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SAIWAI celebrates 2006 World Walking Day on May 14
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Posted on Apr 28 2006
Saipan Walking Association Inc. will celebrate 2006 World Walking Day with its usual trotting activity along the Saipan Beach Pathway on May 14.
SAIWAI will be offering two courses for the 2006 World Walking Day on Saipan Walk—a 5-kilometer walk and a 10km walk—both of which will start from the Chamolinian Cultural Village in Garapan.
Participants will walk north toward Hyatt Regency Saipan and through the Micro Beach pathway to the 5km turning point located at the junction of the Boating Safety Office at Smiling Cove Marina.
Participants of the 5km distance will then return to the village at this point, while 10km participants will continue walking by turning left and follow the outline of the Outer Cove and back to the junction and continue walking northwards to the end of the pathway at the former Puerto Rico dump.
The dumpsite also serves as 10km turning point and from that point, participants will return to the village taking the same course backwards.
Registration for the 2006 World Walking Day on Saipan Walk will begin at 4pm at the village and costs $6, which includes an event T-shirt and refreshments.
Local-style dinner awaits all the participants at the village after the walk. Saipan World Walking Day certificate of participation will also be issued to all participants.
SAIWAI spokesman Mario Espeleta said that walkers from Japan’s Turtle Association are expected to join the event, which he describes as a “World Embrace in the spirit of Fun, Fitness and Friendship.”
For more information about the 2006 World Walking Day on Saipan Walk, contact Mario at 322-8876, Hiroko at 322-8781, or Bea at 285-1694.
Like all SAIWAI activities, IVV members will receive credit for joining the event.
The IVV has member walking clubs in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, the CNMI, and 29 other European countries, including Germany.
SAIWAI was incorporated as a non-profit corporation on July 27, 2001 and was established to promote public health through non-competitive walking.
