Filinvest City, Gearing up For An Action-Packed Summer! *

It’s that time of the year when schools close down, the sun rises extra early and sets later than ever. Yes, it’s summer once again and there is no better place to play than in Filinvest City, where action and adventure can be found in every corner!

STRIDE AND RIDE
For its growing running and biking community, Filinvest City gives more reasons to hit the streets as it implements Carless Sundays allowing these enthusiasts to freely use the city’s tree-lined avenues for their favorite fun activities and workout from 5 am to 10 am. During this time period, The City Loop covering one side of Corporate, Commerce, Parkway and Filinvest Avenues will be closed off, while the other side of these streets will accommodate two-way traffic.

For the more adventurous types, different biking communities are currently enjoying the thrill of exploring a newly-expanded rugged, open trail inside the satellite city. These trails, casually developed over time through frequent use by enthusiasts, have now been expanded to its current total distance of 9.5km with the help of different biking and event organizations like MTB Addicts, X-Events, Sabak, Bikeline, Alta Presion Events (APE), and the most recent, Executive Off-road Racing Association (EXO).

Truly a joint community effort, these trails will soon have directional signage and markers sponsored by The Primer Group, the company behind the brands of Columbia, Teva, Nathan Sports, among others. This soon will lead to The Starting Line’s free trail run clinic for newbies on Saturday, May 11.
As for those who can’t get enough of the summer outdoor fun, they can register at the XC series for a day of trail bike racing made possible by GranTrail Cycles and EXO.

And the action-packed summer will get even hotter as Filinvest City partners with a popular men’s brand in bringing Xterra Mud Run. This installation of the world’s premiere trail event series, Xterra, will be held on May 26. In this race, runners will be able to put their physical skills and stamina to the test as they face the challenge of conquering obstacles with varying difficulty.

SUN AND FUN
All these can be experienced in complete ease and safety, thanks to round-the-clock security and 24/7 accessibility.

Anyone who’s looking for a summer to remember doesn’t need to go far. At Filinvest City, the action is always sizzling hot and the fun is just yours for the taking!


*Press Release
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Filinvest City, a mere 15-minute drive from Makati, is a prime development of Filinvest, a leader in property development for over 50 years. Guided by the Gotianun family tradition of integrity, quality and service, it forges ahead with renewed dynamism. For more information on Filinvest City’s special events, call 846-0278 loc 7093 or visit www.filinvestcity.com . Like us on Facebook: FC.inspiringpossibilities.

The Filinvest City, The Garden City Trail Route: A Trial Run

Trail running is something Swthrt and I have never tried before. For one thing, most of the trail routes accessible to the public are quite far from the metro. Before, there were invitations for us to either join a trail running race or try a new trail route but because of the aforementioned reason we often declined it. So when we received an invitation for a trial run of a new trail route at Filinvest City, the first thing that came to our mind was where will it might be. Knowing Filinvest as a developer, I thought it was another development project by Filinvest outside Metro Manila but to my surprise it was not, it was at Alabang, formerly known as Filinvest Corporate City now re-branded as The Filinvest City, the major urban center, south of Metro Manila.

 

Swthrt joined the test run of the extended trail route together with other bloggers. She was quite excited and nervous at the same time because it was her first time to run trail and did not know what to expect during the run. 

Photo by Bee Yen

Photo by Lestsky Runner

I was envious of them as I took photos of the runners along the route since I was forced to be sideline and not join the run upon my doctor’s order because of my heart condition. 

Anyway, I was glad to see the joy in Swthrt’s face as she completed the run. I guess it was really fun running the trail. I hope I can try it soon!

After the run, we joined the other runners eat breakfast, sponsored by the Filinvest City Alabang Inc., at the Palms Country Club. A short presentation of the many upcoming projects and events within the city by Ms. Daphne of Filinvest City Alabang followed.

Summer Events this 2013 will include­­ Running Clinic by Starting Line on May 11, Cross Country Race Series with the Executive Off-Road Racing Association on May 18 and highlighted by the Xterra Off-Road Triathlon Series on May 26.

A Carless Sunday on specific roads was implemented last Sunday, 14 April 2013.

It was one of the many projects that would be implemented to give opportunities to the public to enjoy life at its fullest.