Petron Run for Safety fires off today

AROUND a thousand runners are expected to join the Petron Run For Safety today starting at the Ayala Center Cebu’s The Terraces.

This running event will have 3-kilometer, 5k and 10k distances. It is held for the benefit of the Sagip Alalay and Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazzards).

Sagip Alalay is the relief assistance program of Petron which aims to help victims of natural calamities. Project NOAH is a floods and hazards forecasting, monitoring and mitigation project that will provide Filipinos with real-time weather information and updated maps.

Winners in the 10k division will take home P10,000 while winning runners in the 5k race get P7,000 each. The top placers in the 3k race will go home with P5,000. /CORRESPONDENT DALE G. ROSAL