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Visita Iglesia: a 22K Maundy Thursday run to Cordova
Apr 2nd
Maundy Thursday and Good Friday are two of only five holidays when there is no work in the newsroom. It is a much-needed work break that I look forward to.
In my first Holy Week as a runner, I decided to run to nearby Cordova town and visit churches located there and other parts of Mactan Island.
ON THE CORDOVA BRIDGE. With Marlen at dusk on the bridge marking the boundary of Cordova town.I wanted a runner’s equivalent of a visita iglesia—that Roman Catholic practice of visiting several churches on Maundy Thursday. The better route would have been toward Cebu City, where there are more churches (the visita iglesia apparently comes from an ancient practice of visiting 7 pilgrim churches), but I wanted to visit Cordova again after several years. I had fond memories of tasty batchoy being served by a roadside stall in front of the town hall.
I ran with Marlen, who had been sidelined by injury for weeks. She was slightly worried about running 21 kilometers, which was our target, so soon after running 7 kilometers in the Wednesday night run with the ungo runners and 18 kilometers last Monday when we ran home together.
Great Lapu-Lapu Run to use timing chips for 21K, 10K races; winners to be sent to Hong Kong
Feb 14th
Organizers of the Great Lapu-Lapu Run will be using timing chips for the 21K and 10K races that will be held in Lapu-Lapu City on April 18. The run will also have 5K and 3K races but only 21K and 10K participants will use the timing chips.
The race is organized by the Lapu-Lapu City Government and the Lapu Lapu City Tourism Cultural and Historical Commission.
This year’s edition of the race is being organized by elite triathlete Noy Jopson and veteran runner and race director Raffy Uytiepo.
GREAT LAPU-LAPU RUN. The Great Lapu-Lapu Run will be using RFID chips to time runners of its 21K and 10K races. The website printed above, however, is still not live.
