The 2016 Marathon Bahamas winners pose with Junkanoo dancers. Photo: Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend
REGISTRATION for the 2017 Marathon Bahamas - the eighth running of the event - has opened.
The endurance event is part of the Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend and features three events – the marathon, half marathon and relay. It will be held on January 14-15 and comes on the heels of the Susan G Komen Bahamas Race for the Cure 5km, which is held a day before.
This January, hundreds of runners from over 25 countries around the world took part in the event. Amos Desjardins, 34, of Alexandria, Virginia, won the marathon with a time of 2hr 56min 32sec.
Organisers are now encouraging local residents to register early as spots are likely to sell out quickly.
The relay event in 2016 was fully subscribed, with most of the spots were snapped up by students from Urban Renewal and the Scotiabank-sponsored Student Run Marathon Bahamas.
Marathon Bahamas also won a Tourism Impact Award in 2015 and was named by Runners World UK as one of the “50 Best Races In The World” outside the UK.
To register, visit www.marathonbahamas.com.
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