1st Quezon City international marathon set October

MANILA, Philippines - Quezon City, ranked among the top 10 Asian Cities of the Future by the Financial Times Magazine and AsiaBIZ Strategy, will hold the city’s first international marathon on Oct. 18 with Mayor Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr. mobilizing the support of the QC residents and corporate partners.

Envisioned to be the culminating activity of the city’s weeklong 70th founding anniversary celebration this October, the first Quezon City International Marathon (QCIM) will be a multi-event footrace with the 42.195-kilometer full marathon as centerpiece event.

The race will start and finish at the newly spruced-up Quezon Memorial Circle People’s Park, and traverse the whole length of Commonwealth Avenue, parts of the newly built Ayala Techno Park, the UP Campus and the La Mesa Eco-Park. The other races will cover distances of 21, 10 and 5 kilometers within this relatively flat course. Attractive prizes will be up for grabs for top-notch local and international runners.

Belmonte has appointed the Executive Runners Club of the Philippines (Runnex) as QCIM race manager with Entraineur/Finish Line as race organizer.

The QCIM satellite races are expected to be star-studded with major broadcast media stations based in Quezon City invited to participate in the event, particularly their showbiz talents. The country’s top radio-TV stations headquartered in Quezon City include ABS-CBN, GMA 7, ABC5, IBC 13, RPN 9 and NBN 4.

For further inquiries, contact 920-4206, 742-0283 or 742-3091 (telefax) or log on to www.runnex.org or finishline.ph.