Day 2 was for Aggressive Cross-Country Mountain Bike Race.
Leo Oracion, the celebrated first Filipino to reach the summit of Mt. Everest and Pepito Deapera, Champion of Guam Coco-Road Race and Northface, 100 km. Ultra Marathon were feted by the Marinduque Capitol Choir to a "putong" welcome ritual. The two sportsmen joined Marinduque Extreme Series 2.
...and there they go! On Day 1 the competition was for Duathlon (Run-Bike-Run), with participants from Lukban, Lipa City, Novaliches, Cainta, Pangasinan and Marinduque. Nilo Estoya, a member of the Philippine Team also competed.
The race venue: Old Capayang minesite, abandoned after extraction of precious metals like copper and gold. The artificial lake was dug out to a depth of 45 meters below sea level. Some migratory birds flock to a spot near the lake not frequented by humans.
The challenge to bikers covered a 5.2 km-loop that had to be encircled six times (for the duathlon, four times with bike plus two times for the run). A lot of technical drops, turns, climbs, mud pits and rock beds, really extreme conditions that separated the tough from the not-so-tough characterized this playground.
One of the technical drops is shown here.
View of the mine site. Picturesque even with degradation all around, it's a continually changing landscape with natural growth trying to survive. The area belonging to the company is all of 2,439 hectares.
Day 2 was for Aggressive Cross-Country Mountain Bike Race.
Leo Oracion, the celebrated first Filipino to reach the summit of Mt. Everest and Pepito Deapera, Champion of Guam Coco-Road Race and Northface, 100 km. Ultra Marathon were feted by the Marinduque Capitol Choir to a "putong" welcome ritual. The two sportsmen joined Marinduque Extreme Series 2.
...and there they go! On Day 1 the competition was for Duathlon (Run-Bike-Run), with participants from Lukban, Lipa City, Novaliches, Cainta, Pangasinan and Marinduque. Nilo Estoya, a member of the Philippine Team also competed.
The race venue: Old Capayang minesite, abandoned after extraction of precious metals like copper and gold. The artificial lake was dug out to a depth of 45 meters below sea level. Some migratory birds flock to a spot near the lake not frequented by humans.
The challenge to bikers covered a 5.2 km-loop that had to be encircled six times (for the duathlon, four times with bike plus two times for the run). A lot of technical drops, turns, climbs, mud pits and rock beds, really extreme conditions that separated the tough from the not-so-tough characterized this playground.
One of the technical drops is shown here.
View of the mine site. Picturesque even with degradation all around, it's a continually changing landscape with natural growth trying to survive. The area belonging to the company is all of 2,439 hectares.
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