MAPFRE INSULAR GO RUN FOR ROAD SAFETY

The first run to disallow the entry of Foreign Runners including Kenyans

Date: July 1, 2012, Sunday

Venue: The Terraces of Ayala Center Cebu
Organizer: MAPFRE Insular Cebu

Category: 1K/ 3K/ 6K /12K

Registration Fee:
P250 - 1K
P250 - 3K
P300 - 6K
P300 - 12K

- Group discounts will be given for early registrants.    Group of five plus one for those who register from May 1 to 31 and group of 10 plus one for those who register from June 1 to 25

Registration Centers:
- MAPFRE Insular-Cebu Branch office
- RUNNR at Ayala Center Cebu
- Toby's at SM City-Cebu.

Prizes for the Top Finishers:
Champion Men and Women 12K - P10,000.00
Second - P7,000.00
Third - P5,000.00
Fourth - P3,000.00
Fifth - 2,000.00

Top Finishers 6K Men and Women - P5,000.00
Top Finishers 3K Men and Women - P3,000.00

- Corresponding prizes have also been allocated for the fastest entries in the 1K action and the 200m and 100m dash for elementary pupils. Those who will make it to the top 10 will all receive consolation prize.

"The Go Run for Road Safety' campaign is the company's initiative in collaboration with the Department of Education to encourage individuals and groups, including the youth especially schoolchildren, to directly contribute to raising awareness about the importance of road safety,"

MAPFRE's advocacy aims to raise awareness on the importance of road safety and ultimately bring down the number of deaths and serious injuries from road crashes in the local community.

A total of P100,800 is available to the winners in different categories but foreign runners, particularly the Kenyans who have been dominating fun runs here with relative ease during the the past two years, are not included.

 "This is an advocacy. This is not really a race to determine who's the fastest," said Alexander L. Reyes, Mapfre Insular Senior Vice-President, in justifying their landmark decision to disallow international runners from taking even just a single bite of the monetary pie. "We also want to encourage participation from local runners. Afterall, this road safety we are espousing is for the Filipinos."

Source: www.philstar.com