A week after the 2012 BVI Track and Field season opened, the BVI road racing calendar will begin its menu of 25 races on Virgin Gorda and Tortola throught out the year, stating with the Dive BVI 5K Series opener on Saturday.
Race registration begins at 6:00 a.m. and the start at 6:30 a.m. The race will go from the Enid Pickering Building in the Valley, to just past Guavaberry Spring Bay and return to the finish. There will be a water stop near the turnaround point.
“I’m looking at getting more people involved and there are more people who want to walk,” noted event coordinator Casey McNutt. “I hoping we can get over 20 participants.
We hovered around 12-15 last year, so 20-25 would be a good target.”
The road racing season also includes the Dive BVI 10K Series which begins on April 6 and the inaugural Dive BVI Half Marathon scheduled for May 12, all on Virgin Gorda.
The Blenheim Trust 5K Series on Tortola starts on March 3. That will be followed by the Ceres Juices 10K Series commencing on June 16. Action moves into the 17th annual College Classic Series beginning on September 15. The NACAC 10K Series 2nd leg is carded for Oct 6 with the road racing season closing with the 7th BVI Half Marathon on November 17.