Cebu City Marathon thread

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This thread will cover Cebu City Marathon 2011 and beyond

THE date is Jan. 9, 2011. That’s the Sunday before the Sinulog. That’s the daybreak when one of the country’s most acclaimed of races will start: the Cebu City Marathon.

While last Sinulog the event was dubbed “01-10-10,” owing to the date Jan. 10, 2010, the 2011 edition will be different. Thanks to the creative minds of ASAP Advertising headed by the power couple, Jacs and Perl Jacalan, the CCM will have a new and festive
theme:

“Race Through The Streets And Colors Of Cebu.”

Yes! It’s the week of the Philippines’ grandest mardi gras. Millions will congregate.

Dancers will shuffle their feet. Balikbayans will deluge us. Beer will ooze. Lechons, devoured. Our beloved Sto. Niño, venerated. And, yes, the Cebu Marathon will race on Colon St. snake beside Magellan’s Cross, meander through the SRP and start and finish at our island’s hub for business, the Asiatown I.T. Park.

Isn’t it perfect? Fitting? And very much... Cebu?

Racing through our streets... gazing at the colors... of Cebu.

What’s brand-new with the Cebu Marathon is this package: New Balance T-shirts. While races hand out singlets to participants, this event won’t be any different—but with a difference: the New Balance running jerseys (Made in the USA.) retail for P950 and will be given for free. This means that, regardless of your category, you’re getting more than your money’s worth.

The fees? For the 5K, it’s P500. For the 21K, it’s P600. And for the ultimate and dream-come-true-distance codenamed “42.195” (family-named “Kilometers”), it’s P800.

To add to this new from New Balance, all runners—5K, 21K and 42K—will be using RFID timing chips. Yup, no misprint there: while the 5,000-meter participants never previously used timing devices—“They’re just joining the fun run!” the 21K runners
will brag—this time, even 5Kers wear the chip.

With New Balance, it will be a running T-shirt, not sleeveless. But here’s the
“catch:” there are only 4,500 available. Wow, that’s plenty! True. For every-Sunday races, yes, 4,500 sounds unreachable. But, this isn’t your ordinary race.

Powered by Globe—who has the topmost billing among the few big-named sponsors—the 01-10-10 marathon had over 4,000 participants. That was nine months ago—before the running boom in Cebu and Manila boomed and boomeranged.

And so here’s a suggestion: The registration formally begins tomorrow, Friday. I suggest you sprint (wearing your New Balance!) to the Active Zone of the Ayala Center Cebu and register. This way, you’ll surely be among the first 4,500 to register. Our CCM booth will open from noon until 8 p.m. daily.

Ayala Center Cebu, of course, will be a major, major, major partner of this spectacle.

The Race Expo, slated the week before Jan. 9, will be held at the Active Zone. (The shirts won’t be available for pickup when you register—but will be ready and brand-new-smelling during the Expo.) Plus, there will be a Pre-Race and Carbo-loading Party on Jan. 7—or two nights before race day. For those who attended last January’s party at The Terraces of Ayala Center, it was invigorating to see runners mingling and sharing pre-race tips with fellow runners just hours before the sweat and pain.

The Cebu Executive Runners Club (CERC), headed by Jess Taborada—a seven-time marathoner who recently completed the Camsur International Marathon—is behind the CCM.

More at Pages: Cebu Marathon: New Balance shirts, RFID chips | Sun.Star Network Online

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go for full marathon!

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Mark your calendars - January 9, 2011.

[Adamot]

full marathon training on the high. go go go

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Is it possible that Cebu can host a marathon with over 100,000 participants?

Check out this news link

Thousands run for Pasig River and country | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features

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When will the day come that the Cebu City Marathon could attract a massive amount of participants. 100,000 or more.

[shaven.poodle]

weee!! registered jud dayun when the booth opened murag registration party. Mao na gyud ni!! A full mary on our runniversary day!

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In less than a week since opening its registration, the 2011 Cebu City Marathon set January 9 at the Asiatown IT Park in Apas here is selling like hotcakes.

So far, over 1,500 have already signed up for the event as bared by ASAP's Perl Jacalan to The Freeman.

In its opening day alone, organizers bared that there were able to attract 550 runners to enlist at the Active Zone of the Ayala Center Cebu.

The deadline is set on December 15 yet.

It was such a surprise for organizers as usually runners here register only a few days before the deadline.

Cebu's centerpiece road running event features a full marathon spiced up with the 21-k and 5-k races.

Runners will be using the latest timing chip device imported from the U.S that also got the Cebuanos more interested in the event.

Aside from that instead of the usual singlet, the first 4,500 participants get to have a shirt from New Balance, one of the event's major sponsors, that makes the registration fee very worth it.

All the 42-k finishers also get to have specially-designed medals.

Registration fee for the 5-k action is pegged at P500, P600 for 21K and P800 for the 42K.

For those who have not yet registered, the event's registration booth will be open from 12 noon to 8 pm daily.

To save time, one can also download registration forms at the event's website Cebu City Marathon 2010 Cebu Marathon.

Cebu City Marathon draws lots of entries | The Freeman >> The Freeman Sections >> Cebu Sports

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THE 2011 Cebu Marathon will be bigger and better as promised by Cebu Executive Runners Club (CERC) president Jessie Taborada and the rest of its members. We will be giving away better souvenir shirts to the first 4,500 registrants. We will try our best to include the SRP tunnel in the route. We will provide all runners with a timing chip.

And, as requested, we will provide 42K pace group leaders.

Pace group leaders, or better known as pacers, are runners who run at a specific pace to finish at a pre-determined time. They run at a constant pace or will follow a negative split. They wear markers or balloons to let runners know that they are pacers. The target finish time will also be visible on the balloon. They are usually in pairs so that if one pacer is unable to comply with the target time then the other pacer will take over. Some pace groups will also have sweepers. These people motivate or push runners who are lagging behind the pace group.

The next Cebu Marathon needs pace group leaders. Members of Team Reborn, who are the pacers for Cebu City races, are not yet ready to run the full marathon. Although the team has been trained very well by Coach Noy Jopson and Lorhiz Echavez, its members are not eligible to pace. Members of the team who had finished a full marathon are also members or CERC. Annie, Jane, Nica, Andrew and I will be in charge of assigned water stations during the race.

Cebu Marathon organizers will be giving incentives to runners who are willing to lead pace groups. For a runner to be eligible, he or she must have run the full marathon at least twice and finished with a time better than the chosen pace group target time.

The eligible runner must be present during the carbo-loading party for proper introduction to all participants. They must be willing to run with balloons tied to their running gear and MUST wear the Cebu Marathon Singlet. The pacer will have free 42K registration and is guaranteed of a souvenir shirt (If already registered, organizers will refund your registration fee). Pacers will still receive a race bib, timing chip and singlet. The pacers can avail of the New Balance shoes’ discount and will receive a free carbo-loading Party pass. The pacer will still receive the finisher’s medal after completing the race.

We need your help!!!

Being a pace group leader isn’t easy. Pacers must motivate, push or (when needed) drag the lagging runner in the pace group. Pacers are also good entertainers and maintain a lively pace group. These runners sacrifice their next PR to help others get theirs. Pacers are runners with a heart.

Interested eligible runners may contact me for other details and verification. Please email me at reelrunning@ceburunning.com. Thank you!!!

Wanted: Pacers for 2011 Cebu Marathon | Sun.Star Network Online

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