Cesar leads anti-smoking fun run

MANILA, Philippines - Anti-smoking advocate Cesar Montano will lead the Kick the Habit 2: Love and Run to a Healthy Lifestyle, a health and anti-smoking campaign through running, on Nov. 26  at the Quirino Grandstand, Manila. Assembly time is 4 a.m. while gun start is at 6 a.m. The fun run has four distances: 1K, 3K, 5K and 10K. Now on its second year, last year’s event was participated by more than 1,200 anti-smoking advocates and running enthusiasts.

Ronald de los Reyes, one of the pioneers of the anti-smoking run, heads Kick the Habit Fdtn., with Rotary Club of Parañaque president and multiple race winner Alvin Ng; music producer-composer  Jojo Toledo; singer-model and Century Tuna Superbods and Brains winner Lana Roi; and her mother  Rotary Club  Pasay Silangan member Virginia Fenger. 

Apart from being the project’s endorser, Cesar is also a director of the Kick the Habit Foundation with Alvin Anson.

“We came from different backgrounds yet it’s great to have gathered together dedicated individuals in the hope of touching and reaching millions of lives through this worthwhile health and anti-smoking campaign,” said De los Reyes.

Other activities the foundation has lined up are concerts, health seminars, running clinics and various events in Visayas, Mindanao and abroad.  

The fun run is supported by Healthway Medical, Philippine Sports Commission, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Hadji Butu Rasul Memorial Lodge and Wenceslao Trinidad Memorial Lodge of F & AM. For details, call or text 0927-733303, 0922-8990611 and 719-0184 or e-mail at [email protected].