Manila Fitness

I received an email of an interesting run. This run is called the Bottle School Run. The proceeds of this race will be used to replace and rebuild a damaged school in Taguig using a ground-breaking architectural model – school classrooms mainly made of soda PET bottles. Would you believe this? These classrooms were the ones destroyed due to the typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng last year which the schooling of a million children.

MYSHELTER, spearheaded by Mr. Illac Diaz, is asking runners, both seasoned runners and beginners, to actively participate in this event. The race will be at the Bonifacio Global City on June 13, 2010.

Registration for The Bottle School Run starts on May 29, Saturday and lasts until June 11, Friday. Registration centers are:
Planet Sports Trinoma (1pm to 8pm)
Planet Sports Alabang (1pm to 8pm)
Planet Sports Glorietta (1pm to 8pm)
Taguig City – Fort Bonifacio Satellite Office, 3rd Flr, Market! Market! (9am to 5pm)

Distance categories are 3k, 5k, and 10k. Registration fees are P200 for 3k, and P300 for 5k and 10k. All participating runners are requested to bring two bottles with a 1.5 or 2 liter size of any soda brand on race day. Gunstart times are 5:30am (10k), 5:45am (5k), and 6:00am (3k).

I’m a sucker for races with causes. I may not be able to run yet due to my condition now but please do help spread the word. I really hope that you can be part of this run and help build schools for these children.

For further race details, please visit: www.bottleschoolproject.org. Inquiries may be directed to thebottleschoolrun@gmail.com or to Liza Fumar, Co-lead, The Bottle School Run, through 0927 284 54 36. Alternatively, interested parties may contact Edward Kho, Race Director, through 0915-9990187.