Urdaneta leg kicks off Milo 42k series

The Ilocos region will host the first two legs of the 41st National Milo Marathon (NMM) series, starting with the inaugural race in Urdaneta City this Sunday.

The Laoag leg follows on July 23—the second of 16 qualifying races.

Dagupan City has hosted the opening legs of the NMM the past two years. Organizers expect the Urdaneta race to lure more than the 9,300 runners who answered the opening gun of the 40th season.

All qualifiers, except the National Capital Region leg on July 30 at Mall of Asia grounds in Pasay, will be 21-kilometer races. The NCR edition is a full marathon elimination.

The Cebu finals on Dec. 3 will award P300,000 each to the Open category winners. —ROMINA S. AUSTRIA