swimming

Swimming

We did 600m swim. And did I mention from the 16 participants, I was the only one who is not a swimmer? For that, I was the last one to finish the swim leg. It took me 19 grueling minutes. I failed my training buddy and my mentor, Kuya Bobong. I did not start and finish strong. It seems all my hard work did not pay off. It was unfair, I thought.

Ateneo Aquathlon 2010: Dane’s Perspective

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cat and sai

cat and sai

It’s almost a week now since the Ateneo Aquathlon 2010 event, I was not a participant there but I went coz’ my younger brother [/boss] Josiah [Sai] asked me to take pictures while he and Cat partake in the event. It’s my first time witnessing an aquathlon, coz’ I’ve only been to a marathon when I joined Kenny’s Urbanite Run 2009. Ever since then I couldn’t get myself to drag my feet out of the bed and join another marathon, as those kinds of activities usually takes place early in the morning [way too early for an insomniac like me].

Ateneo Aquathlon 2010: Josiah’s Perspective

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I’ve been waiting for my first aquathlon for almost a year and now I am a proud finisher of an aquathlon. By experience, now I know that it is true what they said about aquathlons, it’s twice as demanding as running and the experience was also twice the fun.

The race started at 11:30am for my age category and when the start was near it was all mixed excitement for my first aquathlon and fear that I won’t finish. The plan was simple, do not care about the pace of others and go with my own speed, my goal is just to finish.

It was 600 meters of swim first. Think about 100 men swimming on an 8 lane 25 meter pool, the probability of competitors bumping each other was very high. It was a good thing that my cousin, Enna a member of Trantados, briefed me well on this. I got kicked on the face and I got bumped many times, but it was OK, it was all unintentional (I hope). I think I also kicked someone, revenge is sweet. Just joking, it was all unintentional.

Diving on my second round

Diving on my second round