Cayman Islands Marathon this weekend (Dec 2)! Event preview
- The 2018 Cayman Marathon will be 69-year old Brent Weigner’s 166th marathon country. From Cheyenne, Wyoming, Weigner has completed a marathon in all 50 United States, in all 10 Canadian provinces and two territories and on all 7 continents TEN TIMES as well as 53 ultra-marathons
- Bob Brooker from Cedar Rapids, Iowa is back for his third half marathon because “My wife and I just love this island!!!”
- Twins Yvette and Yvonne Carter from Maryland are running the half and full marathons respectively and their mom Joyce is going to volunteer at the race
- Robert Catlett from St. Albans, West Virginia proposed to his girlfriend just before he crossed the finish line at the Boston Marathon earlier this year. He had visited the Cayman Marathon booth at the Expo and thought it would be neat to run Cayman someday. “We decided on a destination wedding for just the two of us and thought it would be fun to run a marathon together so we remembered the Grand Cayman booth. We are getting married December 1st and running the marathon on December 2nd. I tell everyone I am going to say “I Do” and “Good Night!”
- Kelly Criss from Sachse, Texas has visited the island for vacations and when she saw the race on Facebook knew she and her friend had to do it. “Grand Cayman is my happy place and running is my therapy.”
- Cayman resident Charmane Dalhouse completed the half marathon in 2017 after losing 47 pounds and wants to improve her time while Sharon Davis is doing her second half marathon after having both hips replaced at Health City due to arthritis in 2017 and completing the 2017 race
- Vikisha Fripp from Washington, DC will be doing her first run after breaking her foot to prove to herself that she can still run.
- Caymanian mom and daughter team Shan and Alexia Harriman will be participating in the half marathon. Shan will be pushing Alexia in her racing chair. Calling their team “Wings for Lexi”, Shan and Alexia hope that doing the race will encourage other parents with special needs children to get involved. For them, the race is to promote inclusion.
- Carol Hughes from Australia is turning 60 in December and wanted to celebrate 60 years of being on the planet in an amazing place
- Troy and Cathie Johnson from Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee have completed over 300 marathons, all 50 states twice, and done a marathon in 21 countries. “We want to add the Cayman Islands to our country list.”
- Kelley Garcia from Albuquerque, New Mexico is returning for her 9th Cayman full marathon with her husband Joaquin who volunteers for the event and manages the start/finish line
- Niina Majaniemi from Finland said, “I read an article saying that your marathon is the friendliest marathon on earth, so of course I need to try it!”
- Lauren O’Neill from Cayman has advanced from not being able to run for more than 5 minutes at the start of the year to slowly building up the miles to try and achieve her first half marathon
- Denise White from Mableton, Georgia is doing her first full marathon after losing 77 pounds
- Cayman resident Kristina Wight is running to raise funds for ALS Canada. She started running the roads of Cayman eight months after suffering injuries that left her with a broken elbow and unable to walk.
- Marco Seitelmann from Berlin, Germany met Race Director Rhonda Kelly at the Boston Marathon Expo in 2013 and finished the Boston Marathon five minutes before the bombing started. He has spent the last two years working toward running again. “Now it's the time to do it.”
Published November 27, 2018
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