MORE than 3,000 runners—wearing issued clip-on LED headlights—answered the gun for this year’s Energizer Night Race last Saturday night at Filinivest City in Alabang.
The event raised funds for ABS-CBN’s Bantay Bata 163. Officials of Energizer Philippines said the event is part of its commitment to share the “positive energy” and encourage participants “to keep on going and run as far as they can” within a two-hour frame.
According to Claire Guevarra, Energizer senior brand manager, every 3-km loop run equated to P100—giving “positive light” for medical funds for Bantay Bata 163.
Although the open-loop run reached only P800,000, Guevarra said Energizer Philippines “will bridge the gap” to achieve the P1-million target for the foundation.
“We will complete the P1 million because we want to benefit as many children as possible of Bantay Bata 163,” Guevarra said.
“Ever since the Energizer Night Race took form, we saw it as more than just being a simple fun run. Above all, we used this platform to practice an important Energizer mantra, which is to share positivity,” Vicent Lazo, Energizer Philippines’s business manager, said.
The runners were monitored through radio frequency identification (RFID), which tracked every 3-km loop they made.
To monitor runners’ progress, an LED display was positioned onstage and in the start and finish arcs.
Energizer Brand Activation Manager MJ Tiquia said they intended to make the night race as a different experience for runners.
“There’s no boundary to changing people’s lives. All it takes is to go beyond your limits,” Tiquia said.
Clarissa Ocampo, managing director of Bantay Bata 163, thanked Energizer Philippines for its support to the foundation.
Dexter Valle, 36, a government employee, said he participated in the race because of its “uniqueness” saying the runners look like fireflies on the street.