Botak Street Mile Race Challenge on Aug. 23

PRESS RELEASE

BOTAK: Street Mile Race Challenge
Date and Time: Aug 23, 2009, 10 AM
Venue: AS Parking Lot, UP Diliman

The event will be co-presented by Quezon City Ladies Foundation and shall support its cause, “Violence against Woman”. The Street Mile Challenge is the first Mile Race in the country, with its categories divided it aims to become a family affair. Such categories are; Kids Male and Female, Masters Men and Women, Open Men and Women, Corporate/ Celebrity Men and Women. The different categories will be run by heats to allow efficient tallying of time and results. As well as to give enough time for parents to pace their kids during their race or photo ops of their kids when they finish their respective race heats.

The Street Mile will be run by all its participants once, the time that will register during their heat will be their final time. The deadline for entries for the Street Mile will be on Aug. 19, 2009 so that we can still post the respective ETA per heat of every category online from Aug 20-22, 2009.

The event shall commence after our BOTAK Paa_tibayan Takbo 10 Miler and 5 Miler which shall start at 6am.

Each participant shall take home goody bags from Hershey’s chocolates. Hershey’s chocolate kisses and chocolate bar mascots will also grace the festivities, so don’t forget to bring in your cameras.

The BOTAK Paa-tibayan event is presented by BOTAK and co-presented by Quezon City Ladies Foundation in cooperation with; ROX, Gatorade, HP Computers, Hershey’s Chocolates, Paul Calvin’s Deli, Crocs Prepair, Derm Plus, Salonpas, EAJI Trio Snacks, Fit n’ Right Fruit Snacks, Restaurant of Choice, Guam Visitor’s Bureau, Nissan Navara and Philstar.com. Our media partners Business World, Takbo.ph and thebullrunner.com, Men’s Health Magazine, Women’s Health Magazine, Auto Review, 92.3 XFM, 88.3 Wave and Run Radio. Our event partner, Run for Change and supported by the University of the Philippines, College of Human Kinetics.

Race Organized by: Ian Alacar, Project Director
Edmund Mangaser, – 10 Miler and 5 Miler Race
Ben Alacar, Race Director – Street Mile Challenge

Registration fee is at: (inclusive of Race Kit and Singlet)
300 php 10 and 5 Mile Race
250 php Street Mile Challenge
 
Registration Areas:
BOTAK Kamuning Store
ROX at Bonifacio High Street
Restaurant of Choice ROC in UP Bahay ng Alumni
Paul Calvins Deli at Forbestown
Second Wind Running Store at Maginhawa St. Teachers Village
Alterra Bike Cyclery at Club 650 Libis 

We will also be giving all this products from Hershey’s during the race. And for all those who will register before Aug 15 shall get 1 pack of Hershey’s dark chocolate on selected registration areas.

We will also be giving these beautiful gift packs to our winners during the race as well as Salonpas patches to all the finishers.