A one-of-a-kind event like this surely attracted media and news interviews!
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Special thanks to Brian Masayon, Noriel Simcuangco, and Greg Uy of Fil-Am Tri Club. They are our relentless event coordinators. I hope they didn't get tired of me!
Invitations were sent out as far we could, Fil-Am Cycling Clubs in the area, San Diego, and Northern California, Texas, friends in Hawaii, East Coast region, UK, France, Italy, Dubai, friends in Singapore, Australia, and naturally in the Philippines. This also includes Fil-Am and Philippine’s fixed gear-enthusiast groups that we can reach out to. I hate to mention but Facebook really played a big role of connecting us up!
The crowds were terrific! Our officials attested that they had fun too!
This is proof! Give me a high TEN!
Just to let everyone in of what’s in store for the future…. how about another national record attempt next year again?! How about getting the Philippine Track Team to travel and race at UCI’s Los Angeles Grand Prix this November?! How about a “Flying-lap” event in the plans from my cycling friends in Australia?! They even want me to sample my sprint later this year and create their own track records! Wow! I’m just amazed! In addition, my Ironfly teammate Mark Neumann will also attempt an hour record very soon!
In addition, the extra funds gathered from this event were arranged for Arland’s friend and Tri-athlete Joash Serrano who was in dire need of a kidney transplant. We hope the little help gathered will count a lot for his surgery. Get well Joash! We need you back competing once again!
There are so many thank you's and a few repeated ones! Without ALL of you, I don't think we will be able to pull this event off the charts! We broke new grounds and made history that day!
Most of all, Arland's family… Twinkle and Miles who were cheering from home far away; and mine... Trelly and my grown-up kids for their support for both of us in our passion for this sport of cycling!
Caption of the poster above made by Patrick Silverio. All photos courtesy of John Photography and Gus Sarmiento.
There are so many “first” made during this event. We pioneered the first 1-hour track record in Asia! We truly broke new grounds that Sunday!
This will be a day to remember for Philippine Track Cycling! Thank you for trusting me orchestrate this historic feat!
Thank you all and congratulations, Arland!
Arden Arindaeng
Philippine Hour CEO
Chief Event Organizer
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