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Posts tagged 5K
Energizer Night Race finish times now out
Jul 14th
Race times for all runners who joined the Energizer Night Race last Saturday have been released by organizers. To view your time, check out the spreadsheet below. Click on the appropriate category at the bottom of the screen.
Qualfon Run4Q 1st call center run virtual map now out
May 29th
Qualfon’s Run4Q The 1st Call Center Run will fire off from The Terraces in Ayala Center Cebu at 5 a.m. tomorrow. The run is being organized as part of the celebration of the 4th anniversary of Qualfon.
Run4Q has races in 3K, 5K (call center and open categories), 10K (media and open categories) and 16K. Organizers said in a press briefing earlier this week that they worked hard to ensure that there will be ample water supply for the runners considering the recent spate of high temperatures.
PROMOTE WELLNESS. (From left) Qualfon employees Aezel C. Aguirre (employee relations), Joy Pastorfide-Roman (sourcing/branding) and Gilbey Radin (sourcing/branding) during their press briefing earlier this week on tomorrow’s Run4Q The First Call Center Run. The three said the run is meant to promote wellness especially among call center workers. (PHOTOGRAPHED BY MARLEN D. LIMPAG)Race director Joel Baring said in a press briefing earlier this week that guntime will be at 5:30 a.m.
Aezel Aguirre, of Qualfon employee relations, said they decided to organize a run to celebrate their company’s anniversary because they want to encourage their workers and even those of other business process outsourcing companies to start a healthy habit of exercising.
Aquirre said the run is meant to promote wellness and healthy lifestyle among call center employees. Unlike sports like basketball, which limits participants, anyone can run, he said.
SRP Sundown Run interactive virtual race map now out
May 7th
The Cebu City Government is launching the South Road Properties (SRP) with a week-long activity that will culminate tomorrow, May 8, with a fun run and an attempt to break the world record for the number of rockets fired in a fireworks display.
The Cebu City Government is also reported to be spending at least P1 million for free barbecue dinner for 40,000 people on May 8.
The SRP Sundown Run will have 3K, 5K and 10K races. Organizers said one lane of the SRP will be closed for the run.
Pinay in Action Visayas leg on April 11 to have 3K, 5K and 10K races
Mar 18th
The Visayas leg of Pinay In Action, an all women run, will be held in Cebu City this April 11, and will feature the 3-kilometer, 5-kilometer, and 10-kilometer distances.
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.
Red Cross Humanity Race routes shorter than announced
Dec 5th
When you run in tomorrow’s 1st Red Cross Youth Cebu Humanity Race, keep in mind that it is a charity event. You’re running to help an important organization that has been at the forefront of providing medical assistance throughout the world.
If you’re running to set a personal record, you’ll be disappointed.
The routes of the Red Cross Humanity Race are shorter than what have been announced. The 5K race route as indicated in the map that came with the registration form is actually just 4 kilometers, based on Google Maps data (see image). The 10K route is just 7.6 kilometers.
NOT 10K. The “10K” route of tomorrow’s Red Cross Humanity Race is actually just 7.6 kilometers, according to Google Maps data. CLICK TO ENLARGE.If you’re using a GPS device in tomorrow’s run, I’d appreciate feedback on the actual distance of the routes. (Update: Runner Joe France Rodriguez Cañizares said his Garmin GPS watch indicated the 10K route to be only 8.89K.)
It may sound nitpicking—all this fuss on the actual distance of the routes for a charity run—but exact measurements of race courses are very important. Most runners do not compete with other runners, they compete with themselves. They want to continually set personal records. But to be able to gauge whether they have gone faster, they should be told the correct distance of the races they are running.
Cebu City Marathon interactive route maps now available
Dec 5th
I’ve just finished setting up the interactive route maps for the different distances of the Cebu City Marathon on Jan. 10, 2010. The maps only contain route data for now. But as soon as I get data on where the water stations will be deployed, I will add these to the map.
The maps are interactive. You can zoom into and out of it and pan it around to check the other parts of the route.
I will also be adding information on key tourist and historical spots, for the benefit of out-of-town runners.
Here’s the map for the full marathon course:
Chaotic timekeeping, awarding mar Go for Green Tourism Eco-Fun Run
Nov 30th
An otherwise good Sunday fun run attended by about 1,500 runners was marred by chaotic time-keeping and awarding of winners yesterday. The Go for Green Eco-Tourism Fun Run awarding dragged on until close to 9 a.m. because members of the racing technical committee took so long to finalize rankings.
Some finishers questioned the result reported by the race’s technical staff. The confusion got to a point that a man was named a top 10 finisher in one of the women’s categories.
Race director Joe Deresas blamed yesterday’s snafu on last minute adjustments and changes by registered runners on their race distances.
CLICK TO ENLARGE. Media category winners (from left) Allain Cortes of Sun.Star Cebu (3rd), Ronald Banugon of Bombo Radyo-Cebu (1st), and Max Limpag of Sun.Star Cebu and CebuRunning (2nd). (PHOTO BY SUN.STAR CEBU’S ARNI ACLAO)
The announcing of winners got so drawn-out that even if people were already leaving, winners of some categories were still not determined. The winners of the special categories for media and the Cebu Association of Tour Operators (Cato) took so long to determine because of the chaos in the technical staff’s booth. The Cato winners, in fact, were no longer named, only the numbers were read and very few winners approached the stage to claim the prizes.
Cebu City Marathon to use ChampionChip transponder chips for 21K, 42K races
Nov 25th
Organizers of the Cebu City Marathon have decided to use RFID chips of ChampionChip to time participants in the 21K and 42K races of the Cebu City Marathon on Jan. 10, 2010.
The development was announced in a press conference this noon at the Casino Español.
Go for Green Eco-Fun Run offers top prizes, raffles
Nov 20th
The Cebu Tourism and Travel Association (CTTA) and Cebu Association of Tour Operators (CATO) will stage the first Tourism Eco-Fun Run “Go for Green” at the Asiatown IT Park in Lahug, Cebu City on Nov. 29.
The Go for Green fun run will have 3K, 5K and 10K races. The registration fee for the run is P180, which is inclusive of the race singlet. The registration centers for the race are in Southwind Travel in JY Square, Grand Hope Travel in SM City, Adventure Travel in Ayala Center Cebu and the Philippine Sports Commission 7 office at the Cebu City Sports Center.
