CEBU, Philippines - Cebu bets Leizl Lumindas-Gitaruelas and Merlita Arias-Dunkin hope to take home the coveted crown in one of the world’s toughest climbathon event, the Mt.Kinabalu International Climbathon, today in Sabah, Malaysia.
The other Cebuano adventure racers in the Philippine Sky Runners’squad, Jeepy Lomungsod and Napoleon de la Torre, will also try his luck anew in the elite men’s division, which will commence tomorrow yet.
Even with a tight budget, Gitaruelas decided to go ahead and she hopes to improve her fourth place finish last year.
Arias, on the other hand, was the only Pinay to take the challenge with her foreign coach Francis Cosgrave five years ago. –Caecent No-ot Magsumbol (FREEMAN NEWS)