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| Run United 3 |
Yes it's back! After a nearly three-month break, Run United returns with more thrills as by the cliché ‘the third time is a charm’. Last year's leg, made a record number of runners estimated at over 14,000 participated in Run United.
Race Categories
The much anticipated Run United offers what is dubbed as the ‘Afroman distance’ or 32k category—not usually included in other run races.
The main race categories are the Ceelin 500m dash, 3k, 5k, 10k, and 21k.
“This time around however, the 32k Afroman Distance is not the longest distance anymore at Run United races since we will have our first ever Run United Philippine Marathon on October 28. So, Run United 3 can be a preparatory race for the runners,” said Alex Panlilio, Head of Unilab Active Health (ULAH).
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| Run United 3 2012 - 32K Route |
According to Rio dela Cruz, the runners’ anticipation over Run United 3 will be all worth it as new features and surprises await them on September 16. For one, there will be new routes as well as different starting and finish lines again for Run United 3, like in the previous two races.
32K Route and 21K Details
The 32K runners will have a gun start at Bonifacio Global City (BGC) starting at 3am, an hour ahead of the 21k runners. They will be led from BGC to take their first 10k in University Parkway area, then move up to Kalayaan Flyover. They will then go all the way down to Buendia, take left at Roxas Boulevard, turnaround taking the roads of Vicente Sotto, Diosdado Macapagal and on to EDSA before finally turning left at Seaside Boulevard for the finish at the Mall of Asia (MOA).
The 21k will have an earlier gun start at 4am compared to Run United 2’s 430am. They will have the same route as the 32k runners, but instead of going to EDSA they will turn right after Macapagal Avenue, turning right at Seaside Boulevard and then all the way to the finish line in MOA.
“Run United 3 runners will get to run across three cities— Taguig, Makati and Pasay. Based from the feedback we got from them, they really enjoyed the experience and the new routes. The earlier gun start of both race categories will give runners a safer route as well,” said race organizer Dela Cruz of RunRio Inc.
Online registration for Run United 3 started last August 6 and will continue until September 2, 2012. In-store registration started on August 13 and will be up to September 9, 2012. Registration venues include Riovana in BGC and Katipunan, Quezon City; and Toby’s at SM Mall of Asia and Trinoma.
*Photo on Right: Running for Love. Mark Brian Miranda was on his knees as he proposed to his long time girlfriend during the second leg of Run United held at the Mall of Asia, Pasay City.
Race Kit
The runners will receive their complete race kits upon registration (Active Health Sun Visor, Singlet, Bib with B-Tag and wrist tag for 500m dash runners). The wrist tag for 500m dash kid’s runner which is usually give on race day will now be included in their race kits upon registration.
Beneficiary: Gawad Kalusugan & Children’s Hour
Run United 3, which is for the benefit of Gawad Kalusugan and Children’s Hour, is part of the ULAH running series. Run United started with only 6,000 runners when it was launched in March 2010 and the numbers have steadily grown in succeeding events. An estimated 14,000 runners participated during its last offering— a Run United 2.
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| It’s More Fun Running United: Nearly 14,000 runners showed up at the recent Run United 2. The third leg of the Run United Trilogy is expected to draw bigger crowd on September 16. |
Run United 1 on March 4 started off this year’s RunRio Trilogy, followed by Run United 2 on June 17. Runners who completed all the longest distances (21k-21k-32k) in all of the three Run United races will be recognized at the RunRio Trilogy Awards Night.
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| Unilab Active Health |
So, are you joining the upcoming Run United 3? Me and my fiance will! Join us and hope to see you there on September 16, 2012! :)
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