eXtribe Launches camp run series

Press Release

28 May 2011

Race2Raise

If we are to believe that action is eloquence, then eXtribe's  "Camp Run Series" is indeed one true expression of nationalism as the series aims to elevate the quality of life of one's self and of others through sports. 

This is also one of the programs under eXtribe's campaign "Race2Raise" - an initiative to foster community involvement and sustainable support for the company's partner foundations that focus on helping improve the quality of education in the country.

The Camp Run Series is composed of several running events happening throughout the year at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. 

The series will feature a military or boot camp theme, a unique race format, and a novel route for the runners. It will also be tailored to encourage continuous participation rather than competitiveness, and will ultimately be developed to become a nationwide program or template.

The races will have 5 kilometers and 10 kilometers distances. The expected turnout per event is 3,000 to 3,500 runners, and the first in the series will be happening this coming June 25, 2011 at sunset or 5:30 PM. 

Other scheduled events in the Camp Run series will be on August 2011 (a night run) and on November 2011 (a morning run).

Participants can expect race grounds that are not only secure, but smog and smoke-free as the events will be held inside Camp Aguinaldo which has less traffic movement than the regular thoroughfares and roads of usual running routes. 

Aside from needed facilities such as ample water stations and accurate kilometer and directional markings, the Camp Run events will also provide free training clinics and a designated family and finishers' activity area.

In order to encourage participants to attend all events of the Camp Run Series, eXtribe also created the "VeteRan" system. This system will recognize runners who went to all of the races under the Camp Run series, and they will receive a special race bib, event shirt, and a commemorative dog tag and medal. 

Runners can also use the series as preparatory training for the Subic International Marathon, which will be held early 2012. 

The various partner foundations that will benefit from the Camp Run Series are the following: the DepEd Adopt a School Program, ABSCBN's E-media Project, HERO Foundation Inc., and 57-75 Movement: Reverse the Education Crisis (a beneficiary of the iamninoy-iamcory runners of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation). 

In partnership with Discovery Suites and Total Fitness Magazine, eXtribe's campaign will not just be anchored on a single event, but will be sustained throughout the year with the lined up series of races.