ATM 500 - Day 13: 57 active teams going into the final day
And so we enter the final day of the ATM 500 already! The two-weeks-long team challenge is coming to an official conclusion at 10pm on Sunday night, and according to the data there’s still 57 active teams trying to reach the 500k benchmark tomorrow. On the penultimate day, Saturday, we had 29 big finishers bringing the total of official finishers to 175, and six more teams are under review - mostly because one of their runners did not fulfil the mandatory 75K requirement for each.
On this penultimate day, we also saw the arrival of a very fast squad from the Philippines: The Untouchaballs, consisting of Dan Sagayap, Jeric Occiano, Jeff Suazo and Dio Cerujano - all established distance runners. Their team strategy was for short stints on basically each day of the past nearly two weeks. Short stints with speed! Their total team time is 44:55:10 or an average speed of 11.13 km/h. That is slightly slower than Sherpa’s Angels on the Speedster List, but ahead of Tokyo Nomads and Team Uglow Asia 1. Of course, those two teams also had a focus on more distance per day, but still. Outstanding effort from this filipino team! Their sister team, The Untouchaballs 2, were also a finisher on day 13 and only slightly less quick in total: 49:20:02. This is a team built around Ray Cabanig, whom we also have seen performing well in ATM points races before already. Also Team Infinity Runners (53:35:42), Lahud Data Trail Newbies (54:35:50) and MKRC Not Fast Just Furious (55:51:25) had a lot of pace in them during the past two weeks.
The other finishers on day 13 were:
Kupi Kupi 76
Spartan SGX Kalabaw
SVR
Raya Perantauan
Garliari 05 ITB
The Kouros Club
MKRC To Infinity and Beyond
Team BJRC
Indonesian Spartans 6
PhilSKy Team B
LD Mix Runner
RIOT
Team UK
Coq Udang
Santai Tapi Sampai
SHEI Angels
BOG Charlie
ARA Venger’s Runner
RMC Virtual
Retro 1
Kopi Harimau 2
SolarCell Team
CONGRATULATIONS to all runners and we hope you had a great Saturday night celebration! To the 57 teams still out there trying to make it on the final day: GODSPEED!
