Over 40,000 participants are expected in the 33rd National Milo Marathon as the nationwide search for the country's top long-distance runners resumes today.
Elimination legs will simul-taneously hit Cebu City and Metro Manila.
Pat Goc Ong, the AVP for Milo sports, said he expects the legs to attract over 40,000 runners combined in Cebu and Manila.
The qualifying time for Cebu and the other provincial legs, which are run at a distance of 21 km, is one hour and 15 minutes for men and one hour and 35 minutes for women.
The Metro Manila elimination, on the other hand, is a full 42.195-kilometer marathon and will have a qualifying time of four hours for men and fours and 30 minutes for women.
The qualifiers will then advance to the 42-km national finals on Oct. 11 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.
Milo marathon national race organizer Rudy Boscocho announced that cut-off time for the 42-km qualifying run in Manila is five hours while cut-off time for the 21-km provincial qualifying race is two hours and thirty minutes.
Also scheduled on Sunday are the side events such as the 3-km kiddie run, 5-km fun run, 10-km race and the interschool cheerdance competition. In Metro Manila, the 21-km half marathon has also been added.
A total cash purse of P240,000 is at stake in Cebu City while P590,000 shall be given away to the winners in Metro Manila, including P30,000 each to the top male and female 42K finisher.
There will also be an interschool team running competition and the biggest delegation competition in both legs.
The 33rd National Milo Marathon started with races held in Subic and Dipolog on February 8; Iligan and Batangas on February 15; and General Santos and Palawan on February 22.
After this Sunday's races, the country's biggest and longest running marathon held in partnership with Bayview Park Hotel-Manila and the Department of Tourism holds weekly events in Davao and Tarlac on July 12; Butuan and Santiago City on July 19; Cagayan de Oro and Laoag on July 26; Tacloban and San Fernando, La Union on August 2; Tagbilaran and Baguio on August 9; Roxas City and Dagupan on August 9; Roxas City and Dagupan on August 16; Iloilo and Legaspi on August 23; Bacolod and Naga on August 30; and Dumaguete and San Pablo on September 6.
Registration in Metro Manila ends on June 30.
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