The Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon is set to take place on December 7, 2014 at 5:00am. And the organisers are pleased to announce that BART YASSO will be attending the 2014 event!

Yasso joined Runner’s World in 1987 to develop the groundbreaking Runner’s World Race Sponsorship Program, creating a vehicle for Runner’s World to work with over 7,000 races representing 4 million runners per year. Inducted into the Running USA Hall of Champions.

Yasso also invented the Yasso 800s, a marathon-training schedule used by thousands around the world. He is one of the few people to have completed races on all seven continents from the Antarctica marathon to the Mt. Kilimanjaro marathon. In 1987, Yasso won the U.S. National Biathlon Long Course Championship and won the Smoky Mountain Marathon in 1998. He has also completed the Ironman five times and the Badwater 146 through Death Valley. He has also cycled, unsupported and by himself, across the country twice.

SOURCE: http://www.bartyasso.com

And it’s not just Yasso who is the only US visitor:

Quang Le, 40, of Boston Massachusetts has signed up for the full marathon. Le, who will be in the Cayman Islands for the first time, is coming for his niece’s wedding. He said he is looking forward to seeing the island while here.

“This is my 27th marathon, my first international marathon though,” Le said.

When asked how he heard about the marathon, Le suggested it was purely by chance.

“When my niece told me she was getting married on the island, I started looking for things to do. The marathon was the first thing that came up,” he said.

Le added that he tries to do a marathon in each state in America, so this isn’t new to him.

“I’m aiming to run a 3.40, but coming from Boston, I’m not used to the weather there, so I guess we’ll have to see,” Le said with a chuckle.

Also flying down for the marathon is 40-year-old Jennie Circo, from Nebraska. This will be her second time on the island.

Jennie, who signed up for the half marathon, will be participating for the first time.

“I’m looking forward to the scenery, seeing the ocean while running will be a welcomed change, it’s covered in snow here in Nebraska, so I’m looking forward to that,” she said.

“My goal is to run a half marathon in every state,” she added. “I’m trying to complete a check 100 challenge, where I run 100 half marathons- this will be marathon number 26.”

After the Cayman Islands marathon, Jennie has plans to participate in marathons in Alabama in February, Georgia in March and Indiana in May.

When asked how she has prepared for these marathons, Jennie said, “I run as often as I can, I take to the treadmill in colder months.”

SOURCE: http://loopcayman.com/2014/11/19/us-visitors-excited-intertrust-marathon/

Contact Information

Name:             Rhonda Kelly

Address:         P.O. Box 2712 GT

Grand Cayman

Phone Number:         345 946 8822

Fax Number: 345 946 8811

Email:             [email protected]

Official Race Website:           http://www.CaymanIslandsMarathon.com

Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon & Half, 4-Person Relay & Kids Fun Run

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

December 7, 2014

From Rhonda Kelly: “We are a small race but also intimate. You will feel like much more than a number at our race and enjoy true Caymanian hospitality while you’re here, from the moment you walk out of the airport and are greeted by our enthusiastic staff until you receive your commemorative turtle medal when you cross the finish line!”

REMINDER: Cayman Islands Mature Marathon King, Derek Haines, will be competing to finish his 6 marathons around the globe over 8 months to raise $1million for Hospice. He has so far reached $800,000 after completing 5 of the 6 marathons. The monies will go towards building a new Hospice facility in Grand Cayman at Camana Bay.

For more information on the $1 million challenge, and to donate, go to www.six4hospice.com

IMAGES: Cayman Islands Marathon

Bart Yasso

Derek Haines