P500,000 up for grabs in first-ever Y101 Armscor Run on July 24

RIFLES, pistols, motorcycles and cash all totaling P500,000 are at stake in the first ever “Y101 Armscor Run” slated on July 24 at the Asia Town IT Park, Lahug.

With the unique partnership of Y101 FM and Armscor, a new concept for today’s most popular sport — running, will hit the streets of Cebu with a challenging 10.1-kilometer Military Obstacle which offers an Armscor 1911A1 Classic 9mm pistol worth P60,000 and a pink colored Tanfolio Italy-made 22 caliber pistol worth P70,000 to the top male and female finishers, respectively.

“We wanted to try something new, and we came up with this idea of having an obstacle so that it would be challenging for the participants,” said CITOM Chairman and Y101 president Sylvan “Jack” Jakosalem during yesterday’s official launch of the running event at the Parklane International Hotel.

Jakosalem was joined by Y101 CEO and Chairperson Martha Tuason, Armscor’s Joel Concepcion and race director Kenneth Casquejo of Runcheck.

The event will have three other categories aside from the 10.1k military obstacle race. These are the 1.01k, 5k and 10.1k which also resembles the FM Station’s number.

The obstacle race will be held in Block 11 of the race’s venue said Casquejo while Concepcion bared that plans are already in place for the staging of the Y101 practical shooting tournament.

Jakosalem said that he has invited Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia to join the event. He also expressed confidence of drawing around a thousand runners despite another race slated on the same day in Badian which is the ThreeSixty Pharmacy Kawasan Marathon.

The champion in the 10.1k race will bring home a brand new Zongshen 110cc motorcycle worth P22,000. The event’s top male and female finishers will also earn a trip to Boracay for three days and two nights and P3,000 in cash. Second placers will get P2,000 cash and a Myphone Cellphone while third placers will receive P1,000 each and an mp3 player each.

Organizers will also raffle off a brand new Zongshen motorcycle, one Armscor 19ll A1 classic .45 caliber pistol, Philips Audio DVD component system and many more.

Registration fee is pegged at P300 inclusive of a dri-fit singlet, race bib and refreshments after the race. To register visit RUNNR Ayala Center Cebu, Y101 Studio in the second level of Gaisano Countrymall and the Cebu City Sports Center. /CORRESPONDENT DALE G. ROSAL