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Xterra Tri-Outs Camp: Race To Maui

By Barefootdaves
Vaseline Men will continue to raise the bar for Filipino triathletes by forming a Philippine team that will compete in the prestigious XTERRA Off-road Triathlon Global Championships in Maui, Hawaii on October 28, 2012. This is the first time that the Philippines will be sending an official team to compete in one of the biggest triathlon series in the world. The team will be composed of Coach Noy Jopson and celebrity athletes Matteo Guidicelli and Drew Arellano
Two more members (Takbo.ph’s Jinoe Gavan, chiropractor Dr. Martin Camara, Second Wind’s Hector Yuzon, ultramarathoner Mark Hernandez, Health Food president Raffy Zamora, swimbikerun.ph’s Carlos De Guzman, and Sutherland Global Services corporate training manager Redg Plopinio) to be selected via the search for the best Filipino triathletes in the Vaseline Men XTERRA Tri-Outs Camp: Race to Maui
Xterra Tri-Outs Camp: Race To Maui
Everyone is encouraged to take part and show support for the Vaseline Men Philippine team by watching the journey and struggles of the participants in www.youtube.com/vaselinemenph. Viewers can then vote for their favorite triathlete by clicking on the voting link found within the YouTube site, or at the end of every episode
Each vote casted will help decide the winner of the training camp. The public votes are equivalent to 50% of each athlete's score with the judges’ votes and their actual performance during the three-day camp equivalent to the other 50%. There will be three videos based on their performance during the camp. Each video will be released weekly starting October 1 until October 15 in the Vaseline Men YouTube Page
The two athletes with the highest scores by October 18 will join Coach Noy, Matteo and Drew in this once-in-a-lifetime chance to represent the Philippines in the highly prestigious XTERRA World Championships in Maui
Voters also stand to win P50,000 as each vote is equivalent to one electronic raffle entry. Two lucky voters of the triathlete with the most number of votes will get a chance to win P50,000 each. Voting will end on October 17, 2012 and the electronic draw will be on October 18. The winners will be announced in the Vaseline Men Facebook page (www.facebook.com/vaselinemenph)

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