{"id":95675,"date":"2005-11-22T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-22T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a57393bf-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e"},"modified":"2005-11-22T05:35:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-22T05:35:00","slug":"a57393d0-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a57393d0-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Tapochao Turkey Trot Fun Run tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Marianas Athletics will host the 21st Annual Mt. Tapochao Turkey Trot Fun Run on Thanksgiving morning tomorrow, Nov. 24.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge features a 4.2-mile course beginning at the Department of Public Works Beach in Lower Base and ending at the peak of Mt. Tapochao.<\/p>\n<p>Five age categories will be featured for both males and females including 12-and-under, 17-and-under, open, 30-39 years, 40-49 years, and 50-and-over.<\/p>\n<p>Registration begins at 5:15am at the starting point, with the race set to get underway at 6am. Adults must pay an entrance fee of $7 while youth runners will pay just $5.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a total of 63 early birds conquered strong winds, heavy rain, and a foggy path up to Mt. Tapochao.<\/p>\n<p>Topping the race was veteran triathlete Russ Quinn, who reached the peak in 39.51. He was followed by Robert Jordan (39.58) and Dirk Sharer (40.42).<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Mt. Tapochao Turkey Trot Fun Run, contact NMA coaches director Elias Rangamar at 664-2502, president Kurt Barnes at 235-5853, or treasurer Robin Sapong at 235-6500. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Marianas Athletics will host the 21st Annual Mt. Tapochao Turkey Trot Fun Run on Thanksgiving morning tomorrow, Nov. 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}