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New Relay Option in Half Marathon

This year for the first time, there will be a new relay team category in the popular UWI SPEC International Half-Marathon, a 13.1-mile (21.08 km) race from UWI to D’Abadie and back. Set to take place at the end of the month on Sunday, October 28, the relay category involves teams of four people, with each runner having to complete one part of the race.

Sponsored by First Citizens bank, the race starts at 5.30 am from The UWI Sports and Education Centre (SPEC) and continues along the Priority Bus Route to the La Resource junction in D’Abadie, before doubling back to the UWI SPEC.

The race, now in its 15th year, has a mental health theme this year: “Each Mind Matters.” Participation has grown from 300 when the Half Marathon began in 2004 to over 1,200 in 2017. The Half Marathon course will have markers and water stops at every mile for the running convenience of the athletes from around the world, including from the Caribbean, USA, Latin America and Europe.

This year, there will be over TT$135,000.00 in prizes, including specific categories for UWI students and staff, university students, and wheelchair as well as physically challenged competitors.

Registration for the Half Marathon began on August 15. Registration continues until October 23, and is all online, done at the site: https://evolutiontiming.net/event-registration/?eid=149. There will be no registration on the actual day of the race.

Registration rates are as follows:

• Age Group 15-19: $75.00 TTD
• Early Bird (Aug. 15 – Sept. 15): $120.00 TTD
• Regular (Sept 16 – Oct 15): $150.00 TTD
• Late (Oct 16 – 23rd Oct 23): $170.00 TTD
• Regional and international participants: $50 USD

For more information, see https://sta.uwi.edu/spec/marathon/ or call (868) 645-9239 or e-mail specinfo@sta.uwi.edu.