ColorManila Run Year 7 people put on their party hats, shove in their dancing shoes, and splatter color powders in the air at a holistic after-party affair!

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ColorManila, held colorfully celebration of its 7th anniversary, through a colorful Safari journey at Color Manila Run Year 7 with Safari theme this January 6 at SM Mall of Asia Grounds, Pasay City.

ColorManila Run Year 7, took runners to Safari-themed and color-blasted 200-meter, 3K, 5K, 10K, and 21K routes. 

True to its tradition of allowing people to go all-out fun and festive instead of going home right after the run, ColorManila Run Year 7 definitely brought everybody  
New Year cheer through its signature CM Festival, featuring a DJ filling the entire venue with groove-inducing tracks while participants put on their party hats, shove in their dancing shoes, and splatter color powders in the air for a holistic after-party affair. 

CM Glitter Run is supported by AXA, Star City Adventure Zone, Splash Island, Garmin, Sharp, Crystal Clear, Baskin-Robbins, Solar Entertainment, Business Mirror, Monster Energy, Mizuno, SM Tickets, Anytime Fitness, Vitamin Boost, Emborg, and Gu Gel, and will benefit Pink Women on Fire. 

Now on its seventh year, ColorManila has established itself as the most aggressive ‘concept fun-run’ organizer in the country. Over 120,000 runners have participated in its various franchises, which include the CM Challenge, CM Blacklight, CM Costume, CM Glitter, and CM Classic. It has broken its own record with its biggest event to date, ColorManila Run Year 5, which was participated by 12,000 runners last January 2017. 

Visit www.colormanila.com for more information.

TPB and Color Manila Run celebrate fun with Blacklight Run

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An enthusiastic crowd of 700 gathered to participate in the first ever black light edition of Color Manila Run held at the SM Lanang grounds in Davao City. Co-organized by the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) and the Department of Tourism (DOT), Color Manila Run is part of the Visit the Philippines Again (VPA) 2016 campaign as one of several activities lined up throughout the year to entice travellers to come to the country and participate in their favorite sports while enjoying the breath-taking natural wonders found throughout the archipelago.

The event started with a rousing Zumba to warm up the runners. To help them navigate through the race routes, LED headlamps were distributed to the participants along with Color Manila Run’s signature color powder packs. Davao favorites Tribu K’ Mindanawan and DJ Torch Gacuma pumped up the crowd by providing riveting entertainment, which culminated in a lively dance party with the runners glowing with different splashes of color. 

“Color Manila Run offers tourists a chance to experience how a unique athletic activity can be more fun and memorable with the help of Filipino creativity”, shared TPB’s Chief Operating Officer, Domingo Ramon C. Enerio III. “The Tourism Promotions Board is happy and proud to support these kinds of events as they highlight both our people’s innate love to share happiness and our goal of creating the Philippines as a top choice for sporting and wellness events,” he added.

Southern Mindanao Regional Director of the DOT Roberto P. Alabado III welcomed the runners by saying, “Color Manila Run is important for us in Davao because we need to be reminded of the region’s rich biodiversity. DOT and TPB invite you to plan trips to experience the wealth of natural wonders our country has to offer.”

For the rest of 2016, health buffs can look forward to more local and international adrenaline-filled activities happening in the Philippines such as Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship, MAYON 360 Albay Ultramarathon 2016, and Sky-athon 2016 Boracay Beach Run among several others. 

To know more on upcoming sports-related events, visit www.tpb.gov.ph and www.itsmorefuninthephilippines.com.

Cebu brightens up with COLOR Manila Run

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More More than 2,000 fun runners joined the Cebu leg of the Color Manila Run

The Queen City of the South was painted with vibrant colors and big smiles during the Cebu leg of COLOR Manila Run. More than 2000 Cebuanos, including local and international tourists, eagerly braved the shower of water and dyes to give their early morning run a colorful twist.

The beautiful seaside view of South Road Properties (SRP) served as the backdrop as runners get color-bombed with the happiest colors of the rainbow – yellow, orange, blue, green and purple, at different designated stations. 

Participants from Korea and Japan

Aside from the standard dri-fit shirts, race bibs and bags, all participants were alsogiven colorful reflectorized sunglasses that added a funky, fashionable touch.

The race was divided into 10K, 6K and 3K running categories but therewere no clocks, checkered flags or victory lanes. Everyone ran at their own pace and those who completed the race each received a specially designed finisher’s medal.

From left: Color Manila Run’s Jay Em, DOT Central Visayas Regional Director Rowena Montecillo, Color Manila Run’s Justine Cordero and Tourism Promotions Board’s Edwin Vincent V. Ortiz 

Edwin Ortiz with wife Monette and kids (from left) Gabriel, Angelo and Rafael 

Ian Camfield and Daniel Coos from England 

Tom Sanborn from Arizona and Sarah Colton from Indiana 

From left: Jeff Oxford, Sally Angue, Sebastian Van Der Schrier, John Danielson, Frances Enriquez and Prudence Jalandoni 

From left: Ingrid Ramos, Celia Seniedo and Hope Kho 

Toshimaru Soma from Japan 

Paul Ha from Korea

Capping the race was a party like no other where the participants were showered with more colors as the event climaxed into a beautiful, colorful mess. 

Supported by the Tourism Promotions Board, COLOR Manila Run is a friendly, non-competitive run and color festival rolled into one. This one-of-a-kind run definitely captures the fun spirit of the Filipinos. Aside from Manila and Cebu, COLOR Manila Run will also be held in Bacolod, Davao and Dagupan. 

For more exhilarating events and festivities that are happening in the Philippines this year, head to www.visitph2015.com.