SMDC-QCIM run list-up extended

MANILA, Philippines - To accommodate the big number of late entries, organizers of the SMDC-Quezon City International Marathon 2012 have extended the registration to Nov. 28.

The premier running event is set Dec. 2 at the Quezon Memorial Circle.

“We know that there are still a lot of runners who, for one reason or another, still have not signed up for the marathon so we are extending the registration deadline to Nov. 28,” said Francisco Cayetano Jr., chairman and president of the organizing Executive Runners Club.

Cayetano, meanwhile, announced that clubs and other organizations which will register as a group of 50 participants will get a P100 discount from the regular entry fees in all the 42K, 21K, 5K and 10K races.

He added that the student rate for a group of 100 runners in the 5K and 10K is pegged at P200 in the event co-presented by SM Development Corp., sponsored and supported by BPI, Meralco, SSS, Manila North Tollways, AGC, Isuzu, Chris Sports, Maynilad, Manila Water, Summit, Gatorade, Salonpas, Fonterra and Maxima Machineries.

For individual entries, fees are at P400 for the 5K, P500 for 10K, P600 for 21K and P800 for the full marathon. Foreign entries will be charged $48 for the 21K and $72 for the 42K races.

Now on its fourth year, the event is a joint undertaking of Runnex and the QC government headed by Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte with AKTV, The Philippine STAR, Aksyon Sports, PTV-Auto Review, FrontRunner, Multi-Sport, Total Fitness, Manila Broadcasting Company, PBS-DZSR & DWBR as media partners.