The second ATM Candidate Race organised by the AWRA Davao Team took place last Sunday in New Corella. The New Corella Trail Ultra (NCTU) had three distance categories on the programme, of which the 50km was the main event. Once again, we discovered a new emerging talent from Bukidnon , the landlocked province in northern Mindanao: Vincent Philip Sinanggote . The 24-year-old had the better of another promising talent in Eldy Bulod, whom we have already known since last season. In a tough race , made even more technical and complicated by the heavy rainfall hours before the race start, Sinanggote finished in a time of 7h11 , which was almost half an hour quicker than Bulod. In fact, Bulod had to hurry up in the end as Angelo Navarro concludes his race just 30 seconds after him.

Actually, Romar John Galingan came first into the finish arena, but he got disqualified for missing a checkpoint earlier in the race. Jong Mahinay, a pre-race favourite, DNFd at around the km 30 mark.

The women’s 50k Candidate Race was won by Guia Heistaire Angela, another talented runner on the rise in the Philippines. She finished quite a way ahead of Janet Arnego and Carmhelle Pilos, who completed the podium.

This weekend, Grandmaster point seekers again have an opportunity in Santa Cruz, Davao, with the 7th edition of the legendary Mount Apo Sky Race - our ATM Championship Final host in 2022. This is probably the race that really started things off for international trail running in Davao and it remains an icon. Running from the beach to the summit of the highest mountain of the Philippines at nearly 3000m above sea level and back still speaks to the imagination of many people, both runners and non-runners.

This season, the Mount Apo Sky Race is focused on the Grandmaster Quest and not the ATM Championship ranking. Host venue is still the Playa de Obuza Beach Resort in Santa Cruz and event organiser is still Vertical To Sky led by Doi Calbes, who also has another Davao classic in his trail portfolio: The Punisher, which will take place again mid-August 2025 as the last Filipino points race of the ATM Championship season before the big Final.

How sexy the Mount Apo Sky Race may look and sound, this remains a tough nut to crack, even for experienced trail runners. The 100km has approx 5000 metres of elevation gain , mostly but not exclusively thanks to the ascent of Mount Apo. On Apo, the final 8km to the summit are adventurous and runners need to make their way up and then down the ‘boulder face’ , also relying a bit on orientation skills to choose the right path up the huge boulders. It’s very technical and over the years participants either love the boulder face or hate it. It’s part of the allure of the race, and the winners certainly cherish this trophy. Runners such as Jevie Cagatin, Rexell Aguirre and - interestingly - Godwin Mirar will all be keen to add their name to the winners’ list this weekend.

From an ATM perspective, however, the main focus this edition is to finish the 100km and score a GM point. And, there is a runner from Manila who may score her 3rd Grandmaster star on Mount Apo. Cheryl Bihag has only just returned to the scene after a bit of a break with a solid finish in the SC 70 race last week. That was her 14th GM point in her ATM trail running journey that started back in 2016! What a great way it would be to collect her 3rd Grandmaster star on the highest mountain of her country. Malaysia’s recently crowned 2-star Grandmaster Munintaran Sundram is also continuing his Quest for a third star.

Live updates on the Mount Apo Sky Race can be found on our facebook page this weekend.

Last year’s winners : Isaiah Paraiso and Julieann Morales

The first Filipino event on our Season 10 Championship calendar is Mount Kalatungan Trail Ultra in Bukidnon, Mindanao, with race start in Pangantucan on Sunday, 2 March 2025. A successful points race already in 2024, runners will again have the opportunity to conquer the country’s fifth highest peak at an altitude of 2860m above sea level. An important distinction should be mentioned between the 85km and the 55km race categories. It’s the 55km that offers points for the ATM Championship ranking. The 85km is for those seeking to score a point on their Grandmaster Quest. .

The event is organised by the Ultra Runners Republic, including the Grandmaster brothers Rene and Ramie Amigleo. Bukidnon is the region roughly between Davao and Cagayan de Oro, from where lots of new trail running talent has emerged in the past few years. The Amigleo brothers have done a lot for the sport there.

Mount Kalatungan is a stratovolcano, albeit with no historical eruptions, and a serious altitude of 2860m making it just a bit smaller than Mount Apo near Davao. Both the 55km and 85km will go to the summit. The mountain features in the first half of the race, which means runners need to save energy for afterwards.

Host venue is Pangantucan and its municipal gymnasium. Runners from outside Mindandao should best look at Cagayan de Oro as the main gateway to the event, well-connected with Cebu and Manila. To go Bukidnon from Davao is also feasible, it just takes a bit longer.

Last March, Jevie Cagatin scored his first ever ATM race win at Kalantungan with the approval of Yoyong Sacayle. Both came into the finish together, but Sacayle argued it was Cagatin who deserved to be called race winner. Kik Suello completed the podium. All three laid a foundation there to qualify for Team Pilipinas in the ATM Championship Final later in September at Borneo TMBT. The women’s race saw Julieann Morales take victory ahead of local Mary Joy Sumanda and Ann Jilian Pulanco. Morales in those months seemed unbeatable on mountain trails in her home country.

Registration is open via Racetech and it is advised to follow the event’s facebook page for latest updates and key details. Questions on logistics and registration payment can also be addressed to the orga team of Ultra Runners Republic.

The 55km is the race for ATM Championship points

The 85km is the race for those seeking a Grandmaster point

Last year’s female top 3 podium with Julieann Morales as winner, flanked by Mary Joy Sumanda and Ann Jilian Pulanco

Last year’s men’s top 3 podium with Jevie Cagatin as winner ahead of Yoyong Sacayle and Kik Suello

SC 70 was the first Grandmaster-only event in Season 10, taking place in Santa Cruz, near Davao City in Mindanao, Philippines. “Grandmaster-only” means there’s only Grandmaster points to be scored, but no points for the Championship ranking. The 70km course had about 4000 metres of elevation gain and is considered tough, with Mount Dinor and Mount Loay as highlights. Moreover, the race had a long nighttime part. Organised by Team Jegol, the feedback from finishers afterwards was generally very positive.

No Championship points, but of course there was still a competition going on. Once again, Roberto Cain III proved to be the strongest of the bunch. Leading nearly throughout the race, he concluded in 11:27:39. That was twenty minutes faster than Marjones Abugan in 11:47:43. Eldy Bulod took third on the podium in 13:13:31.

In the women’s 70km race, there was a surprising winner in Julie Mae Marquez, who ran the best second half to overtake Julieann Morales and grab victory in 14:44:40. Morales was second and in third, also with a solid run, came Guia Cabigas.

A tough candidate race in the outskirts of Davao with a 10-year history and a lot of runners. Datu Salumay can be called a classic and the event lived up to its reputation as being hardcore while at the same catering for runners of all levels.. Roberto Cain II was clearly the fastest man finishing the 85k in 16h45. That’s two hours ahead of Yoyong Sacayle and Jomarc Ferrer. Quite a performance! The race was halted at some point due to a swollen river that became unsafe to cross. Kudos to the event organising team to react quickly and appropriately in this situation. Runners were rerouted to ensure safety. The adverse weather also meant nearly 40% of the 85km course was on concrete.

The female candidate race at DASAL was won by Metzi Joy Alson in 20h16’. She preceeded Tressah Banas and Stela Coronica on the podium. Despite being on the start list, former winner Julieann Morales did not take part in the race last weekend.

The 10th anniversary edition of The Punisher on Samal island, just off the coast of Davao City in Mindanao, Philippines, had a fantastic competitive field as the last points race of Season 9 in our ATM Championship. Several runners required points or had to defend their ranking against others to ensure qualification for the Championship Final in Malaysia next month. As was to be expected, there was both joy and drama at the finish of the 50 miles or 80km race!

Starting with the women, Angelie Cabalo proved once more that she is arguably the fastest trail runner in her country at present. Sadly enough for her, even a second back-to-back victory after Bali Ultra 80 a week ago did not give her a top five spot in the Filipino ATM ranking. Cabalo only competed in three races this season, and in a country with so many competitive runners that proved to be insufficient, despite two wins and one second place. The ranking is based on a ‘best-of-four’ system and her compatriots all ran at least four races this season. Cabalo will have to wait and see if any of the five qualifiers cannot make the trip to Borneo TMBT. These five are Julieann Morales, Shally Yuson, Cristine Montuya, the surprising Irish Glorioso and Mary Joy Sumanda. Also Ann Jilian Pulanco dropped out of the top five, finishing “only” 9th last weekend. That was right behind Sumanda, who had been running strongly in second place most of the day but then was shown the wrong direction by a marshal. A classic, which shows again that one should not blindly follow marshals as many are just volunteers with no knowledge of the actual route -even if they should have. Sumanda was convinced she failed to qualify for team Pilipinas as a consequence, but alas her trip to KAR Ultra and the 50-point abroad bonus she got for that saved her. Irish Glorioso has had a remarkable boost in competitive form over the past 2-3 months and that results in her third consecutive qualification for Team Pilipinas. That in itself is unique for her country. Glorioso was one of three protagonist women who missed the start at 3am by half an hour. The other two were Morales and Manilyn Mamugay. The latter threw in the towel around halfway, Morales still managed to get fourth, just ahead of Glorioso. Ahead of them was the duo of Shally Yuson and Cristine Montoya, finishing together without pushing too hard - Cabalo was too far ahead anyway. Cabalo in fact finished fourth overall alongside Jomarc Ferrer.

Jomarc Ferrer turned out to be one of the great positive surprises of the day, in fact. Keeping up as well as he could with the trio of Jevie Cagatin, Kik Suello and Eldy Bulod, Ferrer had an outside chance of sneaking into the men’s ranking top five, and thus Team Pilipinas, and he took it. Of course, he did not have it in his own hands, but he did what he have to and as it turned out, Maynard Encornal had a complete off-day finishing just 18th. With Florence Alave not running as he cannot make it to TMBT anyway for family reasons, Ferrer entered the top five and is in the team! That came also at the expense of Sean Aying. The Grandmaster ran a great Punisher race himself, finishing in sixth, but his other results of the season were not always of the same level. Jevie Cagatin, Kik Suello and also the very young Mt Apo winner Isaiah Paraiso overtook Aying on points last weekend. Paraiso coming in fifth, Cagatin third and Suello a joint winner with Eldy Bulod. The duo dropped Cagatin in the final 9km and decided not to sprint for victory. Bulod plays no role in the championship “play-off” , as the Punisher was just his second ATM points race of the season. Note, however, that the young and upcoming Bulod stated he will aim for it next year. He also admitted that Suello was arguably the faster of them, in line with what insiders said during the race. Suello is a dark horse for TMBT. So is Cagatin, who finishes the season as number 1 in the Filipino points ranking.

Also Jeremy Ritcey (8th, Hong Kong) and Risa Kamiya (6th, Japan) ensured their qualification for their teams in the ATM Championship Final next month.

Angelie Cabalo was again outstanding, just a week after Bali 80

Shally Yuson and Cristine Montuya arrived second and third

No fourth victory for Julian Morales, but a fine run to fourth place nevertheless

The 10th anniversary of The Punisher on the holiday island of Samal in Davao Del Norte will see some fantastic racing between Filipinos trying to make their country’s team for the ATM Championship Final in Malaysia next month. Nearly everyone will be on the start line of the 80km, except John Ray Onifa who has a wild card already. Even Arnie Macaneras, who also collected his wild card at MUSPO last month, is joining the party. After all, this was Macaneras’ breakthrough race in 2019, when “out of the blue” he finished between Hisashi Kitamura and John Ellis here on Samal island. Great to see the Davao runner paying respect to his roots, and to Doi Calbes’ event, which is one of our series’ most underrated events. The Punisher has a great combination of runable and technical sections, demanding trail runners to use their full arsenal of skills. 80km, or 50 miles, is not nothing, but this course is doable for those who like to give an ultra distance a first try , too. The race starts at 3am , so there will be some 2,5 hours before sunrise, too.

While Arnie Macaneras is the logical top favourite in the men’s race, it will be very interesting to see who can stay close to him tomorrow. Several protagonists such as Jevie Cagatin, Maynard Encormal, Eldy Bulod, Isaiah Paraiso, Sean Aying, Kik Suello and Jomarc Ferrer are all still in the game to join Onifa and Macaneras in the team next month. Yoyong Sacayle completed his campaign last week in Bali and has a slender points lead over the others. However, Sacayle had a tough day at KAR two weeks ago, not giving him any points, and his 9 Dragons early in the year was also not great-great. That means his position in the ranking is vulnerable as the others will now do their fourth race, or try to eliminate the worst result of their previous four races. Florence Enciong Alave is the only one of the contenders not running this weekend. Private commitments prevent him from competing in Borneo TMBT anyway.

On the female side, we will have similar scenario in tomorrow’s all-deciding points race. Everyone at the top of the ATM ranking is competing: Shally Yuson, Cristine Montuya, Julie Ann Morales, Ann Jilian Pulanco, Irish Glorioso, Mary Joy Sumanda, Manilyn Mamugay and last but not least Angelie Cabalo. The latter is coming to Davao having just won Bali Ultra 80 in impressive style a week ago. Cabalo does need the points, as The Punisher will only be her third race of the season, while the others will end up with four, five or even six ATM races. It’s a’best-of'-four’ system, so Cabalo has put herself in a complicated situation. She may start the race as the one-to-beat, based on her performance a week ago. However, she will have to deal with last year’s winner Julie Ann Morales, who is from Davao and unbeaten in this season’s ATM points races. Morales looks like a certain qualifier for Team Pilipinas next month - provided she add a few points to her total this weekend. What can in-form Shally Yuson do tomorrow? She looked strong at KAR 110, before a knock of the hammer due to heat exhaustion threw her off the main podium at the very end. If she has recovered, it will be interesting to see how she fares against Cabalo and Morales. And what about Montuya and Pulanco, the last two female winners of Sierra Madre Trail 75k? They will probably mainly focus on Glorioso, Sumanda and Mamugay.

As usual, there’s also several international competitors in The Punisher. These can be important this weekend as they can take points away from the Filipinos. Risa Kamiya from Japan, a Mantra 116 finisher in fourth place last month, is one example of those. Kamiya herself is trying to get herself qualified for Team Japan next month, and so are a few runners from Brunei, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Lantau 70 organiser Jeremy Ritcey, for instance, is a very solid competitor who will certainly aim for a podium spot or a top five placing at The Punisher.

ATM will be broadcasting and reporting live from The Punisher event on Samal island starting at 2:45 am local time.

2022 ATM Champion Arnie Macaneras returns to the event that made him known in 2019: The Punisher

Jevie Cagatin is one of those promising Filipino runners who can get himself assured of the ATM Final

Can previous Punisher winner Julie Ann Morales score a 4/4 this season?

Three Top 4 placing early this season put Ann Jilian Pulanco in a great spot to make the Championship Team

The battle for ATM championship points is ongoing in the Philippines, with several candidates remaining for the five male and five female spots for the team that can take part in the ATM Final at Borneo TMBT Ultra on 14 September. Last weekend’s MUSPO event in Valencia, Bukidnon, Mindanao was the penultimate chance to score points on home soil. Those who take an interest had to go for the 50km race category. MUSPO’s 100km was only valid for the Grandmaster Quest this season. 2022 ATM Champion Arnie Macaneras returned to MUSPO after an unfortunate DNF two years ago, when he was leading the 100k race together with Larry Apolinario until they both went off course. Davao’s leading runner therefore had unfinished business in Bukidnon. He also started as the top favourite in the 50km and quickly showed his good form. A brief scare towards the end, when Arnie again missed a marker and went off course, he won comfortably in 5h52. Kik Suello scored his second podium of the ATM season with an impressive run to second place in 6h01. Suello is beginning to make a name for himself. He preceeded Jevie Cagatin and local Yoyong Sacayle by 8 minutes. Eldy Bulod and Isaiah Paraiso were next, two more exciting newcomers to the scene this season. Grandmaster Sean Aying ran a solid race to 7th ahead of Ivan Matic and Marjones Abugan.

In the women’s 50km we saw the confirmation of the ever increasing competitiveness of Shally Yuson. As in the men’s category, many good runners in the women’s race at MUSPO, and Yuson managed to score her first ever ATM points race victory with even a dominating display. At the finish in Valencia she had an advantage of nearly half an hour on the equally surprising Irish Glorioso, who seems to have found back her good form from two years ago. Emelyn Cabangas finished ten minutes later in third place, and Sierra Madre Trail winner Christine Montuya had to settle for fourth. Maria Elywana Jara Isulat claimed fifth place.

The 100k race was won by Roberto Cain III in the men’s, and Guia Angelie Cabigas in the women’s.

Shally Yuson scored her first ever ATM points race victory and underlines her growing running form

2022 ATM Champion Arnie Macaneras notched up another race win

A great second place for Kik Suello!

Irish Glorioso has found back the form that gave her several podiums in the 2022 season

Emelyn Cabingas completed the women’s podium on the 50k

Roberto Cain III won MUSPO 100 and collected one more Grandmaster point

Guia Angela was the quickest woman on the 100km and scores a Grandmaster point

Bukidnon Province in the northern Mindanao region of the Philippines is claiming attention for the next few weeks with MUSPO coming up on 13/14 July as the next points race event in the country, but first there is the inaugural edition of Point Trail Ultra this weekend. Point Trail Ultra is a Candidate Race taking place in the province’s capital city Malaybalay and is directed by Yoyong Sacayle, one of Bukidnon’s star elite runners who is part of last year’s ATM Championship winning Team Pilipinas. The main race category is the 50km with a total elevation gain of over 2300 hm.

As we wrote back in April, Bukidnon means “highlander” or “mountain dweller” so you know what to expect. In fact, the province is one of the country’s leading rice, corn and pineapple producers, too, and is stated as one of the Philippines’ fastest growing economies. Also in trail running, Bukidnon has developed as a genuine runners’ destination. Earlier this season, we have already had Mt Kalatungan Ultra, too.

While Yoyong Sacayle will be taking up RD duties, one of the other local protagonists features on the start list: Mary Joy Sumanda, also a member of Team Pilipinas last season and a Top 10 finisher. A start list for the 50k that has 174 names on it, by the way. Mary Joy and Shally Yuson rank among the favourites in the women’s race, but with so many new names we might as well see a surprise come along. In the men’s 50k, we have strong competitors like Kik Suello, Florence Alave, Ariehmar Bardoquillo, Jevie Cagatin, Carlo Chiong, the Amigleo brothers and last-but-not-least Jomarc Ferrer. Several of them are currently in the mix for this season’s team spots at the ATM Championship Final in Malaysia on 14 September.

ATM will be reporting from the Point Trail Ultra event as usual.

RD and 2023 ATM Finalist and winning Team Championship member Yoyong Sacayle

Local runner Mary Joy Sumanda finished 10th in last year’s ATM Championship Final in Indonesia

At Mount Kalatungan Ultra in Bukidnon, Philippines, Julie Ann Morales already grabbed her third victory of the current ATM season in the event’s 85km race! The Davao mountain ultra specialist took control on the long ascent of one of her country’s highest mountains and hung unto the lead despite the challenge of ultra long distance specialist Ann Jilian Pulanco. Morales finished before sunset. She now totals 1500 ATM Championship points, which could already be enough to qualify for Team Pilipinas in the ATM Final. Morales was part of the team in 2022, but not last year as she competed in just two events. Since the end of the covid crisis, the 32-year-old has collected five race wins in our series.

Pulanco managed to keep second place till the finish. Great performance by last year’s winner in Sierra Madre! She was 23 minutes behind Morales. In third place on the podium was local Bukidnon runner Mary Joy Sumanda, ATM Finalist last season and just like the race winner a new face that has emerged in the Philippines’ competitive field over the last two years. That also counts for Shally Yuson, who fnished in fourth place ahead of Chloe Base and Irish Glorioso.

The men’s 85km race saw two runners crossing the finish line together: Jevie Cagatin and Yoyong Sacayle. Cagatin had set the pace early on with Kik Suello and Anthony Paladin. The latter would fade away, but Cagatin and Suello climbed well. Two names that will not ring a bell with ATM followers. Suello is a newcomer to the scene, Cagatin first appeared on Mount Apo last December, where he scored second place on the podium. While Suello lost ground in the second half of the race to take third place, Cagatin pressed ahead but was nevertheless joined by local favourite and ATM Finalist, 7th last season, Yoyong Sacayle. The duo stayed together till the end, but instead of a sprint they came in hand-in-hand. Moments later, Sacayle suggested that Cagatin is the deserved race winner with him in second. Cagatin, Sacayle and Suello were remarkably far ahead of the others in what was a strong field. Bagtit 100 winner Maynard Encormal did not have the best of races and finished in 7th place. Florence ‘Enciong’ Alave was 12th. Mount Apo race winner Isaiah Paraiso found Kalatungan also tougher than expected. He came in fourth , but almost two hours behind the lead duo. Jomarc Ferrer and Marvin Buizon did well in five and six, with Sean Aying in 8th.

The busy Filipino season continues in a fortnight with Sierra Madre Trail in the Rizal mountains east of Manila.

The men’s top 3 at Mt Kalatungan Ultra with Jevie Catagin declared as official winner

Julie Ann Morales keeps winning: this was number 3 of the current ATM season!

The Filipino ATM season continues this weekend in Bukidnon in Mindanao with the Mount Kalatungan Trail Ultra. A successful Candidate Race in 2020 just before the covid pandemic brought everything to a halt. Four years went by, and the team around Grandmasters Ramie and Rene Amigleo from the Ultra Runners Republic are delighted they can finally put the event back on. For non-Filipinos, Mount Kalatungan is a stratovolcano, albeit with no historical eruptions, and a serious altitude of 2860m making it just a bit smaller than Mount Apo near Davao. The ATM points race is 85km long with the ascent of Kalatungan located in the first third of the race. Runners better save some energy for after the big climb, in other words.

Bukidnon is the region roughly between Davao and Cagayan de Oro, from where lots of new trail running talent has emerged in the past few years. The Amigleo brothers did a lot for the sport there. Today, Yoyong Sacayle is arguably the best-known local top runner, Mary Joy Sumanda another up-and-comer. Both were ATM Finalists and top ten placers last year, and both will toe the start line in Pangantucan this weekend.

ATM Championship overall leader Julie Ann Morales will be aiming to make it three victories out of three races this season. Morales has been on a roll with wins on Mt Apo and last month at Bagtit Ultra. Another top performance would put her already in a very comfortable position to make Team Pilipinas for this year’s ATM Final. Her main competitors for the victory will be the aforementioned Mary Joy Sumanda, Ann Jilian Pulanco, Shally Yuson, Anne Maridol Rongavilla and Chloe Base. Keep an eye out for Sumanda, who on home soil could as well take her first ATM race win.

In the men’s race, Yoyong Sacayle will have to take care of Bagtit 100 winner Maynard Encormal, amongst others. Encormal looked solid three weeks ago, hopefully he has fully recovered from the effort. Sacayle ran the 9 Dragons 50/50, though, albeit rather anonimously. Perhaps that was calculated to be 100% for this weekend? On paper, Encormal and Sacayle look like the ones to beat, but there’s many other podium contenders in the race, such as Jonathan Pido, ATM Championship points leader Sean Aying, Florence Alave, Freddie Blanco, Henry Joe Cottilon and Ariehmar Bardoquillo.

ATM will be reporting from the Mt Kalatungan Ultra event on the usual channels.

Local Bukidnon runner Mary Joy Sumanda could go for her first ever ATM race win this weekend

Yoyong Sacayle: can he keep Maynard Encormal at bay ?

Maynard Encormal was a great winner at Bagtit 100 just three weeks ago

ATM Points Leader so far: Julie Ann Morales. Kalatungan is already her 3rd race this season

We are happy to add Mount Kalatungan in Philippines to the ATM Championship calendar for season IX on the weekend of 2/3 March 2024. The event was a popular Candidate Race in March 2020, just before the entire world went into lockdown. After four years, the event finally returns to the trail calendar and the longest race category, 85 km, offers points for the ATM Championship and the Grandmaster Quest.

Mt. Kalatungan, also known as Catatungan is a volcanic mountain located in Municipality of Pangantucan, Province of Bukidnon. It is a stratovolcano but with no known historical eruptions. It is the fifth highest mountain in the country with height of 2,287 meters above sea level. It is known as a technical mountain climb, so runners taking part in the 85km should have appropriate trail race experience already. The estimated elevation gain of 4,500 to 4,600 meters (to be finalise on GPX file) sums it up nicely: this is a tough course. The course of Mt Kalatungan Trail Ultra is a 95% trail for 85km combination of dirt roads, farm roads,single tracks (mostly going to the summit). The route will take place runners to tourists spots of Pangantucan like the Lake Napalit, Kidanggin Hot Spring, Blue Water (Kimereges) with amazing views of the mountain like Muleta Falls, BarRCamp Pangantucan, Mt. Kalatungan peak, hills, valleys, grasslands, plantations (sugarcane, corn. cassava banana & pineapple) and local villages along the way.

Less ambitious runners can also sign up for the 55km, 32km & 17Km. The host venue is the Pangantucan Municipal Gymnasium in Pangantuca, Bukidnon.

Please note that, as with Mount Apo, there is a fixed quota of people permitted to climb the mountain per day. Hence, register as soon as possible to avoid missing your spot on the 85km start list. Also take note of the fact that the race essentially takes place on Sunday, not on Saturday, which may influence your travel plan for the event.

You can find more details via the event’s facebook page linked below.