Upcoming: Run for Naga River (4.16.11)

To create an awareness campaign, and strangely, to raise fund for the Naga River rehabilitation and maintenance, the City Government of Naga in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Caceres, will join the "run for a cause-craze." Run for Naga River will be the kick-off activity of the long-term Naga River rehabilitation project which has been long-overdue. This will be held this coming Saturday. And there will be more runs for Naga River after this, I learned.

Fittingly though, the route will cover "at least seven bridges" that cross the historic and polluted Naga River. The "run for a cause" will start at Plaza Quezon and end at the grand Porta Mariae in Metropolitan Cathedral.

The event will also be the venue for the launching of the activities that will be part of the long-term activities that will help rehabilitate Naga River. However, unlike the world record-breaking Takbo para sa Ilog Pasig that drew 116,086 runners, the organizers here only expect an attendance of more, if not, less than 2,000 local runners for a run that costs over half a Million pesos!

Monsignor Sañado is sporting the singlet in the photo. (By Randy)

Registration fees compulsorily include the race singlet and bib for 12km is P400, P300 for 6km, and P200 for 3km. Registration centers are at Naga City Hall, Porta Mariae and SM City Naga. About P400,000 which is the projected net income of the run, will go to the fund of the city government for its Naga River rehabilitation project.

Posted in the RUN FOR NAGA RIVER Facebook Event are the following route maps for 12km, 5km (?) and 3km:

Not that I am dismayed with runs with pricey registration fees AND inaccurate route measurements. But my wallet and I am recovering from an injury I got from the back-to-back runs I had in Naga and Legazpi, respectively; and from an overwhelming treat of Hyundai Asia two weeks ago.

And we have an 11.33km-run this coming Saturday in downtown Naga using the route below. Our route will cross four bridges Tabuco, (will skip Delfin Rosales), Colgante, Magsaysay and Almeda in Balatas.

I will miss Run for Naga River.

Map created using MapMyRun.