5 am cool start for the flat, scenic course from the picturesque Bay Street Esplanade through the capital city of Bridgetown (UNESCO World Heritage Site) along the west coast of Barbados, with scenic sea views.  Turn around at Paynes Bay just before the world renowned Sandy Lane Hotel. Run this loop twice.  Half marathon runs one loop of marathon  route. The 5K and 10 K races start in Bay Street and run through Bridgetown and return to start alongside the magnificent Carlisle Bay.

A new state of the art time system is among the plans that the organizers for the 2015 Run Barbados Marathon Series will put in place to rebrand the event.  During Friday morning's launch of the event, chief executive officer of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) Williams Griffith announced that this year's event would be spearheaded by husband and wife team Zary and Kristine Evelyn of Island Races who are responsible for organizing the successful and well-known Barbados Open Water Festival along with Peter Gibbs.  Director of Run Barbados Zary Evelyn explained that bringing back the marathon, which has been absent for three years, should play a major role in boosting the event which the BTMI is seeking to rebrand and rejuvenate for 2015 and beyond.

Run Barbados Marathon Series Returns

Run Barbados Marathon Weekend

Human Interest Story

Three years after appearing to have run its course, the full marathon is making its big comeback to the countrys road race festival as the centre piece of a rebranded Run Barbados Series in December.

Run Barbados Marathon is Back

During Friday mornings launch of the event, chief executive officer of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) Williams Griffith announced that this years event would be spearheaded by husband and wife team Zary and Kristine Evelyn of Island Races who are responsible for organizing the successful and well-known Barbados Open Water Festival along with Peter Gibbs.

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