National finals caps off Milo Marathon
MANILA – After holding 26 race legs around the country, the 33rd Milo National Marathon is set to culminate its run with the National Finals on Oct. 11 in Manila.
The marathon is offering P75,000 for each top top finishers in the men’s and women’s division. The runners-up will get P50,000 each.
Those who finish in the top 10 of the 21K half marathon, 10K run, 5K fun run and 3K kiddie run races will also be given cash prizes.
The finals marathon route will start and end at the Quirino Grandstand.
The qualifying races kicked off on Feb. 8 in Dipolog City and the Subic Freeport Zone. Races in Iligan City and Batangas City ensued on Feb. 15, followed by runs held in Puerto Princesa and General Santos City on Feb. 22.
The elimination runs continued on July 5 in Manila and Cebu. Davao City and Tarlac City had races last July 12 while Butuan City and Santiago City were hosts to the July 19 legs.
These were followed by races in Cagayan De Oro City and Laoag City (July 26), Tacloban City and San Fernando (Aug. 2), Tagbilaran City and Baguio City (Aug. 9), Roxas City and Dagupan City (Aug. 16), Iloilo City and Legazpi City (Aug. 23), Bacolod City and Naga City (Aug. 30), and Dumaguete City and San Pablo City (Sept. 6).
Meanwhile, there will also be side events during the National Finals, including the biggest school delegation contest, inter-school running team competition and cheerdance competition.
‘ChampionChip’ system
According to the Milo official website (www.milo.com.ph), organizers will use the ChampionChip timing system for the first time in the national finals.
The ChampionChip, which is being used in big city marathons and Ironman triathlons, is a “mini-transporter housed in a specially-designed plastic.”
Organizers said the ChampionChip can be used under all weather conditions because it has a chip “in combination with an energizing coil encased in a waterproof glass capsule.”
Participants in the 42K, 21K and 10K races will be able to run with the chips that use the radio-frequency-identification system (RFID) from Texas Instruments.
It is expected that the chips will deliver fast and accurate results and provide net times and splits for every individual runner.
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