MANILA, Philippines —The 2026 FCC (Filipina CEO Circle) Women’s Run has reached a record-breaking 16,000 registrants for International Women’s Month, expected to fill the seaside roads of SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City on March 8.
With the theme “Strength, Grace, and Honor,” the women’s run aims to celebrate all women from all walks of life, honoring their identity, while celebrating movement and empowerment.
Women’s Run founder Nicole Dela Cruz expressed her gratitude for the milestone after drawing a lot of participants in this year’s edition.
“In 2023, we started with just 5,000 participants, then in 2025 we had 8,000 participants, then in 2026, everything doubled up, we reached 16,000,” she shared during the 2026 FCC Women’s Run press conference in partnership with SM Mall of Asia Arena.
“We started with 2023, celebrating women. We have a vision to be the women’s run in the country, celebrating how strong women can be,” she shared. “It is hard to start in the beginning. Those people who believed in women made it possible. To the women who worked for this event."
The FCC Women’s Run will have a total of four categories: a 1-kilometer (km) run for kids to participate in, and a 5km category for beginners. Finishers of the first two categories will receive a bedazzled medal with a butterfly charm that can also be put on a necklace.
On longer kilometers, 10 and 16, the medal will be a locket charm, designed to hold a photo of a woman who inspires you.
Dela Cruz further shared that she loves the idea that the medals are well thought out and can also be carried around after the event.
She further emphasized that joining events can help a woman to push herself to her limits.
“Running, yes, for fitness. But, joining an event... There’s something that helps you to keep on moving. You want to push yourself, since you’ll say ‘Oh, I need to finish 5k, because it really feels good to cross the finish line,’ So everyone prepares for this.”
“Here in Women’s Run, we just don’t have a one-time event, but also all throughout, we also have training grounds. So that our new runners will have that confidence all throughout. It also opens their mind that they can do it,” she added.
Dela Cruz further shared that the Women’s Run is more than a race, but a platform
