Pinoy Ultra Runners

The Pinoy Ultra Runners is a running team based in the Philippines with the twofold aim of promoting and developing Ultramarathon running in the Philippines while also raising funds for worthy charities including the Kythe Foundation for which the team has raised more than 700,000 pesos.

Overview

The team is presently composed of 22 runners and the team captain is Neville Manaois. They are sponsored by The North Face and R.O.X.

The group was founded in 2007 by Filipino Everest summiteer Romi Garduce, team captain Neville Manaois and seasoned runners Dani Dematera, Kiko Fransisco, Beth Siojo, Ranchito Abellanosa, and Olive Cortez.

Originally, the group came together to run a 100 km UltraMarathon within Metro Manila to raise funds for Kythe. Dubbed Run for Life, this became the 1st of a series of Ultra Marathon events designed to raise funds for charity.The team made a route that navigated around the different cities and municipalities of Metro Manila to culminate with the running of the Milo Marathon. Unfortunately, when they finished this run, they found that they were 12 km short! So they still had to run around the CCP complex to make up the difference.

Notable Runs

100 km Run for Life Metro Manila

65 km Run for Life Banawe to Sagada

94 km Run for Life SCTex

Members

Romi Garduce

Neville Manaois

Dani Dematera

Kiko Fransisco

Beth Siojo

Ranchito Abellanosa

Olive Cortez

Peter Ricera

Jose De Vera

Pen Nepomuceno

Jocelyn Saw

Andrew Chinalpan

Thumbie Remegio

Willy Yao

Gilbert Mabasa

Al Viado

Paolo Punsalan

Dean Cunanan

Raul Padillia

JonniferLacanlale

Jeremy Go

Hectory Yuzon