Part of SRP to be closed during CCM

CEBU, Philippines - Portion of the South Road Properties (SRP) will be closed during the highly-anticipated Cebu City Marathon, Cebu’s biggest and grandest running event in recent memory set on January 10, 2010.

City Councilor Sylvan “Jack” Jakosalem said that the city government will be publishing an ad regarding the road closure and other important details of the Summit Natural Drinking Water and Globe-presented event.

Aside from that, there will be signage that will be posted along the roads ahead of time to inform the motorists and the general public regarding the closure, which has been agreed by the CITOM and the organizing Cebu Executive Runners Club.

Jakosalem added that more traffic enforcers will be deployed in the route to ensure the safety of the runners as well as the smooth flow of traffic.

Meanwhile, those who are interested to join the race have only until December 31 to register at the Active Zone of Ayala Center-Cebu and or at the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC)-7 office located inside the Cebu City Sports Center.

For those who have already registered, race packets can be claimed on January 6 to 8.

On January 6 to 9, there will be a marathon expo where athletes can buy some items on a discounted rate.

In another development, Globe has pledged cellphones to all the champions in the three categories featured in the CCM - the 42K, 21K and 5K. Three top three finishers will also get watches courtesy of Timex.

On top of the freebies, the overall winner in the 42K class will take home P50,000 in both men and women’s divisions. The second will pocket P25,000 while the third will receive P10,000.

The fourth and fifth will get P5,000 and P2,500, respectively, while the sixth to 10th will receive P1,500 each.

The champion in the 21K will bag P15, 000, while the first placer in the 5K will receive P5,000. (FREEMAN NEWS)