Alicia trail run 2018 at TAPP

Feb 10, registration ‘til 26th

TAGBILARAN CITY, January 6, 2018 (PIA)—Trail runners and cross country mountain bikers are never choosy about their race tracks.

But if they hit the trails of one of Bohol’s most spectacular views of rolling hills and sea of clouds, it should help us showcase our new tourism site, Alicia Mayor Marnilou Ayuban said, while revealing about this year’s Foundation Anniversary highlights.

The Alicia Panoramic Park (TAPP) at Cambaol Alicia, Bohol, some 106 kilometers from Tagbilaran opens its trails to endurance trail runners on February 10, Saturday where runners are expected to pound the trails obscured by fog in a race threading through a sea of clouds.

The hundreds of hectares of rolling hills at TAPP is among Bohol’s newly rumoured perfect camp site as the campers are treated with scenes like the sea of clouds in Mount Pulag, only this entails a short hike.

Already an established mountain bike park and home to the annual Kinatkatay sa Binabaje mountain bike races, TAPP has also an annual dirt-bike challenge, which makes the train run race the third endurance test the hills pose.

Now picked as a the race course for the TAPP Trail Run 2018, the park’s cattle herder’s trails become the race course for 21km, and 5 km trail runs that wind around the hills from The Farm and back, says Alicia Information and Tourism Officer Godelia Lumugdang.

The trail is basically single track and follows the ridges of TAPP and offers gradual to 45 degree ascents, sand loamy packed earth, natural obstacles like tree roots, rocks and some steep descents but generally uphill and downhill single tracks, Lumugdang, an experienced trail hike and mountain climber said.

Runners for the 21K challenge assemble at the starting line on Saturday at 5:00 AM, and await for instructions prior to the gun start at 5:30.

Cut off time is 7 hours so runners must be in before 12:30 past noon of the same day.

For the 5K participants, assembly time is 5:30 and await for instructions while the gun start is set at 6:00 AM.

Runners are expected to be checking back in after 2 hours and 30 minutes, or roughly at 8:30 AM.

Registration amount for the 21K is P800, while the 5K trail run registration is P400.

Registration includes race kit with a race number for 21 and 5 K, event shirts for both categories, finishers medals, finishers certificates and a post race meal.

Deadline for registration is on January 26, 2018.

Registration sites can be through bank deposits, online or Kwarta Padala to either of these accounts: BDO (Valero-Herrera Branch, Makati) under Venus Dy, Acct Number: 1688024303, BPI (Leviste Branch, Makati) under Venus Dy, Acct Number: 1685002023, Metrobank (Salinas Drive, Lahug), Richard Anania Acct Number: 602-3-602-08878-3.

If payment is thorugh LBC/Palawan Pawnshop Pera padala, send to Godelia Lumugdang

Poblacion, Alicia, Bohol, mobile +639338655650.

After sending the money, send a copy of the deposit slip (scanned or photo) to this Facebook page: The Farm at Alicia, and include your details as Full Name, Address, 

Gender, Age, Shirt size.

Questions can also be entertained at the Alicia Tourism Office, LGU-Alicia though Godelia Lumugdang (Tourism Officer), where participants can also personally fill-up registration form and pay the registration fee. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)