The Cebu leg of this year’s MILO marathon will be using the same route as last year’s race. This means that 21K runners will still have two turning points – corner Inayawan, Pardo (where the center island on Natalio Bacalso ends) and Inno Data (border between Cebu City and Mandaue City).
I did my reconnaissance runs on this route four times during my Sunday long runs and I must say that this course is relatively flat and fast.
In my opinion, the only bad part of this route is the Hipodromo stretch (from Shell station to corner Mabolo church) because this road is just too narrow with lots of human and vehicular traffic.
The best part of the race is the southern stretch along Natalio Bacalso and my most favorite of all – Imus or Bag-ong Dalan which starts from corner Sikatuna to DSWD. I’ve ran on almost all main roads and city streets in the Dakbayan sa Sugbu, and Imus road has the flattest and most well-paved asphalt road in Cebu City. A close second is the V. Rama stretch from Eskina Banawa to corner Natalio Bacalso.
Here are a few last minute reminders for the MILO runners this Sunday.
1. No MILO singlet/shirt, no run. MILO has a strict policy regarding singlets and shirts. Those who won’t be wearing their Milo shirt or singlet won’t be allowed to run. (Rule No. 1 of the Rules and Regulations on the MILO entry form.)
2. No latecomers. Based on experience, MILO races almost always starts on time. The starting gun fires at 5:30 AM. This means that runners should be at the Cebu City Sports Center at least 30 minutes before that. Those who want to have a proper warm up and bathroom beak before the run may go earlier. The oval opens at 4AM on normal days. They might open earlier than 4AM on race day.
3. Curfew. The cut-off time for 21K is 2 ½ hours after the start of the race; 10K runners must finish the race at 1 ½ hours after the start of the race; 5K runners must finish the race in a hour. This means that runners who fail to finish within the designated time will be picked up by race marshals and automatically disqualified from the race. DNF runners will not be entitled to a Certificate of Finish. (Don’t I know that! But more on my DNF run in a future post.).
Good luck to all the MILO runners, especially those who will be running 21K. Good luck also to the members of the Cebu Executive Runners Club (CERC) who will be running in the 42K Manila Eliminations, especially Brian Bon who’s targeting a sub 4 finish.
I did my reconnaissance runs on this route four times during my Sunday long runs and I must say that this course is relatively flat and fast.
In my opinion, the only bad part of this route is the Hipodromo stretch (from Shell station to corner Mabolo church) because this road is just too narrow with lots of human and vehicular traffic.
The best part of the race is the southern stretch along Natalio Bacalso and my most favorite of all – Imus or Bag-ong Dalan which starts from corner Sikatuna to DSWD. I’ve ran on almost all main roads and city streets in the Dakbayan sa Sugbu, and Imus road has the flattest and most well-paved asphalt road in Cebu City. A close second is the V. Rama stretch from Eskina Banawa to corner Natalio Bacalso.
Here are a few last minute reminders for the MILO runners this Sunday.
1. No MILO singlet/shirt, no run. MILO has a strict policy regarding singlets and shirts. Those who won’t be wearing their Milo shirt or singlet won’t be allowed to run. (Rule No. 1 of the Rules and Regulations on the MILO entry form.)
2. No latecomers. Based on experience, MILO races almost always starts on time. The starting gun fires at 5:30 AM. This means that runners should be at the Cebu City Sports Center at least 30 minutes before that. Those who want to have a proper warm up and bathroom beak before the run may go earlier. The oval opens at 4AM on normal days. They might open earlier than 4AM on race day.
3. Curfew. The cut-off time for 21K is 2 ½ hours after the start of the race; 10K runners must finish the race at 1 ½ hours after the start of the race; 5K runners must finish the race in a hour. This means that runners who fail to finish within the designated time will be picked up by race marshals and automatically disqualified from the race. DNF runners will not be entitled to a Certificate of Finish. (Don’t I know that! But more on my DNF run in a future post.).
Good luck to all the MILO runners, especially those who will be running 21K. Good luck also to the members of the Cebu Executive Runners Club (CERC) who will be running in the 42K Manila Eliminations, especially Brian Bon who’s targeting a sub 4 finish.
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