Condura Skyway marathon expects record field

MANILA, Philippines - Organizers of the Condura Skyway Marathon: Run for the Mangroves expect a bigger staging for its next edition in February next year with 2,500 runners projected in the long-busting 42K distance.

“So far, after only three days of registration, 1,000 runners have already registered for the 42K. We expect 2,500 full marathoners overall, so this will be one of the largest full marathon events in the country,” said Ton Concepcion, chief organizing officer of Skyway Marathon during yesterdy’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s Malate.

Concepcion said the entire field in the event, set Feb. 3, 2013, will be limited to 13,000 runners overall, who will try to “conquer the Skyway and build a mangrove forest” in the 42K, 21K, and 10K races as well as the new 6K and 3.8K distances, which replace the previous 5K and 3K runs, respectively.

“We’re looking at 13,000 runners and the interesting thing is, we expect to continue the trend of seeing more participants in the longer distances, the 21K and 42K, than the previous editions,” he said when he graced the forum along with running ambassador Patrick Concepcion, Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation’s An Rubenecia, race director Neville Manaois, and Asics’ representative Baby Lorenzo.

Registration is ongoing until Dec. 23, at the Asics Registration Center in Greenbelt 3 Ayala Mall in Makati City.

The Condura Skyway Marathon, Run for the Mangroves 2013, co-title sponsored by Skyway and presented by sports apparel and shoe sponsor Asics, hydration partners 100 Plus and Summit Water and venue sponsor Filinvest City, will also serve as the kickoff of next year’s running events.

For race details and the event’s advocacy, visit the official website mwww.conduraskywaymarathon.com or the official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/conduraskywaymarathon.

Other backers of the event are Century Tuna, 100 Plus, Coors Light, Century Tuna, Dole, Magnolia Fresh Chicken, Monterey, Selecta, Magnolia Brown Eggs, Clear, LBC, Soleus, Rexona, Pond’s, Master and Crimson, Acacia, Bellevue, AsiaTravel.com as hotel and travel partners and The Philippine Star, Men’s Health Magazine, Runner’s World, UNO Magazine, Women’s Health and Solar Sports as media partners.