Hunat Sugbu Triathlon Goes Home to Argao

Like salmon defying the current for its traditional homecoming to spawn, Hunat Sugbu Triathlon goes home to Argao.

This is the fourth staging of such an event, overall. Normally there is just one Hunat Sugbu Tri annually but because of a charity-motivated staging in Bantayan Island, post Yolanda, it was done twice last year. The other venue was Oslob town.

According to Cen Manguilimotan, general manager of Cebu Parklane International Hotel, Hunat Sugbu existed because they want to help the community, more specifically the hearing-impaired community. “Every effort we put in goes to the foundation whose intent is to help the less privileged. Hunat Sugbu takes pride to uphold the vision once shared to us by Manuel “Maning” Ting. We know why we run and continue to exist.”

The Tings own Cebu Parklane. This event is a spinoff of the Dagan Para Kang Maning (fun run) series.

There are four categories: Standard/Triathlon (Php2500/participant) 1.5km swim – 40 km bike – 10km run; Sprint/Triathlon (Php2500/participant) 750m swim – 20km bike – 5km run; relay/triathlon – Php2300/participant 1.5km swim – 40 km bike – 10km run; Team Challenge/Triathlon – fastest team wins/total time of the team’s top 5 finisheres will determine the team’s time).

Standard Distance age-group category for Male : 29 under, 30-39, 40-49, 50 and above; Female: 29 Under, 30-39, 40 and above.

Sprint Distance age-group category for Male: 19 under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50 and above; Female: 19 Under, 20-29, 30-39, 40 and above.

Relay team category requires any mix of gender of two to three members.

For team challenge mechanics, prizes, rules and regulations applying to all sections of the race, kindly check hunatsugbu.com. The site also provides details on where and how to register.