'I needed to find another way to be alive,' says SEA Games obstacle course racing champion Mark Julius Rodelas. SEAGames32 Cambodia2023
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A quest for adventure after what he felt was a monotonous life led obstacle course racer Mark Julius Rodelas to aYears since leaving his job as an English teacher at the Manuel A. Roxas High School in Paco, Rodelas contributed to the Philippines’ gold-medal charge as he ruled the men’s individual event on Saturday, May 6.
A product of Emilio Aguinaldo College, Rodelas competed in the NCAA as a sprinter and jumper, although he admitted that he found little success as a student-athlete. Also a former fitness coach, Rodelas abandoned plans to work abroad and turned all his attention to his newfound love. He erased his previous world mark of 27.12 seconds with a time of 25.09 seconds in the preliminaries and clocked 25.19 in the final, nearly two seconds faster than Pascua, who topped the event four years ago in Manila.
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