Global City Fort Bonifacio - Measured Running Routes

In Metro Manila finding ones self an ideal venue for a daily running workout is becoming difficult should conditions for personal safety, pollution free, traffic, road condition, and environmental conduciveness be taken into account.

Global City or Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City is one of the ideal if not the most ideal place in Metro Manila to do your daily running workouts. The locality has been the haven of local runners in as much that the Fort Bonifacio Administration has been very supportive to running and has open its doors to local weekend road races. The best the place could offer is the security of a runner as practically there is a security and/or traffic officer in every major intersection of the compound. Further, in view that the traffic regulation within the compound is strictly enforced, drivers have been observed to be more road safety concern… following the traffic lights, not a usual thing in the Metro Manila.

In this light and to share with other runners my usual route within Fort Bonifacio, I made distance measurement on three LOOPS that can be used. Knowing the actual distance will provide any runner without the usual GPS and/or running aids possible for them to evaluate their run.

The following conditions were noted in the measurement of distances;

• -       Garmin 310xt was the tool used.
• -       Running was done always opposite the traffic flow at the curve side along the road within a meter or two in and out of road but never on the pedestrian alley.
• -       There is no back tracking anywhere in the loop.
• -       You can start anywhere within the loop provided you finish at the same place as where you started to complete the measured distance.

THE SMALL LOOP or HIGH STREET LOOP – 1.3 kilometers

Start at 11^th Avenue heading toward 28^th Street

Left at 28^th Street head towards 7^th Avenue

Left at 7^th Avenue head towards 28^th Street

Left at 28^th Street head towards 11^th Avenue

Left at 11^th Avenue and end where you started ……….. 1.3 Km Distance

THE MEDIUM LOOP – 3.2 kilometers

Start at 11^th Avenue head towards 32^nd Street

Left at 32^nd Street head towards 5^th Avenue

Left at 5^th Avenue and head towards McKinley Parkway

Left at McKinley Parkway and head towards 11^th Avenue

Left at 11^th Avenue and end where you started ………. 3.2 Km Distance

THE GREAT LOOP – 7.4 kilometers

Start at 11^th Avenue head towards 32 Street

Right at 32^nd Street and head towards C5

Left at 38^th Street (University Drive) and head towards 8^th Avenue

Left at 8^th Avenue (new road) and head towards 34^th Street

Right at 34^th Street and head towards St. Lukes at 32^nd Street

Cross 32^nd Street and proceed straight to 3^rd Avenue towards Rizal Drive

Upon reaching Rizal Drive turn right and head towards 32^nd Street

Right at 32^nd Street and head towards 5^th Avenue

Right at 5^th Avenue and head towards Old Lawton Avenue

Left at Old Lawton Avenue and head toward McKinley Parkway

Right at McKinley Parkway and head towards 11^th Avenue

End at 11^th Avenue at the point where you started your run …. 7.4 Km Distance

Run safe and see you on the road.