{"id":359657,"date":"2022-01-13T06:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T20:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=359657"},"modified":"2022-01-13T06:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T20:04:16","slug":"bottoms-up-rises-in-mixed-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bottoms-up-rises-in-mixed-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottoms Up rises in mixed division"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_359658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359658\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TRAC-pix-11-1.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosemarie Chisato, left, is escorted to the finish line by Bottoms Up teammate Noel Altamirano in Triathlon Association of the CNMI\u2019s 6th Saipan Duathlon last Saturday from Banzai Cliff in Marpi. (Mark Rabago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bottoms Up proved that athletes that socially drink together make better teammates after running away with the mixed division title of Triathlon Association of the CNMI\u2019s 6th Saipan Duathlon last Saturday from Banzai Cliff in Marpi.<\/p>\n<p>Runner Rosemarie Chisato and cyclist Noel Altamirano expertly negotiated the 5-kilometer run, 20-km bike, and 2.5-km run with a time of 1:13:24 to beat the Alice in Wonderland pair of Eunice Xu and Wilfredo Barbo who came in at 1:14:10<\/p>\n<p>Asked how they teamed up, Chisato and Altamirano joked around and volunteered that they usually get-together with friends and on occasion have a drink or two, hence the team name.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe\u2019re friends. We met in the \u2018bottoms up,\u2019\u201d Altamirano said while gesturing a drinking session. \u201cThe bike [portion] was good. We\u2019re always training in bike\u2026 and drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old Marianas Trekking staff said the holidays didn\u2019t stop him from training, as he continued with his 5-6 day-a-week training regimen.<\/p>\n<p>Chisato, who only missed the Turkey Trot in Run Saipan\u2019s 2021 calendar, said she hasn\u2019t missed a beat in her training schedule as well. <\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old Paris Croissant Bakery staff said she usually runs 4-5 days a week, which proved handy in helping Bottoms Up to the 6th Saipan Duathlon win.<\/p>\n<p>TRAC president Manny Sitchon, who also took part in the event albeit as a solo competitor, congratulated all the winners of the 6th Saipan Duathlon and thanked all the participants and volunteers of the event. The 6th Saipan Duathlon was sponsored by IT&amp;E.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from TRAC\u2019s 6th Saipan Duathlon will go to the sport federation\u2019s preparations for the triathlon event of this year\u2019s Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 that the CNMI will be hosting for the very first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bottoms Up proved that athletes that socially drink together make better teammates after running away&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":359659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}