Download complete Alaska Ironkids Philippines Triathlon Nuvali 2011 Race Results

Download complete Alaska Ironkids Philippines Triathlon CamSur 2011 Race Results

Alaska Vice President for Marketing Blen Fernando said they wanted a less serious, more fun tone for the Alaska IronKids because even though it is strictly a sporting competition it is still an event featuring kids which means that it should first and foremost be fun.

“Tomorrow is an important day for everyone. This is will be the race of swim, bike (and run of the Alaska IronKids). So today we will party so that everyone will have a good time and of course get to know each other better,” said Fernando.

It was not all fun and games though. After the kids’ party, Alaska IronKids Race Director Ani De Leon divided the kids into the categories they will compete in. He then walked the kids through the actual race course so that they will see the actual trail which they will have to navigate during the race proper.

De Leon said it was very important for the children to actually see the course for themselves before the start of the race.

“First of all, mga bata nga iyan. Adults pwede mo na gumamit ng Audio Visual Presentation, maps and diagrams para ipakita ang race course. Pero sa mga bata hindi uubra ang ganyan. Hindi pa nila kaya ang visualization na ganoon. To ensure their safety, it’s important that they see the actual course before the race,” said De Leon.

“Another important rule that will help ensure their safety is that we don’t allow parents to go with their kids during the race. It would seem harmless enough but the kids will have to go through the race alone. This will allow them to develop self confidence when they succeed.”

The race director explained that the safety of the participants remain her number one concern.

“We make sure that the kids are safe especially in the swim portion. Even though there are no parents allowed near, we have our marshals, watchers and others watching the children very closely. Then of course there are the ropes and buoys clearly marking where the children will be allowed to swim,” said De Leon.

The kids will be part of the massed start involving all the participants including the professional triathlon athletes and the country’s best athletes playing the sport.

Up next for the kids are the relay teams where a participant needs to perform only one of the disciplines: Swim, Bike and Run. One participant will perform the swim portion. He then hands over to the next teammate who will ride the bike and finally to another teammate who will run the remainder of the race.

This will allow the kids easy, less-challenging ways to participate and complete in the sport of triathlon.

Indeed, organizers promised to stage a bigger, better event than the immensely successful race of the last year. Launching the kids’ triathlon event with a party virtually assures that this year’s race will not only be its biggest, most exciting edition yet but probably its most fun.

Other sponsors of the Alaska Milk Ironkids are McDonald’s, Gatorade, Soleus, Prudential Guarantee, Audi, Private Iris, Summit Drinking Water and Juice.ph.

The Alaska Ironkids holds its second and biggest edition as companion event to the Cobra Energy Drink Ironman 70.3 Philippines at the CamSur Watersports Complex, Pili, Albay on August 13.

One of the biggest reasons that the Alaska Ironkids is such a successful event is that whole families come to support, enjoy and participate.

While the parents compete in the Cobra Ironman the Alaska Ironkids provides a venue for kids 6 to 14 years old to have a healthy and active lifestyle as an alternative to staying indoors watching TV, playing videogames or surfing the Internet.

Actress and TV host Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan won’t be able to compete in the coming Cobra Energy Drink Ironman 70.3 race this year because she recently gave birth to her fifth child Solana Emmanuelle. But she will be in Camsur to cheer on husband Anthony Pangilinan and their children – Ella, Donny, Benjamin and Hannah – who will race in the Alaska Ironkids.

“I have swum in the past two Cobra Ironman 70.3 races. Last year, our team finished fourth overall. This year, I will not be able to race because I recently gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Solana Emmanuelle,” said Maricel.

“Anthony will do the Cobra Energy Drink Ironman again this year. Our children will do the Alaska Ironkids. We are Team Pangilinan, We Tri Together!”

Husband Anthony shares his wife’s passion for the sport of triathlon as well as her devotion to their children and family.

“Our children have been entrusted to us…and we will be made to account. Stewardship, not ownership, is the mind-set. You don’t own your kids. You are but managers entrusted with the responsibility by the Creator (however you conceive Him to be) for the created thing, and whatever is entrusted will be accounted for,” said Pangilinan.

Other than being a TV host, newscaster and commercial model Pangilinan is also management trainer, motivational speaker and productivity consultant.

In various capacities, he leads a myriad of organizations. Anthony is the Chief Disturber of BusinessWorks, Inc., the President of The Parenting Company, Chairman of the Master’s Lighthouse Foundation, Chief Navigator of Blue Ocean Strategy-Philippines and the Executive Director of The PLDT-Smart Foundation.

Anthony is so successful because he is active, physically fit and leads a fulfilling satisfying life with deep ties to his friends and family.

He joins other like-minded individuals who will go to the CamSur Watersports Complex in August not just to compete in a triathlon but to spend a quality weekend with their loved ones.

Staging a better event than the immensely successful races of the past two years will be a tall order but race organizer, Sunrise Events, Inc. assures that this year’s race will be its biggest, most exciting edition yet.

Other sponsors of the Alaska Milk Ironkids are McDonald’s, Gatorade, Soleus, Prudential Guarantee, Audi, Private Iris, Summit Drinking Water and Juice.ph.