IronGirls kicks off Alveo 70.3 races


The IronGirls ushers in the Alveo Ironman 70.3 weekend today with 600 participants all set for the 5k run at the scenic Azuela Cove in Davao City.

The fun run for girls’ 12-years-old-and-above at 5 p.m. caps series of activities lined up in the first of the three-day event culminating in the Ironman 70.3 presented by Petron and held in Mindanao for the first time in a decade of triathlon staging by Sunrise Events, Inc. Sunday.

The Alaska Run Out fires off at 6 a.m. to be followed by the Bike Course Ride Out at 9 a.m. with the Ironman 70.3 Davao Expo Open, Sponsors Expo and Food Park slated from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The IronKids swim-bike-run, on the other hand, is set at 5 a.m. tomorrow.

Focus will then shift to Sunday’s big event, the Alveo Ironman 70.3 featuring five world champions gearing up for a blistering finish in the 1.9K swim, 90K bike, 21K run event. (MB)