Today, June 4, 2025, is the 15th Founding Anniversary of the Philippine Association of Ultrarunners (PAU). It became as the National Federation Of Sports on Ultramarathon Races of the Philippines under the approval and endorsement of the Philippine Athletics Track & Field Association (PATAFA). It also became officially considered as the Philippine Member & Representative to the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) on the same year when it was created. PAU had been the 6th member in ASIA together with Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

PAU’s vision was to make Ultramarathon as a sports for everybody. Its purpose was to create ultramarathon events that promote the celebration of some historic events in the country; promote Sports Tourism to the different regions of the country; discover and develop elite ultrarunners; and participate in international ultrarunning events.

For the past 15 years, PAU has been successful in its vision and purpose. Almost all the regions in the country has its own ultramarathon events. Race Organizers had multiplied and the same with the Race Directors. PAU Events had been copied but these events were only conducted once.

Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, our PAU events had stopped with almost 2 years. However, PAU Events had restarted 3 years ago and it is the intention of the Association to bring back those events from the past years.

With the incoming Ultrarunning Events in Thailand and Japan this year and next year, respectively, the Association will be bringing athletes to these events to represent the Philippines. PAU is coming back!

You can visit the Facebook Page of the Association here.