More than 200 participants from Ligao City with visiting participants from Legazpi City joined the 7-km fun run. The participants include male and female ranging from 9 to 60 years old. As Mayor Patty Gonzalez-Alsua fired the starter pistol, participants began running from the City Pavilion passing through Barangays Tinago, Pinit, Batang (through access road), Bay, Tuburan highway, Calzada, then back to the City Pavilion.
Coach Sonny Magno, who joined the Palarong Bicol as running coach of Ligao City athletic team, wishes to someday launch a Milo® marathon at Ligao City sponsored by the Nestlé Milo®. Coach Magno was also one of Lydia de Vega's running coach and has been in the sports industry as a national coach since he was 27 years old. He said that while he's still in Ligao City, he would like to help the city develop its sports team. His envisioned Milo® Marathon at Ligao City can be a venue for selecting champions that will represent the region for the National Milo® Marathon.
Aside from the annual fun run, Ligao City also held its first Mayor's Cup Boxing Tournament at City Gymnasium headed by the Sports Committee Coordinator Edgardo Gonzalez during the evening. Other events held during the fifth day of Ligao City's 13th Cityhood Anniversary were Laro ng Lahi participated by City Hall employees and Pedicab Race.
Distribution of wheelchairs
The City government of Ligao, in coordination with the Church of the Latter Day Saint Humanitarian distributed wheelchairs to the Persons with Disabilities (PWD).
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