{"id":8456,"date":"2021-05-08T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8456"},"modified":"2021-05-08T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T09:00:49","slug":"xterra-philippines-2015-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8456","title":{"rendered":"Xterra Philippines 2015 \u2013 gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The black sand beaches of the Albay Riviera \u2013 honest that is what it is called \u2013 welcomed about 300 racers and over 1,000 spectators last weekend with some neat shore chop.\u00a0Not quite Maui, but it definitely had some local competitors concerned.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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South Africa\u2019s Bradley Weiss was coming off a win at Buffelspoort in South Africa, Ben Allen spent the winter in Australia and looked great and Mauricio Mendez is 19 and always ready.\u00a0 For the women, World Champion Flora Duffy had also started her training in South Africa and Jacqui Slack was with Ben down under.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The question mark was Renata Bucher, last year\u2019s winner in the Philippines, who had suffered a bad ankle sprain and had considered not racing at all.\u00a0Dimity-Lee Duke was looking quite slim and had been working on her biking skills, Mieko Carey lives in the tropics and was ready to race.\u00a0Daz Parker was here after working hard with Johnny Depp (actually trying to kill him in the film \u2018Out Of The Woods\u2019).<\/p>\n

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Men\u2019s race<\/p>\n

And so things went in the big race. Ben and Mauricio were first out of the water with Flora right with them.\u00a0 Brad was not far behind and quickly took control out on the bike turning in the fastest time of the day a bit over 2mins faster than Allen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mendez is fast improving and came into T2 about 30secs behind Ben. His running is no longer a surprise after coming from 13th out of T2 to fifth at the finish on Maui and he dispatched the Aussie and set off after the Springbok.\u00a0 Mo put in a 40 minute 9K and gained almost two minutes, but was still a minute behind Weiss at the finish. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The run is reminiscent of Maui in that the first half is all uphill and the second half all downhill.\u00a0 The difference being Maui\u2019s sand is on a beach and Albay\u2019s is on the way up Mayon volcano.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s race\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Flora was first woman out of the water and kept the lead with the fastest bike and fastest run.\u00a0 Indeed our world champ was 5th overall of the individuals bringing to mind Lesley Paterson\u2019s phenomenal 4th here a few years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jacqui was in great shape and similar to Flora had the second best swim, second fastest bike and third fastest run for the women and a very solid second step on the podium.\u00a0Poor Mieko Carey was in third coming off the bike but was hurting on the run and Aussie Dimity-Lee Duke passed her for her first podium in an Xterra.\u00a0She was simply bubbling with joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So the expected happened.\u00a0A few nice surprises to start the year were Dimity looking very strong and young Aussie pro Brodie Gardner with an impressive fourth place. Aya Stevens was back after an injury kept her out in 2014 and while not super-fast, did finish and finish healthy.<\/p>\n

PRO MEN\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pl<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swim<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bike<\/strong><\/p>\n

Run<\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Brad Weiss, RSA<\/p>\n

2:28:00<\/p>\n

16:53<\/p>\n

1:29:25<\/p>\n

41:42<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Mauricio Mendez, MEX<\/p>\n

2:28:58<\/p>\n

16:21<\/p>\n

1:32:36<\/p>\n

40:01<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Ben Allen, AUS<\/p>\n

2:33:51<\/p>\n

16:19<\/p>\n

1:31:54<\/p>\n

45:38<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Brodie Gardner, AUS<\/p>\n

2:40:35<\/p>\n

18:31<\/p>\n

1:37:50<\/p>\n

44:14<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Charlie Epperson, USA<\/p>\n

2:51:20<\/p>\n

21:04<\/p>\n

1:46:28<\/p>\n

43:48<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Joe Miller, PHI<\/p>\n

3:10:48<\/p>\n

24:06<\/p>\n

1:58:21<\/p>\n

48:21<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Michal Bucek, SVK<\/p>\n

3:14:42<\/p>\n

18:59<\/p>\n

1:56:28<\/p>\n

59:15<\/p>\n

PRO WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pl<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swim<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bike<\/strong><\/p>\n

Run<\/strong><\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Flora Duffy, BER<\/p>\n

2:43:40<\/p>\n

16:28<\/p>\n

1:42:15<\/p>\n

44:57<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Jacqui Slack, GBR<\/p>\n

2:56:51<\/p>\n

18:25<\/p>\n

1:47:39<\/p>\n

50:47<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Dimity-Lee Duke, AUS<\/p>\n

3:03:18<\/p>\n

20:18<\/p>\n

1:54:08<\/p>\n

48:52<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Mieko Carey, JPN<\/p>\n

3:06:39<\/p>\n

19:51<\/p>\n

1:51:43<\/p>\n

55:05<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Renata Bucher, SUI<\/p>\n

3:12:53<\/p>\n

21:06<\/p>\n

1:52:34<\/p>\n

59:13<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Daz Parker, GBR<\/p>\n

3:19:16<\/p>\n

22:15<\/p>\n

2:01:41<\/p>\n

55:20<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Aya Stevens, SVK<\/p>\n

3:20:07<\/p>\n

20:23<\/p>\n

2:07:07<\/p>\n

52:37<\/p>\n

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