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Wednesday 7 March 2018
Official Start Shot of the KLM Aruba Marathon Given by Ms.

Patricia Portier, Policy Advisor and Acting Director of IBiSA

PALM BEACH - On Monday, tries), Nr 2: John Wallace Aruba
March 5th 2018, the official (132 Countries), Nr 4: Peter -Free App with ‘Live Track
start shot KLM Aruba Mara- Bennett and Nguyen (117 & Trace’. Family and friends
thon given by Ms. Patricia countries).” can follow each partici-
Portier, Policy Advisor and The Foundation Run in the pant.
acting director of IBiSA for Sun is founded in 2014 to -Free certificate for each
the official launch of the enhance tourism, running participant with their name
first edition of the KLM Aru- and a healthier lifestyle in and distance.
ba Marathon in front of the the Dutch Caribbean. In -Finish of all distances will
press, partners and invited Curacao we organize the be on the beach in be-
guests. KLM Curacao Marathon, in tween the Marriott Resort
The Netherlands the “Cu- and Ritz-Carlton, followed
This first edition will take racao Marathon on Sch- by the Awards ceremony
place on Sunday, June 3rd, eveningen Beach” and this with prizes for the numbers
2018. The Start & Finish lo- year for the first time the 1 to 3 man/woman and
cation will be at the Marri- “Aruba International Mara- man “After party on the
ott Resort & Stellaris Casino thon”. Our races are orga- Beach.”
and the Ritz-Carlton. With nized on an international -DRI-Fit Running shirt, Sin-
a choice of 4 distances, level (AIMS/IAAF certified) glet, Pasta Party, Finish
there is a suitable distance and because of the various photo & video by Mara-
for everyone: KLM Mara- distances, accessible for thon photos.com are op-
thon, Chill Half Marathon, everybody. It is our primary tional.
10 KM and Cavalier 5 KM. goal to make our running In addition to ensuring a
Mr.Kees van Muiswinkel, events an unforgettable festive and sporting atmo-
Chairman and Race Direc- lifetime experience. sphere, the safety of the
tor of the Foundation Run -With four (4) distances participants and the public
in the Sun, enthusiastically there is a suitable distance is of course the highest pri-
presented the ambition for everyone. ority
of the KLM Aruba Mara- -The 5K and 10 K is for run- Certified Race:
thon: “For the first edition, ners and walkers. Mr. Wim Jonkman, AA level
we expect to welcome -Participation internation- Measurer from AIMS / IAAF
between 1,500 and 2,000 ally and locally, men and measured and certified the
participants of which ap- women. course so that the KLM Aru-
proximately one-third will -Each participant receives ba Marathon is an official
come from abroad. 500 a personal (bib) race num- race. AIMS is the Associa-
participants are currently ber, online time registra- tion of International Mara-
registered online. Some tion, cotton event T-shirt, thons and Distance with
of them are famous world luxury medal, plenty of wa- International Association of
record marathon runners, ter posts including sports Athletic Federations (IAAF)
who completed the nu- drink and fruit. on all matters related to in-
merous marathons in coun- -Everyone who registers ternational road races.
tries around the World. and pays before may 15th Everybody can register on-
They will enjoy their “RUN- receives a race/bib num- line, pay online (or pay at
cation” in Aruba. We are ber with their name on it IBiSA) via the website www.
proud that from the top 5 (until the limit of 1500 par- klmarubamarathon.com.
runners, 4 runners will run ticipants is reached).
the first race in Aruba: Nr 1: -Beautiful course along the
Brent Weigner (151 coun- spectacular scenery of Continued on Page 15