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Vaseline Men sends triathletes to MAUI via XTERRA Tri-outs

Lifestyle & Places Trending & Features October 4, 2012

In pursuit of showing the world how competitive Filipinos are in the sporting arena, Vaseline Men will send a five-man Filipino triathletes to the prestigious XTERRA Off-road Triathlon Global Championships in Maui, Hawaii on October 28, 2012.

 

 

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Vaseline Men Exterra Tri-outs logo held recently in Cebu.

 

 

The Vaseline Men XTERRA Tri-Outs Camp: Race to Maui is a three-day camp held last September 15 – 17 in Cebu. The event was graced by seven triathletes who are hoping to make it to the shortlist and compete in Maui. The training camp included seven grueling and physically demanding Warm Up and Tri-Challenges which tested and prepared the participants for the actual competition. 

 

 

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 The team will consist of  celebrity triathletes Drew Arellano andMateo Guidicelli plus two more and will be coached by Noy Jopson.

 

 

 

The team will be composed of Coach Noy Jopson and celebrity athletes Matteo Guidicelli and Drew Arellano, with two more members to be selected via the search for the best Filipino triathletes in the Vaseline Men XTERRA Tri-Outs Camp: Race to Maui. 

 

In the Warm-Up Challenges, members of the camp went through various swim, bike and run challenges where they learned the different techniques needed to become a better triathlete. In the Tri-Challenges, the participants were asked to do mini triathlon competitions under time pressure to test their speed. All the participants went thru at least one Warm Up Challenge and one Tri-Challenge each day during the three-day camp. 

 

 

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Member of the Vaseline Men XTERRA Tri-Outs Camp: Race to Maui.

 

Joining Coach Noy, Drew & Matteo in the Vaseline Men XTERRA Tri-Outs are Takbo.ph’s Jinoe Gavan, chiropractor Dr. Martin Camara, Second Wind’s Hector Yuzon, ultramarathoner Mark Hernandez, Health Food president Raffy Zamora, swimbikerun.ph’s Carlos De Guzman, and Sutherland Global Services corporate training manager Redg Plopinio. 

 

Everyone is encouraged to take part and show support for the Vaseline Men Philippine team by watching the journey and struggles of the participants in www.youtube.com/vaselinemenph. Viewers can then vote for their favorite triathlete by clicking on the voting link found within the YouTube site, or at the end of every episode. Each vote casted will help decide the winner of the training camp. The public votes are equivalent to 50% of each athlete’s score with the judges’ votes and their actual performance during the three-day camp equivalent to the other 50%. There will be three videos based on their performance during the camp. Each video will be released weekly starting October 1 until October 15 in the Vaseline Men YouTube Page.

 

The two athletes with the highest scores by October 18 will join Coach Noy, Matteo and Drew in this once-in-a-lifetime chance to represent the Philippines in the highly prestigious XTERRA World Championships in Maui. The remaining two triathletes who will join Coach Noy, Matteo and Drew will be announced online by October 18.

 

 

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Coach Noy Jopson (leftmost) and Matteo Guidicelli (center) with the seven participants (L-R) Carlos de Guzman, Hector Yuzon, Dr. Martin Camara, Raffy Zamora, Redg Plopinio, Jinoe Gavan and Mark Hernandez.

 

Vaseline Men gives you the power to choose who will join Drew, Mateo and Coach Noy on Maui this coming October 28. Just vote for two triathlete and you can win cash as each vote is equivalent to one electronic raffle entry. Two lucky winners will geth the chance to win P50,000 each. Voting will end on October 17, 2012 and the electronic draw will be on October 18. The winners will be announced in the Vaseline Men Facebook page.

 

Click here to vote.

 

 

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Vaseline Men sends triathlets to MAUI via XTERRA Tri-outs

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