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Rookie PAL squads tally top 10 Ironman finishes

Philippine Daily Inquirer
August 20, 2012

Two greenhorn Philippine Airlines teams finished in the top 10 of the corporate category of the recent 4th Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines in Cebu.

PAL Team A finished sixth in the 22-team field with a time of five hours, 54 minutes and 25 seconds while PAL Team B wound up eight in 6:01:09.

Corporate division champion First Endurance-CPK Tri Team clocked 4:20:02.

Team A was made up of pilots, Capt. Katherine Pijuan (swim), Capt. Jose Balinghasay (bike) and Capt. Mike Ugalino (run).

Capt. Raymond Pabalan (swim) and flight stewards George Tayag (bike) and Cris Casalla (run) comprised of Team B.

The Ironman event lured over 1,600 entries from 31 countries. It consisted of 1.2 miles of swimming, 56 miles of cycling and 13.1 miles of running starting from Shangri-La Mactan Resort and passing through the cities of Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Cebu and Talisay.

A total of 22 corporate teams vied in the competition in which PAL was the official carrier.

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