Unilab Run United Leg 3

The Race Kit
Includes singlet, race bib, Unilab goody bag (contains items that vary per race category), and possibly a time chip.  The finisher's kit includes various items as well, and this time, the actual goody bag is a shoe bag.  For the long distance runners, the  21km participant's kit comes with a silver medal, and gold ones for the 32km runners.
Registration
The time chip according to the RunRio staff in Planet Sports Trinoma Mall is reusable, which makes perfect sense.  There are no instructions on any of the literature provided or on the time chip itself that says it is so, and if you threw out your time chip from the previous race, well, that's too bad, because you will have to pay Php 300 for a new time chip on your next RunRio run.  It's absolutely free though if you're a first timer.  I seriously doubt that they still get to accurately track that, because upon purchasing the race kit, they asked me what was the most recent race I joined, and if I joined the Rexona Run in particular (and because they had to ask, and they did none of their magic taps on their iPads to verify that, anybody can easily claim that they have  no time chip).  When I gave them a quick run-down of the races I joined, they decided not to give me a time chip because apparently, the chip provided in the KOTR race can be reused for the Unilab run.  However, when my boyfriend signed up at Planet Sports Glorietta, who also joined the KOTR race, they gave him a brand new time chip and they said the one he used at KOTR cannot be reused for the Unilab Run.
Wish list item:  consistency in the information provided by the RunRio staff.  At the race itself, I approached the information desk to confirm if I needed to buy a new chip (which I shouldn't have to in the first place) but get this--this was the answer that I got, and it's a direct quote--"Sorry ma'am, I have no idea."  That's customer service for you.  As of writing, the race results aren't available, so I have yet to find out if the KOTR time chip that I used last Sunday is indeed just as good for Unilab.  Good thing I have my own tracking system so I'm not so fussy about it, but if I didn't, it would be a shame if I wouldn't be able to see my numbers. 
Race Course:
There were enough hydration stations along the way, but there was room for improvement on the locations.  They set a two-kilometer stretch right before the finish line under the effing sun without hope for a shade from trees or nearby buildings, and sadly, the last hydration station before that stretch did not distribute sponges (should've kept the one I got mid-way, had I known).  As it was towards the end of the race, the supply of fluids in my water bottle and my body were running out, so it was torture.  Good route though, with one flyover along Roxas Boulevard.
Post-Race Program:
I had no strength to check out the booths in the activity area due to the compelling need to cool down during a long bath.