The yearly Cobra IronMan 70.3 races was held in Cebu in the past 3 years. An IronMan 70.3 race which is also known as a Half Ironman covers a distance of 113 km which consists of a 1.9 km swim, 90 km bike ride, and 21.1 km run. The effort exerted by the athletes are overwhelming, they finish with sheer will and determination, some were pushed to their limits. I can say that these athletes do not have the word "give up" in their vocabulary as they would do whatever it takes, to their remaining strength in order to finish the race. These athletes trained hard for several years to become a triathlete. I happened to take a few shots of the recent Cobra IronMan race held in Cebu on August 3, 2014. These were taken near the Talisay junction/turnaround. Here are some of the pictures I took in that race.
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3nd place winner Cameron Brown receives a hydration drink from a spectator.
Cameron finished the race in 4:15:44 hours |
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| Australian Assad Attamimi finished 4:25:29 and made it to 5th place. |
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Brent McMahon of Canada finished the race in a record 3:59:05 hours to
finish 1st place. |
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| Senator Pia Cayetano still manages to smile. |
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| Matt Burton finished 4th place in just 4:22:19 hours. |
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| Celebrity Piolo Pascual also joined the race |
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| Sam Betten took 4:07:30 hours to finish the race and finish 2nd place. |
Photography by Melvin Lao. Pictures should not be copied or used on other blogger websites or business websites without authorization of the owner.
