Systems in place for Courts 10km Road Race, 3km Health Run

Sep 21, 2012 Sports

– Registration for 10k race closes today

The routes for the much-anticipated Courts 10km Road Race and 3km ‘Health Run’ on Sunday has been marked while registration for the competitive 10km Road Race will close today at the Guyana Olympic Association Headquarters in Kingston, effectively putting all systems in place for the hosting of the eminent event.
As an added incentive to encourage participants, the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has made entry to the race free, which will ensure that all the best distance athletes in Guyana have a chance of competing for the lucrative cash prizes up for grabs. This has been one of the facets of the event since it returned to the AAG calendar last year.
To add some excitement to what is being touted as a mega event, Courts Guyana Inc. will award the ‘First Place Courts Finisher’ in the 3km ‘Health Run’ to the successful Courts staff. There is also a 3km Fitness Walk that is open to the corporate community and public.
Participation from a wide cross-section of society in the 3km aspects of the event that is part of Courts’ 19th Anniversary, is encouraged with the primary focus on promoting healthy lifestyles. Courts have indicated that it is part of their corporate responsibility.
The 3km Fitness Walk and Health Run will start in front of Courts, proceed north to the Seawall Road, east on the Seawall Road to turn south into Camp Street, continue south on Camp Street, turn west on Lamaha Street, south on the eastern carriageway on Main Street, turn around at the Cenotaph to finish on the western carriageway of Main Street in front of Courts.
Meanwhile, the race will start in front of Courts Main Street, proceed north to Young Street, east along Young Street into CARIFESTA Avenue, continue east along Rupert Craig Highway’s northern carriageway to turn at Conversation Tree-Rupert Craig Highway southern carriageway into Kitty Public Road; south on Vlissengen Road; west on Lamaha Street, south on the eastern carriageway on Main Street, turn around at the Cenotaph to finish on the western carriageway of Main Street in front of Courts.
The winners of the 10km Road Race in the male and female senior categories will run away with a whopping $100,000. The second place finisher will get $80,000; third place $60,000 and fourth place $40,000. The fifth place finisher will go home with $20,000.
Trophies will accompany all prizes. The prizes in the Masters category are $60,000, $40,000 and $20,000 respectively for first, second and third. The Masters’ category is for competitors who are Over-40 years old. There will also be a junior category for Under-20 athletes with those athletes taking home $60,000, $40,000, $30,000, $20,000 and $10,000 respectively.
The race gets underway at 6am with the Guyana Police Force manning the race route while First Aid personnel will be on hand to ensure a smooth and incident-free race. Banks DIH has also come on board with its Tropical Mist Water and Powerade brands.

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