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On August 13, 2022 Roatan’s Palmetto Bay was the site of the fourth Acropola cross country running event. ]]>
The start of the 2k event on the beach in Palmetto Bay.

On August 13, 2022 Roatan’s Palmetto Bay was the site of the fourth Acropola cross country running event. The event was held last in 2019, and it has finally resumed, for the first time after the government forced lockdowns on the Honduran population in response to COVID-19 virus.

For the longest 20 kilometers run, nine people registered, all of them islanders. The top finisher comes in at 2 hours and 20 minutes. Sixteen locals participated in the 10 kilometer event. In the 5k run 70 people participated and in the 2k run 60 children signed up.

Rolo Vega, of El Cacique Trail Runners, organizer of the event.

Logistics and organization of the running trails were organized and set up by the Cacique Trail Runners. Cacique organizes cross country races in four places around Honduras: in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Choluteca, La Ceiba, and Roatan. Out of these the Tierra Extrema race in Tegucigalpa – Ojojona is the most extreme, and most difficult of the races organized in Honduras.

The running course took the runners into Marbella, Colonia Smith, Crawfish Rock and finished in Palmetto Bay housing community.

Giselle Brady and BICA were organizers of the event. The logistics of the race and the setup of the running course were done by the Cacique trail runners. Forty volunteers, most of them, Roatan High School and BICA volunteers, helped with the event. Cacique Trail Runners are considering Port Royal Park for the 2023 race venue.

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