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Laban Lang! The Story of John Ray's Attempt to set the Course Record at the Hong Kong Trail

Posted at January 18, 2021

SECOND ATTEMPT (Update January 29)

"Sana maging inspirasyon niyo ito na kaya nating labanan kahit ano mangyari, lalo na at pandemic ngayon"  John Ray shared after beating the three (3) decades old Hong Kong Trail’s FKT (fastest known time) and Greenpower race record by 7 minutes.  This is his second attempt.  

Two weeks ago, John Ray said, I'm not happy with my results. Nabigla kasi ako at nag-dizzy sa last 15K kaya ako bumagal. Mahirap pala ang unsupported compared sa may nagsupport.  He shared that he will attempt again and he did!

Quoting from The North Face Adventure Team Facebook Page:

It was a historic day in Hong Kong trail running this morning as Stingray ran the entire 43km Hong Kong Trail in a blistering 3 hours and 26 minutes unsupported.  After nearly 30 years in one of Asia’s oldest Ultra trail races no one has run faster than 3hours 39 minutes. It was already a remarkable time on this technical trail, and set a decade ago by Will Davies when batting Stone Tsang and Daren Benson to the finish line. Stingray set the unsupported record 2 weeks earlier but failed to break the supported race record when his day unraveled from dehydration.

Here are five things he shared that has helped him nail it this time.

  • Eat more
  • Took some electrolytes halfway
  • Used the new The North Face Vectiv Shoes
  • Help in recovery from Joint Dynamics by Allan Chu, the Needleman
  • Coaching and Assistance from his Asia Pacific Adventure Team and Andy Dubios of Miles 27

"I am so happy today, motivation ko talaga na gusto ko ma-beat yun kasi 30 years na daw na course record. Kailangan determinado ka talaga."

FIRST ATTEMPT

With the halt of mainstream racing amidst the pandemic, John Stingray Onifa has kept his competitive spirit high.  Coming from a setback, nursing an injury for a few months, Onifa celebrated his 30th birthday with an attempt to break the decade old record of Will Davies in the Hong Kong trail of 3:39 hours.

John Ray finished the 43 kilometer long HK trail 7 minutes behind the course record, making it the fastest “unsupported” record in the route and second fastest record, ahead of other athletes who finished it in an official race.

John Ray said it was tough but he was happy to finish and also test his endurance and speed after his injury.   He hopes that this inspires everyone to keep fighting amidst the challenges of the pandemic. "Laban Lang!"

Here is the full race report from The North Face Adventure Team Hong Kong  Facebook Page:

FULL REPORT - Stingray sets solid self-supported FKT on Hong Kong trail but not without big drama.

Stingray set off today at 7:39 am to attempt to both set a self-supported FKT (fastest known time) as well as break the supported race record on the iconic Hong Kong Trail. The 43 km (1,200 meter elevation gain) course

spans the length of HK Island and has 26 years of competitive racing every January as part of Greenpower race, one of the first Ultra trail races in Asia. Will Davies the race record holder came to the start to wish Stingray well. He remembered how he battled Stone Tsang and Darren Benson the whole way 10 years ago when he set the record but still said, “conditions good today, I think you can do it.”

Stingray set a blistering pace to the half-way point to reach Wong Nai Chung gap road in 1hr 39min. Wong Ho Chung, Hong Kong #1 ranked runner, followed Stingray for a short section with a go pro commented, “ Wa he was so crazy fast! - especially on such a technical trail....I could hardly keep up and after 20 min was at my limit and stopped.”

Feeling good Stingray continued to push hard over the 2 peaks, Jardine Lookout and Mt. Butler, still feeling fairly smooth into the long Tai Tam road downhill. But on the 7km catchwater his day almost completely unraveled.

Stingray explained, “ I felt good still until Tai Tam road but on the catchwater I suddenly became so dizzy and bit hot and had little water. My legs were still ok but big headache and like felt drunk and I slow down so much. I even think maybe need to stop, but keep fighting. On the stairs up Dragons Back I’m searching for more water. When reach finish I feel like dying!...I never felt like that before. My head was exploding.

Amazingly, Stingray still finished in 3hrs 46min which is still the second fastest time on Strava behind supported efforts along with the race record also supported. Stingray chose to to have No support as a more pure form of racing and to make easier for others to attempt an equal FKT effort.

Team Director, Ryan S. Blair, said, “Stingray took a big gamble to start so fast and try to smash the race record unsupported and despite the blow-up was just amazing he held on still to fight and set a very solid unsupported FKT. That last hour he was so on edge..he pushed through some seriously hard moments there but I think he had extra motivation to make sure to finish on his 30th birthday! We are all just super happy his recent injuries held up well and hopefully this can set him up for a great 2021.”

About John StingRay Onifa

"Stingray," was a moniker given by his manager during his first competition outside the Philippines in Thailand where his life took a major turn after he beat The North Face Adventure team captain Ryan Blair. Stingray stands for being “madulas at matinik”, John Ray shared.

The former farmer and fisherman initially dreamed to be a soldier attempting to join since 2012 which forced him to start running.  He was then discovered by trail running friends and got supported to join locally organized races around the Philippines which he swiftly won and set course record in until he joined the race in Thailand in early 2018 which found him moving to Hong Kong to join The North Face Adventure Team.  John Ray has then competed in various trail races around the world, such as the Ultra Trail competition in Mount Fiji, and the UTMB in France, among others.

 

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Runfitness Marketing, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “RaceYaya,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes our policy on collection, use, processing, storage, retention, sharing, and/or disclosure of information that we obtain from your use of our websites, mobile apps, products, and services (collectively, “Services”). This information includes information that can be associated with a person/or could be used to identify a person (“Personal Data”), as well as information that does not relate to a person or cannot be used to identify a person (“Non-Personal Data”). The limitations and requirements pertaining to our collection, use, processing, disclosure, sharing, transfer, and storage/retention of Personal Data as set forth in this Policy do not apply to Non-Personal Data.

By visiting our websites or using any of our products or services, you agree that your personal information will be handled as described in this Policy.

Table of Contents
  1. Personal Data We Collect
  2. How We Use the Personal Data We Collect
  3. How We Disclose and Transfer Your Personal Data
  4. How We Secure Your Personal Data
  5. Choices You Have Regarding Your Personal Data
  6. Retention of Your Personal Data
  7. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Technologies
  8. Children
  9. International Privacy Laws
  10. Terms of Service
  11. Exclusions
  12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
  13. Contacting Us
1. Personal Data We Collect

1.1 Personal Data You Provide Us

When you sign up to use our Services, you voluntarily provide Personal Data. This Personal Data may include, but is not limited to, your contact information such as a first and last name, email address, postal address, and phone number; an account password; your date of birth; your gender; your social media account(s) information; your subscription preferences; your photographs, videos, or other content you or we contribute from your participation in events; your payment and billing information; your participation in or donation to a particular charity or charity event; your geo-location; your emergency contact information; your athletic performance in or your training performance for events; and/or information you include in public forums, messages, comments, searches, or queries through the Services.

From time to time, we run sweepstakes or contests through our Services or ask you to complete questionnaires or surveys. We use the information that you provide to administer the sweepstakes, contests, or surveys, to analyze results, to conduct research, to comply with legal requirements, to share information or offers we think may be of value or interest to you, and for other purposes as described in this Policy.

1.2 Personal Data We Collect Automatically

As you use our Services, some of your Personal Data are collected automatically. This Personal Data may include, but is not limited to, your internet protocol (“IP”) addresses; your device and browser type; your internet service provider (“ISP”); your operating systems; statistics on your activities through the Services, such as your login frequency or the length of time spent logged in; information about how you came to our Services; advertising metrics and links clicked within the Services; and/or information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other technologies as described below under “7. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Technologies”.

1.3 Personal Data We Collect From Third Parties

We may also collect Personal Data about you from third-party sources such as, though not limited to, event organizers, event timers, and other commercially and publicly available sources. For example, if you click through our Services to register for an event, the event organizer may provide us with your name, contact information, age, gender, and race time. The information we receive from third parties may be combined with the information we collect, including personally identifiable information that we collect about you.

You may also be able to choose to link your account with certain third party applications, such as Facebook or Google. When you link your account to one of these third party applications, we will request permission to access your basic information such as your name, profile picture, gender, networks, user ID, list of friends, and any other information you’ve made public on that application. For more information regarding linking your account with third party applications, please see “3.7 Third Party Applications” below.

1.4 Personal Data From Your Mobile Device

We may provide features that rely on the use of additional information on your mobile device or require access to certain services through your mobile device that will enhance your experience but are not required to use the Services. Granting us access to this information does not mean you are granting us unlimited access to that information or that we will access specific information without your permission. Some Personal Data from your mobile device, such as your mobile device ID, your operation system, your mobile carrier, and your IP address, are collected automatically when you use our Services. When using our Services through your mobile device, we will request permission to obtain your current location to provide you with location- related services. In the “Settings” function on your phone, you will have the ability to manually permit or preclude us from recording your geolocation information for certain features of the Services.

2. How We Use the Personal Data We Collect

2.1 Your Account

We may use the Personal Data that we receive or collect about you for purposes such as to register your account for certain Services we provide, to communicate with you regarding our products or, to register you for events and provide event start lists and results, to help facilitate your participation in fund raising activities or charity events, to improve our Services by providing personalized experiences, location customization, personalized help and instructions, and for such other customer service purposes. We may obtain additional Personal Data about you to keep our records current.

Third parties should note that we may use information we receive or collect regarding users (including without limitation via an event registration page) in accordance with the terms of this Policy. In certain contexts, we collect information on behalf of third parties that is subject to contractual requirements that limit our ability to use and transfer your information in ways that are narrower than those in this Policy. In those limited circumstances, your information is subject to those contractual requirements and not to this Policy, and is subject to enforcement by the applicable third party. If your information is collected on behalf of a third party, it will be evident at the time that you provide such information. This Policy does not cover a third party’s use of your information outside of our Services. You will need to contact that party directly to determine if your information is subject to such limitations on uses and to determine how the third party will make use of your information.

2.2 Our Business Use

We may use the Personal Data that we receive or collect about you for internal business purposes such as helping us improve the content and functionality of our Services, to better understand our users and how they use our Services, to improve the Services we offer, to develop new features or services, to manage your account, to provide you with customer service, to help improve our security and prevent fraud, to comply with all legal obligations and rights, and to generally manage the Services and our business.

2.3 Communications and Marketing

We may use the Personal Data that we receive or collect about you for communications purposes such as to provide you with information you have requested to receive from us in response to your opt-in requests, to send you electronic communications regarding events, news and updates, newsletters, and promotions, to send you promotional or marketing materials via electronic communications, to provide you with offers for third party products and services, and to inform you of new changes or updates to our Services. We may also use your Personal Data for marketing and advertising purposes such as advertising our Services on third party websites and in displaying targeted content and advertisements to you on or off our Services. For further information regarding electronic communications, please see “5.3 Opting Out of Electronic Communications” below.

3. How We Disclose and Transfer Your Personal Data

3.1 Not Selling Your Personal Data

We consider your trust in us regarding your Personal Data to be an important part of our relationship with you. Therefore, we will not sell your Personal Data to third parties, including third party advertisers. There are some circumstances, however, where we may disclose, transfer, or share your Personal Data with a third party without notice to you, as described below.

3.2 Business Transfers

There may come a time when we sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, or similar event, Personal Data may be considered part of the transferred assets. By using our Services, you acknowledge and agree that any successor to RaceYaya (or its assets) will continue to have the right to use your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

3.3 Parent Companies, Subsidiaries, and Affiliates

We may disclose, transfer, or share your Personal Data with our parent companies, subsidiaries, and/or affiliates for purposes according to this Privacy Policy. Any Personal Data disclosed, transferred, or shared with our parent companies, subsidiaries, and/or affiliates will be done so in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

3.4 Contractors, Consultants, and Service Providers

We may disclose, transfer, or share your Personal Data with our contractors, consultants, and/or service providers who process Personal Data and/or perform certain business-related functions on behalf of RaceYaya. These companies may include, but are not limited to, marketing agencies, personal information processors, database service providers, backup and disaster recovery service providers, email service providers, and others. When we engage another company to perform such business-related functions that may require access to Personal Data, these companies will agree to maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of such Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The access that these companies receive will be limited to such Personal Data needed to successfully complete the business- related function they have been engaged for.

3.5 Event Organizers

When you register for an event through an event page or through a page on our Services, we will provide the Personal Data entered on the applicable page to the event organizer. If an event has a charity fundraising component to it, your Personal Data may be provided to that charity as well. An event organizer may appoint a third party, which may or may not be affiliated with the event organizer, to create an event page on its behalf, in which case, that third party may also have access to your Personal Data. By using our Services to register for an event, you agree that RaceYaya is not responsible for the actions of these event organizers or the third parties that they use with regards to your Personal Data. It is important that you review the applicable privacy policies of the event organizers, and if applicable, that of their appointed third parties, before providing Personal Data or other information in connection with an event.

3.6 Marketing Partners

We may disclose, transfer, or share your Personal Data to third parties with whom we have marketing, promotional, or other advertising relationships. These third parties may use your information to market products and services We may combine the Personal Data that we collect about you with other information that we obtain from third parties. This information may be used to help us determine what advertisements to direct to you, to place on our websites, or where to advertise our Services. You have the ability to opt-out of certain uses of your information, as well as the ability to opt-in to receiving certain information from us and these third parties as discussed below in “5.3 Opting Out of Electronic Communications”. These third parties may also use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons, and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. For further information about the use of third party technologies, please see “7. Cookies, Web Beacons, Etc.”.

We may share aggregate or anonymized information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research, or similar purposes. For example, if we display advertisements on behalf of a third party, we may share aggregate, demographic information with that third party about the users to whom we displayed the advertisements.

At times, our Services may contain links to other third party websites and services. Any access to and use of such linked websites is not governed by this Privacy Policy, but is governed by the privacy policies of those third party websites and services. We are not responsible for the information practices and policies of such third party websites and services.

3.7 Third Party Applications

Some of our Services allow you to connect your RaceYaya account to third party services, like Facebook or Google Mail for example, through Single Sign On authorization (“SSO”). If you choose to connect your account with a third party application, that third party application may have access to certain Personal Data including, but not limited to, your name, username, email address, location, and age. Connecting your account may also allow a third party application to collect your IP address, which page(s) you are visiting on our Services, and may set a cookie for its feature(s) to function properly.

Additionally, that third party application may share some of your Personal Data on its service with RaceYaya, and your interactions with it on our Services may be shared with others within your social network. Depending on the application, your ability to adjust your account settings and the sharing of your Personal Data may reside in our Services or within the third party application. Please be aware that your ability to use SSO with third party applications may be impacted and/or prevented by any limitations you set with your Personal Data.

A third party application’s use of information collected from you (or as authorized by you) is governed by the third party application’s Privacy Policy and your settings on its service, and that RaceYaya’ use of such information is governed by this Privacy Policy and your RaceYaya account settings. RaceYaya is not responsible for the collection and use of your information by third party applications.

3.8 Legal Requirements

We may disclose, transfer, or share your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in order to respond to a subpoena or request from law enforcement agencies or courts, or to good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect or defend our rights, interests, or property, or that of third parties, (iii) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our Services, (iv) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of our Services or the public, or (v) protect against legal liability.

4. How We Secure Your Personal Data

We take your security seriously and strive to take reasonable steps to protect your information. No data transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Although we continue to evaluate and implement enhancements in security technology and practices, we can only implement measures and take steps to help reduce the risks of unauthorized access. You are also advised to take steps to protect your information and further minimize the likelihood that a security incident may occur.

The following is a summary of the measures we take to protect the Personal Data you provide us and an explanation on how we implement these measures:

4.1 Secure Socket Layer

We use Secure Socket Layer (“SSL”) encryption when transmitting certain kinds of information, such as payment information or Personal Data. An icon resembling a padlock is displayed in most browsers’ window or address bar during SSL transactions. For example, any time we ask for a credit card number for payment or for verification purposes, it will be SSL encrypted in its transmission to our third party payment gateway, Authorize.net, Dragonpay or Paypal. The information you provide will be stored securely on Authorize.net, Dragonpay or Paypal services. Once you choose to store or enter your credit card number in our Services, it will not be displayed back in its entirety. Instead of the entire number combination, you will only see asterisks and either the first four digits or the last four digits of your credit card number.

4.2 Secure Storage

We maintain reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with Philippine laws and regulations, and with International Privacy Policies to protect personal information about you.

4.3 Vendors and Partners

We work with vendors and partners to protect the security and privacy of user information. Our Services are hosted on a secure server which has its own procedures and controls to ensure data security.

4.4 Personnel and Contractor Access to Personal Data

We limit access to personal information to trained personnel who will or might come into contact with said information in the course of providing our products and services.

5. Choices You Have Regarding Your Personal Data

5.1 Accessing, Updating, Correcting, or Deleting Your Personal Data

Upon request, we will provide you with information about whether we maintain or process on behalf of a third party, any of your Personal Data. If your personal information changes, the Personal Data we collected about you is inaccurate, or if you wish to no longer use our services, you may also request that your Personal Data be corrected, amended, or deleted. Requests for access to your Personal Data and to have it corrected, amended, or deleted should be sent to [email protected] or to the mailing address provided under “Contact Us”. We will try to meet all requests regarding Personal Data, however, you may not be able to remove your personal information from archived web pages we no longer maintain, such as your name and race time from past events you’ve competed in. If we are unable to complete your access request, we will let you know we are unable to do so and why. We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by local law.

If your information has been shared with a third party, as described above, then that third party has received their own copy of your data. If you have been contacted by one of these third parties and you wish to correct or request deletion of your information, please contact them directly.

5.2 Limiting the Personal Data You Provide

You can browse our Services without providing any Personal Data (other than data automatically collected to the extent it is considered Personal Data under applicable laws) or by limiting the Personal Data you provide. If you choose not to provide any Personal Data or limit the Personal Data you provide, you may not be able to use certain functionality of the Services.

5.3 Opting Out of Electronic Communications

RaceYaya may send you electronic communications marketing or advertising our Services or events. When you sign up and use our Services, you will be given the option to sign up for “RaceYaya News and Updates” and “Partner Offers” from us or other third parties. If at any time you would like to stop receiving the information that you have requested to receive from us, you may follow the opt-out instructions contained in any such electronic communication. Additionally, you may also manage your email preferences at any time through your account.

If you opt-out of receiving emails or promotions from us, we may still send you emails about your account or any Services you have requested or received from us, or for other customer services purposes. In addition, you may still receive emails sent by third parties through means other than our Services. If you opt-out of receiving information related to a particular event, you may still receive RaceYaya communications or communications from other organizers whose events you have attended, are registered to attend, or who have otherwise obtained your email address. You may have to unsubscribe from multiple emails before you stop receiving all communications related to events for which you registered through our Services.

Please be aware that you cannot unsubscribe from update communications about our Services unless you deactivate your account. If you wish to close your account, please email [email protected]. Even after you opt-out of all communications, we will retain your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as provided under “6. Retention of Your Personal Data”, though we will no longer use it to contact you. However, third parties who have received your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy may still use that Personal Data to contact you in accordance with their own privacy policies. You will need to contact those third parties in order to have your information deleted from their records as well. If you wish to not have your Personal Data shared with third parties for the creation and display of targeted advertisements, you will need to close your account. You can do so by emailing us at [email protected].

5.4 Social Media Notifications

If you connect a third party application through SSO or sign up for other social media integrations, you may receive social notifications from these additional services or from RaceYaya’s Services. You can manage these social notifications by toggling your social settings to private or disconnecting such integration. For more information regarding connection of third party applications, see “3.7 Third Party Applications”.

6. Retention of Your Personal Data

We may retain your Personal Data as long as you are registered to use our Services. You may close your account by contacting us by email at [email protected] or by mail at the address listed under “13. Contact Us”. However, please be aware that we may retain Personal Data for an additional period as required under applicable laws. After we delete your Personal Data, it may exist on backup or archival media or servers for an additional period of time for legal, tax, or regulatory reasons, or for legitimate and lawful business purposes.

7. Cookies, Web Beacons, Etc.

7.1 What Cookies and Web Beacons Are

Cookies are small data files placed onto your computer or mobile device when you visit a website which allows our Services to distinguish you from other users, allow the Services to work properly, as well as to help monitor advertising effectiveness.

Web beacons work similar to cookies, however, instead of a file stored on your computer, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages.

We use cookies, web beacons, tags, and other similar tracking technologies to track when you visit our websites and mobile applications (collectively, “Cookies”). We also allow third parties to place Cookies on our Services to assist with advertising.

7.2 How We Use Cookies

There are several reasons we use Cookies on our Services. Some of these Cookies are necessary for technical reasons and help our Services to operate as intended for your benefit (“Essential Cookies”), such as access to secure areas of the Services. Other types of Cookies are used for analytical purposes such as how our Services are being used, the effectiveness of advertising shown as you use the Services, and to customize advertising to you (“Analytical Cookies”). While these types of Cookie help us create new features, improve on our existing Services, and provide advertisements of interest to you, our Services can function without them.

7.3 Controlling Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject Cookies. You can exercise your Cookie preferences by activating the setting on your web browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some Cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including Essential Cookies), you may not be able to access or use all or parts of our Services. If you have not adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue Cookies as soon as you visit our Services. Blocking or deleting Cookies will not prevent device identification and related data collection from occurring when you access our Services. Turning off Analytical

Cookies will prevent their ability to measure the relevance and effectiveness of our Services, emails, and advertising as well as to show you tailored advertising, however this does not mean you will no longer see any advertisements when you use our Services.

8. Children

Users under the age of eighteen should use the website with adult supervision, including registration for an event. If you are aware of a user under the age of eighteen (18) who has provided Personal Data through our Services, please contact us at [email protected]. Parents and legal guardians may choose to provide information about their children, even if under the age of eighteen (18), for the purposes of event registration on our Services. Please be aware that the results of all events, including name, age, gender, and results time, are made publicly available and published online after an event’s completion.

10. Terms of Use

Your use of our Services, as well as any dispute over privacy, is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service, available at ADD LINK TO OAGE HEREA and incorporated by reference here.

11. Exclusions

11.1 Personal Data Provided to Others

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data that you provide to another user or visitor through the Services or through any other means, including those provided to organizers on event pages or information posted by you to any public areas of the services.

11.2 Third Party Links

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Services we offer. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by us (the “Third Party Sites”). The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the Third Party Sites. The links from the Services do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed the Third Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

11.3 Aggregated Personal Data

In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of our Services, we often conduct research on our customer demographics, interests, and behavior based on Personal Data and other information that we have collected. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis. Please note that this aggregate information does not identify you personally and we therefore consider and treat this data as Non-Personal Data.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

RaceYaya reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy to our website with a changed “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. All changes are effective 30 days after posting. Your continued use of Services following the effectiveness of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes. If you do not agree with any of the changes to the Privacy Policy, you should cease accessing, browsing, or otherwise using of the Services we provide, and close your account by emailing us at [email protected].

13. Contact Us

We regularly review our practices regarding Personal Data and this Privacy Policy. If you have questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

  1. By email [email protected]
  2. By mail at:
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  • Runfitness Marketing, Inc.
  • 67 Valenzuela St., San Juan City