The Philippine Stock Exchange or PSE Bull Run 2012: Takbo Para Sa Ekonomiya, the first Sunday race for 2012, was successfully held last January 8 at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig with 6,000 participants. The PSE has been hosting the PSE Bull Run for the last 8 years. The PSE Bull Run is an annual running event organized by the PSE as part of its advocacy campaign to raise awareness about the Philippine stock market.
Claiming the top awards for the half marathon category are Joseph Odhuno of Hewlett Packard Philippines and Lana Mercado of Deltek Systems for the men’s and women’s divisions respectively. Odhuno finished with an official time of 1:26:03 while Mercado topped at 1:46:49. Runner-ups for men are Wilnar Iglesia (1:26:35) and AJ Beronio (1:30:52). Runner-ups for women are Annloise Castro (1:48:36) and Vani Endaya (1:55:18).
The Bull Run had four other competitive categories, the 16K, 10K, 5K and 3K events. The 8th edition of the Bull Run is also presented in cooperation with CitisecOnline.com, Inc., an online stockbrokerage house accredited by the PSE. It is also supported by SM Investments Corporation, PSE Foundation, POCARI SWEAT, Century Tuna, Chris Sports, Manila Bulletin, MultiSport Philippines, the Big Chill and Tully’s Coffee. Major sponsors included Ayala Corporation, First Metro Investment Corporation, the Philippine Stock Index Fund, Harbour Centre Port Terminal, Gold’s Gym and Thermos Philippines.
Shown in the photo above were the runners of the 8th PSE Annual Bull Run.
