500 participants enlist for MAPFRE run

AROUND 500 runners have already enlisted for the second “Let’s Run for Road Safety” of the MAPFRE Insular slated July 28 at the Cebu Business Park.

Organizer Neil Ceniza is expecting more to sign up in the running event, which will offer 3-kilometer, 6k and 12k distances.

“We only managed to get 500 runners as of yesterday but we are expecting to reach 1,500,” said Ceniza. “We are still encouraging runners to join our cause.”

The running event was first held here in Cebu last year in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd) to promote road safety in the community.

This year’s run will also mark the culminating activity of the “Road Safety Pledge Campaign,” which was launched during the First Road Safety Run on July 1, 2012. Registration fee is pegged at P300 for the 3K and 6K categories and P500 for the 12K. Registration is still ongoing at Ayala Center Cebu’s RUNNR and Fitness First and at the MAPFRE Insular office located inside the Insular Life Building at the Cebu Business Park. /CORRESPONDENT DALE G. ROSAL