Men can join the run if they register with a female participant, but they won’t be eligible to win in any category. (Correction race organizer Kenneth Casquejo contacted me to say that male runners can win but only the top 3 spots of the 5K and 10K races)

Registration fee is P250 and is inclusive of a race number, route map, souvenir shirt, and a goodie bag. Runners may register at the Mabolo branch of Leona’s Bakeshop from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The run will start at 6 a.m. in IT Park, Lahug, Cebu City.

Here’s an interactive map of the route:

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The Pinay In Action team is led by Senator Pia S. Cayetano, a runner and triathlete. The group seeks to empower Filipinas by providing them with information and tools geared towards a healthier lifestyle and a better future.

Among Pinay in Action activities are sports events, fitness clinics, and talks and seminars on women’s issues. For more information about the group, log on to www.pinayinaction.com.

For inquiries, please contact:
Annie Neric
Fitness Program Director
Holiday Gym & Spa
Gov. M. Cuenco Ave. , Banilad Road
Cebu City Philipinnes
Tel No.: (032) 2330386

One of the requirements for the positions is knowledge in the proper techniques and bio-mechanics of running.

Check out Runnr’s job ad.

Runnr Cebu will open at Ayala Center’s ActiveZone, which also hosts outlets of popular sports brands like Adidas, Nike, Puma and Speedo.

Ayala Active Zone is a 3,000-square-meter area that will host stores selling sports and outdoor apparel, shoes, gear and equipment.

Among the tenants already operating in Active Zone are Speedo, Adidas, Nike, Sanuk, DC, Puma, Juego and G-Force. Skechers, Timberland, Wellness Concepts, R.O.X., Stoked Inc., Hip Street, Ecko Unlimited, Merrell, Planet Sports, Royal Sporting House, Mizuno, Fila, R Options, Pony, and Zoo York are expected to start operating by December.

The Runnr branch in Bonifacio High Street at The Fort in Taguig offers Footworx, which combines three state-of-the-art services to determine a runner’s footprint and gait and use this information to find the right shoe for him or her.

Check out our marathon photos at the Facebook page of CebuRunning and leave a message if you want a high resolution copy of your picture e-mailed to you. You might need to add yourself as a fan of the Facebook page in order to leave a comment.

CLICK TO ENLARGE. Photographs of the Smart Subic International Marathon (SIM) can be found at the CebuRunning Facebook page. If you find yourself in the photos, tag yourself and leave a message, we’ll send you a high-resolution version of the image.

If you know of someone who joined the marathon that was ran along the stretch of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac-Expressway (SCTEX), starting from Floridablanca town in Pampanga up to Remy Field in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City, let them check out our Facebook page for their photos. We’ve posted a total of 78 photos of marathon runners in different areas of the route.

The Smart Subic International Marathon fired off at 4:30 p.m. and was dominated by Kenyan runners, who grabbed the first eight slots in the top 10 of the men’s category and top two places in the women’s category.

But after hours of going through racks of women’s running gear at several stores in the freeport, I’ve come to the conclusion that I could buy them cheaper during sale season in Cebu City.

NikeFitDry racerback shirts and running singlets are priced at 900 pesos and over at the company’s factory outlet and even in several other shops that carry the Nike line in Subic. But at the Nike outlet in Robinson’s Cebu, I bought two such shirts for much cheaper, at 600 or 700 plus pesos. Nike shops in SM and Ayala, also in Cebu, sell the same items at similar prices.

It was even worse at the Adidas shop in the freeport; running singlets cost upward of 1,000 pesos and there were only a few styles and sizes to choose from. That’s expensive, considering that at the Adidas outlets in Ayala and SM in Cebu, I saw a running t-shirt (not on sale) priced at 800 plus. They have my size, too.

I was really looking for running shorts but they ran out of stocks for women at most of the shops we went to in Subic. Thankfully, at a small store called “Pay Less for U.S.,” I chanced upon a pair of Old Navy running shorts for only 250 pesos. It fitted me perfectly, so not all was lost.

Max was luckier because at a rundown store called “Best & Less,” he was able to buy a Nike hydration belt with provision for three water bottles, energy gel or bar, small cellfone, and money. Since he has been scouring sports shops in Cebu for such a belt for some time now, the find was timely.

In the same shop, The Northface caps are sold at only 350 pesos each and Ipanema slippers range in prices from 600 to over a thousand pesos.