Gerry Manlapaz
                    Race Director

Dear Fellow Runners,

The Marathon (42K) has been described as the “Mt. Everest of Running... the one distance that many would want to conquer, a great source of pride and accomplishment.”   

I was officially admitted as a  member of the Executive Runners Club Phil. Inc. (RUNNEX) after completing my first full marathon. Joining the club and marathoning is a life-changing experience. I found fulfillment in running together with friends who share the common love for the sports. More importantly, I found meaning in RUNNEX’s mission of promoting running as a way to a healthy lifestyle." Since 1983, I have been involved with RUNNEX in organizing races and free running clinics.

As your Race Director and fellow runner, it is my honor to share my experience and help bring back the true spirit of running and marathoning.  

Join us on December 4, 2011 in a race organized by runners for the benefit of runners. 
 
Cheers!

Gerardo “Gerry” Manlapaz
Race Director

With official Garmin girl Bernie Cheng setting the pace, the Runnex delegates ran at 7.5/min pace to finish the 5km category that included a loooong stretch of uphill climb that had them huffing at the summit.

I never thought that an ordinary day in August last year would turn my life upside down when a close friend of mine invited me to jog in Ateneo. It was a love at first run. After that I began to run regularly, and with regularly, I mean everyday even during midnight. Until I realized, I had to keep some sense of sanity in that addiction of mine. My friends were starting to call me boring because there was not a moment when I did not talk about running. Feeling alienated and ostracized, I kept looking for people who could understand the joy and high I had. As a beginner, I was not aware of the huge community of runners in the country until I discovered the Runnex running clinic where I gained not only better running skills but more friends as well.

Three months after I got hooked into running, I took the courage to have my first half marathon. Some people called it crazy, I also thought it was and maybe that was the reason why I did it. But I would not have thought of this crazy idea if not for the Quezon City International Marathon.

Weeks before the QCIM, I’d see all those banners around Quezon City Circle on my way to office. They were so inviting, I could hear them screaming, telling me I should join the race. When I finally decided to join, I was only thinking of doing a 10K. All settled until I attended Runnex running clinic where a registration for QCIM was open. I approached the table and when asked what category I’d join, that wild idea I was toying in my mind what was came out of my mouth. I said, in confidence, without batting of eyelashes “21K po.” I filled out the registration form and ticked the check box for 21K. Read more

Preparations are underway for the annual 10k Runnex Executive Classic, which has been rescheduled on May 23, 2010. Originally held in December every year, the Runnex Board in 2009 decided to reassess its races after the successful holding of the QCIM in October 2009 and to refocus its activities for 2010 towards fewer but well-managed races to complement its reinvigorated running clinics for 5k, 10k, 21k and 42k running enthusiasts.Read more

The Executive Runners Club of the Philippines (Runnex) kicked off its 2010 season with the formal opening of the running clinic at UP Diliman on February 28. For the past 27 years, the running clinic has been part of the Club’s continuing commitment to promote running as a mass sport and as a way to a healthy lifestyle. In the recent past, Runnex members and trainees have run an injury-free full marathon with just one year’s training.Read more