Rexona Run offers special event; listup ongoing

MANILA, Philippines - The Rexona Run 2012 fires off Aug. 12 at the SM Mall of Asia grounds with a new category spicing up the event serving as part of the Runrio Series.

Registration is now ongoing with deadline set July 29 at Riovana stores in Bonifacio Global City and Katipunan and Toby’s branches in Trinoma and SM Mall of Asia.

Online registration is also accepted at www.runrio.com till July 22.

Events on tap are the 5k, 21k solo and the novel 21k relay category. The top three finishers in the 21k solo will get P7,000, P5,500 and P4,000, respectively, while the top placers in the 21k relay will receive P5,000, P4,000 and P3,000, respectively.

The top finishers in the 5k category will get P4,000, P3,000 and P2,000, respectively.

To spice up the event, organizers are putting up the Rexona’s challenge for runners to beat the “industry standard,” wherein commemorative key chains will be given to finishers who end the race on or before the recommended finishing time. 

To qualify, 5k runners must cross the finish line on or before 6:20 a.m., 30 minutes from gun start and all 21k runners need to finish on or before 7 a.m., two hours after gun start.

For details, check out the Rexona Men Facebook page, visit www. runrio.com or call/text the race hotline at +63927-347-7700 (Globe), +63929-717-8164 (Smart) or +632-887-6194.

To ensure that each participant keeps within their target finishing time, pacers shall be deployed for each race category.

To help runners train and commit to a faster finishing time, Rexona Run 2012 has created the Rexona Run Outrun Yourself App, which can be downloaded for free via the Rexona Men Facebook page.