Thousands of runners colorfully
illuminated the night as Color Manila held their Blacklight Run last May 28,
2016, at Filinivest City, Alabang. The one-of-a-kind night run treated around
8,000 runners to a night of colors, music, and fun.
Inspired by India’s Holi Festival, Color
Manila brought the fun to the Philippines and began mounting color-inspired
races in 2013, getting bigger and bigger every year. For the CM Blacklight Run,
the team used special colored powder which illuminate when put under the
blacklight, giving participants during the race an even more exciting running
experience.
“We wanted to allow people to have clean
active fun. Running is for everyone and we just want everyone to experience the
real fun in a fun run,” shares Justine Cordero, Vice President of Color Manila.
But the fun didn’t stop when participants
crossed the finish line. The CM Blacklight Run proved to be just more than your
usual fun run. A race and party rolled into one, participants partied together
to the beats of DJ Katsy Lee during the afterparty and Color Festival.
Missed all the fun last Saturday? Watch
out for the next Color Manila Run happening in October. “We’ll be having
another race before the end of the year. We want to keep encouraging everyone
to get into running so we find different ways to make it fun. This October,
we’ll be having the Costume Run, so that’s definitely a race we want everyone
to be excited about,” ends Jay Em, President of Color Manila.
