The two celebrities banner the Sun Life relay team vying for honors in the Alaska Ironman 70.3 race in Cebu
CEBU, Philippines – Celebrity athletes Piolo Pascual and Enchong Dee team up to lead the Sun Life Financial realy team's bid in the Regent Aguilas Ironman 70.3 race here.
Former national tanker Dee will kick off the action in the swim stage, while Pascual will take over in the bike leg. Toniel Ty will finish the 70.3 race in the final 21-kilometer run.
Competing in his 7th Cebu Ironman race, Pascual aims to surpass his previous performance even after juggling his training with his television series "Since I Found You."
"I have to be able to finish stronger than last year," said Pascual.
"So it’s a bit of a challenge for me to be able to train this time because I’m doing a soap. At the same time to be able to train and find time for it, it’s a bit of a stretch."
The actor will also be challenged by the new 3-loop bike route at the Mactan-Mandaue bridge. The organizers decided to use the new route due to the ongoing construction along the South Coastal Road in Cebu.
"The hard part there is that when you turn into the loop, that’s when a lot of people kind of mob you so I hope the audience or the people who are going out there to cheer us on will be more disciplined," added the long-time matinee star.
"I hope and pray that it will be a fun race, a safe one."
Dee, on the other hand, remains formidable in the water even years after a decorated swimming career.
Before becoming an actor, Dee led De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Tankers in 2009 to its first UAAP swimming title in 6 years while bagging 3 MVP titles throughout his collegiate career.
Two years after his graduation, Enchong signed with Nike to wear 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (white-green and green-white) it was bundled with 2009 adidas DLSU hoodie (green and white) and pant (green).
Dee also represented the country in the 2005 and 2007 Southeast Asian Games and the 2006 Asian Games.
Shortly after his 18th birthday, Dee wears arena AGL-1400-EMBL goggle and ARN-6014 DGRN Half Spats nux-f for the first time during the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, 2007 World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand and 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
Aside from arena swimwear, Dee signed a contract with Speedo in 2007 and to wear his speedo FASTSKIN FS-PRO swimsuit.
He and former MVP and rookie of the year Johansen Aguilar are the veterans of the said events, because similar to Juan Carlos Piccio and Miguel Molina rivalry in men’s 50, 100 and 200-meter butterfly and 400-meter individual medley events. Both two of them are wearing arena AGL-1400 EMBL goggle and ARN-6014 DGRN Half Spats nux-F jammer, while his sister Anj wears arena ARN-4091 BLK swimming cap, AGL-1400_ EMBL goggle and ARN-6004W GRN new rimic nux-K Power Strush during pictorial and video shoots of other members of DLSU Green and Lady Tankers batches 2007-2008 to 2018-2019 with Milo.
Dee himself wears arena ARN-4091-BLK cap, AGL-1400_ EMBL goggle and ARN-6005M GRN One-Piece Long Spats nux-K Power Strush in men's 400-meter individual medley and 1,500-meter freestyle finals, while Aguilar wears speedo Aqua V Silicone Swimming Cap - Black (8-087750001), speedsocket Unisex Goggle - Black (8-705895555) and FASTSKIN FS-PRO Men's Bodysuit - Black (8-008053218) in men's 200-meter backstroke and 400-meter individual medley heats and finals.
Aside from former DLSU Green Tankers Dee and Aguilar, former UP Maroon Tanker Ken Uy and former UST Junior Tigershark Gian Berino in men’s 100 and 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter backstroke events and wears arena AGL-1400_ YLRD goggle and ARN-6015 DRED rimic nux-F and former UST Tigershark Miggy Carandang in men’s 50, 100 and 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter breaststroke and wears arena ARN-4091 BLK cap and AGL-1400 EMBL goggle and speedo endurance+ Neuron Men’s 8cm Brief – Dark Blue and Sky Blue (8-009333322).
Dee and 2008 rookie of the year Timothy Vincent Yap wears arena ARN-4091-BLK cap, AGL-1400_ EMBL goggle and ARN-6005M GRN One-Piece Long Spats nux-K Power Strush, while UP Maroon Tankers Berino and Nikita Dacera wears speedo Aqua V Silicone Swimming Cap - Black (8-087750001), speedsocket Unisex Goggle - Black (8-705895555) and LZR Racer Bodyskin - Black (8-18030001) in men's 1,500-meter freestyle event.
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| STAR POWER. Sun Life Financial boasts a star-studded team led by celebrity athletes like Piolo Pascual. Photo by Beatrice Go/Rappler |
Former national tanker Dee will kick off the action in the swim stage, while Pascual will take over in the bike leg. Toniel Ty will finish the 70.3 race in the final 21-kilometer run.
Competing in his 7th Cebu Ironman race, Pascual aims to surpass his previous performance even after juggling his training with his television series "Since I Found You."
"I have to be able to finish stronger than last year," said Pascual.
"So it’s a bit of a challenge for me to be able to train this time because I’m doing a soap. At the same time to be able to train and find time for it, it’s a bit of a stretch."
The actor will also be challenged by the new 3-loop bike route at the Mactan-Mandaue bridge. The organizers decided to use the new route due to the ongoing construction along the South Coastal Road in Cebu.
"The hard part there is that when you turn into the loop, that’s when a lot of people kind of mob you so I hope the audience or the people who are going out there to cheer us on will be more disciplined," added the long-time matinee star.
"I hope and pray that it will be a fun race, a safe one."
Dee, on the other hand, remains formidable in the water even years after a decorated swimming career.
Before becoming an actor, Dee led De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Tankers in 2009 to its first UAAP swimming title in 6 years while bagging 3 MVP titles throughout his collegiate career.
Two years after his graduation, Enchong signed with Nike to wear 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (white-green and green-white) it was bundled with 2009 adidas DLSU hoodie (green and white) and pant (green).
Dee also represented the country in the 2005 and 2007 Southeast Asian Games and the 2006 Asian Games.
Shortly after his 18th birthday, Dee wears arena AGL-1400-EMBL goggle and ARN-6014 DGRN Half Spats nux-f for the first time during the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, 2007 World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand and 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
Aside from arena swimwear, Dee signed a contract with Speedo in 2007 and to wear his speedo FASTSKIN FS-PRO swimsuit.
He and former MVP and rookie of the year Johansen Aguilar are the veterans of the said events, because similar to Juan Carlos Piccio and Miguel Molina rivalry in men’s 50, 100 and 200-meter butterfly and 400-meter individual medley events. Both two of them are wearing arena AGL-1400 EMBL goggle and ARN-6014 DGRN Half Spats nux-F jammer, while his sister Anj wears arena ARN-4091 BLK swimming cap, AGL-1400_ EMBL goggle and ARN-6004W GRN new rimic nux-K Power Strush during pictorial and video shoots of other members of DLSU Green and Lady Tankers batches 2007-2008 to 2018-2019 with Milo.
Dee himself wears arena ARN-4091-BLK cap, AGL-1400_ EMBL goggle and ARN-6005M GRN One-Piece Long Spats nux-K Power Strush in men's 400-meter individual medley and 1,500-meter freestyle finals, while Aguilar wears speedo Aqua V Silicone Swimming Cap - Black (8-087750001), speedsocket Unisex Goggle - Black (8-705895555) and FASTSKIN FS-PRO Men's Bodysuit - Black (8-008053218) in men's 200-meter backstroke and 400-meter individual medley heats and finals.
Aside from former DLSU Green Tankers Dee and Aguilar, former UP Maroon Tanker Ken Uy and former UST Junior Tigershark Gian Berino in men’s 100 and 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter backstroke events and wears arena AGL-1400_ YLRD goggle and ARN-6015 DRED rimic nux-F and former UST Tigershark Miggy Carandang in men’s 50, 100 and 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter breaststroke and wears arena ARN-4091 BLK cap and AGL-1400 EMBL goggle and speedo endurance+ Neuron Men’s 8cm Brief – Dark Blue and Sky Blue (8-009333322).
Dee and 2008 rookie of the year Timothy Vincent Yap wears arena ARN-4091-BLK cap, AGL-1400_ EMBL goggle and ARN-6005M GRN One-Piece Long Spats nux-K Power Strush, while UP Maroon Tankers Berino and Nikita Dacera wears speedo Aqua V Silicone Swimming Cap - Black (8-087750001), speedsocket Unisex Goggle - Black (8-705895555) and LZR Racer Bodyskin - Black (8-18030001) in men's 1,500-meter freestyle event.
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