The Davao Sunday Runners Club continues its storied history when it organizes another race dubbed the 9th Shrine Hill Challenge in partnership with Pocari Sweat, the latest energy rejuvenator.
Runners will answer the starting gun on June 27, 5:30 a.m., at the Jack’s Ridge Resort and Restaurant, home of one of Davao City’s best tuna, chicken and pork dishes.
“We are organizing the 3k, 5 k and 10k races which will start at the same time. There will be cash prizes, gifts to be raffled off, finishers certificates and breakfast packs,” Eduardo “Momong” Robillo, the club’s past president, told Edge Davao.
Interested runners can join by paying a P200 registration fee that comes with a singlet for the first 600 registrants, race bib, Pocari Sweat and lugaw after the run.
Robillo said registration is still going on at the ground floor of the Imperial Hotel c/o Anthony Diaz.
The club was formed by doctors Rizal Aportadera, Oscar Escudero and friends in the 80’s as part of their exercise and grew to become one of Davao’s top race organizers.
Pocari Sweat is a health drink introduced in Japan in 1980 and has become a favorite in 14 countries, epecially by runners. Otsuka (Philippines) Pharmaceutical Incorporated (OPPI) has been distributing commercially the drink for a decade aside from providing Filipinos with quality pharmaceutical products specially for stroke, hepatic encephalopathy and nutritional supplement for liver failure. [Moses P. Billacura]
