While the XTERRA brand is still new in the hearts of Philippines the exposure for the 13 athletes on the grand stage was without a doubt the experience of a lifetime. But it was also notification that the Philippines can compete on the big stage and dream can come true!

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SALT LAKE CITY — Six days after celebrating his 40th birthday, seven-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong will be back on the bike competing in the XTERRA USA Championship at Snowbasin Ski Resort in Utah. (more…)

HONOLULU, HI (April 4, 2011) – The sport of XTERRA was born on Maui in 1996, and after 15 years on Maui’s south shore, (more…)

Cebu City (March 6, 2011) – Great Britain’s Sam Gardner and American Shonny Vanlandingham won the inaugural XTERRA Philippines Championship race at the picturesque Amara Subdivision in Barangay Catarman, Liloan, Cebu.

The race started with a 1.5-kilometer swim in the Camotes Sea near the century old Liloan lighthouse, followed with a 32-kilometer mountain bike and finished with a 10-kilometer trail run through thousands of cheering spectators fronting the San Fernando Rey Parish Church and Papa Kits Marina.

“Part of the run goes through a whole slew of fighting cocks with goats and cats, and the wild part is this bamboo walkway above the water. The bamboo sticks are lashed together but still not easy to run on,” explained XTERRA managing director Dave Nicholas.

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Women’s pro winner Shonny Vanlandingham said she got through the most difficult part of the race because of the support of locals who watched and supported the participants.

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Sam Gardner was not at his best but still managed to win XTERRA Philippines convincingly.

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Shonny Vanlandingham ruled the distaff side of the competition clocking in at two hours, thirty one minutes and 39 seconds. In second place was the Swiss Miss Renata Bucher with a time of 2:33:35.

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As predicted by all the experts and other observers, Sam Gardner ruled the XTERRA Philippines, clocking in with a total tile of two hours and 25 minutes.

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Leading the standings are Sam Gardner, Renata Bucher and Shonny Vanlandingham.

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Sam Gardner, the top seed and considered by many to be the likely winner of XTERRA Philippines, checked in first after the mountain bike portion of the race.

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