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‘Bike for Life’ returns Sunday
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Posted on Sep 22 2011
Pacific Islands Club Saipan will have its second “Bike for Life” race of the year this Sunday.
“Bike For Life” is back after its first race five months ago and this time there will be two courses. Besides the regular 50-kilometer course, PIC is also offering a 30-km race. The shorter course will start and end at the southern parking lot of PIC with bikers heading south first, cruising along the airport road, heading up to San Vicente, going down Capital Hill, and then back to PIC through Beach Road.
The 50-km race will have the same route, but before heading down Capital Hill, riders will go straight to Kagman and then pedal all the way to the tricky road leading to the Kingfisher Golf Links.
Bikers can use either their MTB or road bikes in the 50-km race, while the 30-km is only for MTB riders. The top finishers in each division will receive $50 cash. Raffle prizes also await bikers.
Entrance fee is only $12 and the registration and race will start at 5:30am and 6:30am, respectively.
This weekend’s race aims to raise funds for the fight against cancer, while riders will use the event to prepare for the Hell of the Marianas in December and other future competitions.
XTERRA World-bound Butch Sublemente and Mieko Carey are the bikers to watch in the “Bike for Life.” Sublemente ruled the previous “Bike for Life,” timing in at 2:00:21 in the 50-km race and beating Nap Dizon (2:00:34) and Noel Altamirano (2:03:41).
More than 40 riders joined the April race, but only 30 completed the course.
Carey missed the first “Bike for Life” event of the year, but ruled several women’s division races after that. Last month, she joined Sublemente’s fundraiser, while the latter topped Carey’s own fundraising race last weekend.
Both Carey and Sublemente are using the series of local races to prepare for next month’s XTERRA World Championship in Maui, Hawaii. Carey is entered in the pro division, while Sublemente is joining the 35 to 39 age group and is hoping to turn pro next year.
For more information about “Bike for Life,” contact Rommel Bartolo at 234-79-76, extension 5189.
