This Saturday is the perfect time to get rid off those extra pounds gained from the holiday season, as Northern Marianas Athletes hosts the 2008 Christmas Island Relay.<\/p>\n
The 13.7-mile long relay race will start at Pacific Islands Club in San Antonio and will end at the Last Command Post in Marpi.<\/p>\n
Interested participants can compete in the solo and team division races.<\/p>\n
Registration fee for solo runners is $10, while each member in the team event will only pay an entrance fee of $5.<\/p>\n
Members will alternately run each mile from PIC to the Last Command Post. Teams are responsible for providing transportation to and from every mile marker.<\/p>\n
Three runners are expected to complete three miles each, another will run 2.7 miles, while the fifth member will cover the remaining two miles.<\/p>\n
The race will start at 6am, while registration will begin at 5:15am.<\/p>\n
More than 70 runners joined last year\u2019s event with the Jacque Wonenberg-led We Are Legend finishing the race in one hour, 33 minutes, and four seconds.<\/p>\n
Joining Wonenberg on the team were Nate Mateo, Matthew Mancao, Reylynn Sapong, and Ken Yoshimoto.<\/p>\n
Team SaipanCell of James Lee, Yvette Bennett, Keone Chariton, and brothers James and Joe Villacrusis timed in at 1:43.16 to place second, while a team composed of Nora Ada, Lynn Tenorio, Robert Torres, and Michael Villagomez came in third with a time of 1:50.14.<\/p>\n
In the solo division, Coco Restaurant\u2019s Ronald Villafria crossed the finish line first in 1:48.50.<\/p>\n
Steve Pixley finished second with a time of 1:54.18, while Butch Sublemente completed the Top 3 (1:57.26) in the men\u2019s division. In the women\u2019s division, Maimi Shimizu was the first finisher, beating Monica Yamaguchi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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