To all who supported and graced the Century Tuna Superbods Run 2010,

After four grueling months of painstakingly preparing for this much-awaited race, our dream event has finally come to fruition. Although we acknowledge that it was not as perfect as we had aimed for, due to issues such as unexpected bugs in the online registration process, an early gun start for 21K & 10K runners, with some 10K runners catching the tail end of the 5K runners , and several runners who got lost along the route, thanks to the collective effort of Century Pacific Group, Saga Events, PC&V, Fuentes Manila PR, Starcom Media Vest, Event King Secretariat, RunRio Inc., and FBDC, we came together as a team determined to rise above the seemingly insurmountable challenge of pleasing each and every one of our 11,344 participants on race day.

Thank you to Century Tuna for believing in our ability to mount an event worthy of their status as the number one brand of canned tuna in the country, as well as to all our other sponsors for following suit and for helping us put out all the stops to produce a record-breaking event never before seen at the Bonifacio Global City.

It was both an honor and a privilege to organize this race with the Century Tuna Superbods core team and sponsors, as well as for all the eager runners who woke up bright and early to participate in our event this morning, whose overwhelming enthusiasm in anticipation for the event, provided the fuel that kept us working on this project day and night.

We hope that our continued efforts to raise the bar in race organizing will attract more newbies to try this sport that most of us have come to love.  I feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity and the means to pour out my creative juices in order to organize a world-class event here in the Philippines.  I take pride in pioneering the use of a full-LED start/finish arc and flashing the names and finish time of runners as they cross the line, an innovation never before seen anywhere else in the world, at least based on my experience as a runner.   And I could not have done this without Century Tuna’s faith in me as a race organizer and being one with me in our effort not just to eat healthy and live healthy, but to revolutionize the Philippine running experience as well.

To all those who have been inconvenienced in any way, I take full responsibility and sincerely apologize in behalf of my team. Aside from the shortcomings already mentioned, I just want to take this opportunity to personally apologize to one of our participants who felt dissatisfied with the first-aid treatment and service provided by our ambulance supplier.  I will do my best not to let this incident happen again in the future and will make sure that the insurance provided to all participants will include transportation to a medical facility if requested by the patient.  I apologize for not realizing this sooner and again take full responsibility on the matter.

For every race that I organize, I always strive to do my best.  But if some of you feel that I have fallen short of your expectations, again, I apologize, and hope you will allow me the opportunity to redeem myself in the future.  I would appreciate as much feedback as possible as I am more than willing to find out how else I can further improve my future events.  Please feel free to comment as you please and rest assured that I will take them constructively.

Thank you so much to everyone who made the Century Tuna Superbods Run 2010 a huge success!

Sincerely,
Coach Rio