Yakult 10 Miler draws huge field

MANILA, Philippines - Registration for the Yakult 10 Miler continues to swell three weeks before the 27th staging of the pioneering race is fired off on March 6 at the CCP grounds in Pasay City.

Listup is ongoing with fees pegged at P500 for the 16K run, P400 for 5K and P300 for the 3K division, inclusive of a singlet upon registration and finishers shirt.

Some 3,000 runners are expected to join the 10 Mile run powered by Mizuno and also supported by GoodAH and Salonpas.

Registration centers are at the Mizuno outlets in Trinoma Mall (916 6495);  SM Megamall (954 2066); Bonifacio High Street (551 3957) and at the SM Mall of Asia (954 2407).

Listup ends on March 3 at 5 p.m.

Yakult Phils, Inc. started supporting medium distance running in 1982 with the Department of Youth and Sports Development when they started holding 10K running circuit every month until 1989 when the company added two more events held every year.

Since then, the 3K kiddie run, the 5K fun run, and the first ever 10 Mile run in the country, the Yakult 10 Miler, were added, making Yakult Phils., Inc. one of the pioneers and longest benefactors of the country’s running phenomenon.

Aside from cash prizes to the top finishers of the 10 mile run, Mizuno will also award running shoes and apparel to the 10 mile top three finishers and the first finisher of the 5K run, men and women.