RUNNR IS PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH CEBU'S ELITE RUNNERS

 

William Llaguno, third from left, Toby's assistant manager for operations and franchising, pose with Elmer Bartolo and Mary Grace Delos Santos, fourth and fifth from left, respectively, after Llaguno presented Bartolo with a new pair of Newton Racers last Tuesday at RUNNR store in Ayala. Others in the picture are, from left, John Olen Gentiles, Yhazer Gonzaga, Jermine Germino, Rose Abellana and Raffy Osumo.

RUNNR is proud to be associated with Cebu’s elite runners like Elmer Bartolo and Mary Grace Delos Santos and is willing to fulfill their needs.

RUNNR presented Bartolo a new pair of Newton Racer last Tuesday afternoon through William Llaguno, the store’s assistant manager for operations and franchising.

“We are proud to be associated with elite runners in Cebu like Elmer Bartolo and Mary Grace Delos Santos. We are happy too that we’re able to help them in their needs. We’re thankful that we were made aware of Elmer Bartolo’s need, thus we were able to help,” Llaguno said.

Bartolo came to RUNNR two weeks back and asked if the store could “sponsor” a pair of running shoes for him because robbers had stolen his running racers.

He recalled that after washing his shoes, he left it to dry outside of their boarding house when robbers chanced upon it. The racers that the robbers took were relatively new, thus leaving Bartolo with old and almost tattered racers.

Toby Claudio, the CEO of RUNNR, immediately approved a pair of Newtons for Bartolo upon learning of the runner’s predicament. Claudio had earlier given a pair of Newton Racers to Mary Grace Delos Santos that she wore in winning the Davao City Marathon last December 2009.

“I’m very happy and thankful to RUNNR for their sponsorship,” Bartolo said in Cebuano after fitting the shoes and giving it a thumb’s up.

Bartolo, who hails from Davao, is best remembered for his record-breaking run in the 1^st Minuzo-Shell 21K half-marathon race in 2008 where he set the national record of 1:10:20.

Last Sunday, he won the 7K category of the 2^nd Rotary Fun Run last Sunday with a time of 24:58.

Aside from his new pair of Newton, RUNNR also gave Bartolo a new pair of running socks. RUNNR will also provided Bartolo and Delos Santos with running jerseys with an embroidered Philippine flag that they could use in local and international races.

Bartolo and Delos Santos are busy preparing for The Great Lapu-Lapu Run on April 18 that features a 21K distance. The winners of the 21K category – in the men and women’s division, aside from cash prizes - will represent Cebu in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon next year.