Run Ortigas Half Marathon: Dates, Tickets & Venue (Pasig)

A first 21K for Ortigas East

Pasig gets a new half-marathon distance. On November 15, 2026, Run Ortigas puts a 21K on the streets of Ortigas East for the first time in the area’s history, with shorter categories on the same morning.

Ortigas East is the mixed-use district near the junction of C5 and Ortigas Avenue, the same patch of Pasig that holds the Tiendesitas market complex. Its roads are wide and newly laid. Large blocks of open land are still waiting to be built on, which gives a course room to spread out.

The race-morning setting

Manila road races start in the dark. Organisers across Metro Manila usually send runners off before sunrise to beat the heat, and a 21K field needs the most time on the road before the sun is high.

November is the start of the cooler, drier months in Luzon. The humidity doesn’t go away, though, and late typhoons still reach the region in some years. Runners used to Manila conditions usually:

• carry or wear their own electrolytes as well as using the aid stations
• run in a cap or visor, because the last kilometres of a half can finish in direct sun
• pack a dry shirt and sandals for the walk back from the finish area

Getting to Ortigas East before dawn

No rail line stops at Ortigas East. MRT-3 Ortigas Station is on EDSA at the other end of the Ortigas business district, a long walk from C5. For a pre-dawn start, most runners book Grab or a taxi, or share a ride with a running group.

Road closures for the course usually begin before the gun. Drop-off traffic piles up on the approaches along C5 and Ortigas Avenue, so drivers tend to let runners out a block or two short and they walk the rest. Runners from outside Metro Manila often stay in the Ortigas Center or Kapitolyo areas of Pasig the night before. Both are a short ride away at that hour.

How Run Ortigas race day usually works

Filipino races follow a familiar routine. Registration is done online through the organiser’s official channels, and GCash and cards are the standard ways to pay. Each runner gets a race kit, which typically holds the bib and a singlet, and kits are usually collected at a set venue in the days before the race.

On the morning itself, the shorter-distance crowd is mostly families and office running clubs from the surrounding business districts. The 21K field lines up first and is more serious. Some race-day habits:

• Corrals: runners sort themselves by distance at the start line. The 21K gun goes off ahead of the shorter categories.
• Bib placement: the bib goes on the front, in full view, because marshals and photographers use it to identify runners.
• Aid stations: volunteers hold out cups of water. Runners take a cup without stopping and drop it in the bins just past the table, not on the road.
• Finish area: expect the medal, then the recovery food line, then running groups taking photos. Meetup points are usually agreed in advance because phone signal gets patchy when thousands of runners crowd together.

After the race, runners usually head to Tiendesitas or the cafés around Ortigas East for a late breakfast. That way they’re done before the C5 traffic picks up for the day.