![\"dog-days-marathon\"](\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dog-days-marathon.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Freeport, Bahamas \u2013 The Second Annual \u2018Dog Days\u2019 Half Marathon race and Health Expo will be held this Saturday, April 9th, and is shaping up to be fit and healthy. As the first half marathon race in Grand Bahama, this year\u2019s race has shown to be even bigger than last year with more corporate support from the community, over 150 participants pre-registered already and an added health expo after the races.<\/p>\n
Bahamas Adventures is hosting the races once again and the expo will be held on their property. They have also given full use of their facilities and water sports toys to ensure the entrants and their families enjoy much needed after race downtime. Bahamas Adventures\u2019 will also be giving back a portion of the day\u2019s sales to the \u2018Dog Days\u2019 fundraising for the GB Humane Society.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want all the participants to come and enjoy Bahamas Adventures offerings while giving back to such a worthy cause,\u201d said Cesar Ochoa, General Manager at Bahamas Adventures commented. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to be part of this day for a second year.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year Nesbitt Rental\u2019s has come on as a major contributor to the newest event, a full health expo. \u201cWe were really excited to join \u2018Dog Days\u2019 in this endeavor as we have hosted numerous health expos and have a large following,\u201d said Demeko Nesbitt, Nesbitt\u2019s Rentals Manager. \u201cWe will also have our rock climbing wall there for guests to challenge friends and family, and we\u2019ll give out top climbing prizes too.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u2018Dogs Day\u2019 Health Expo is set to begin at 9am with over a dozen vendors showcasing locally grown fresh vegetables, health products and of course seafood. Out island vendors like Abaco Neem and The Coconut Factory will travel in from the family islands to participate and share healthy choice options and Bahamian creations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really want this to be a place where people interested in healthy lifestyles can find everything they need in one location,\u201d said Nikki Waugh, Event coordinator.<\/p>\n
In addition to the expo, there will also be all day workouts choices form various gyms and workout groups on the island. For those not participating in the runs they can begin working out at 9am through 1pm and attendees are encouraged to try the different groups and find a fit for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we sat back and thought what could we do to enhance our event, as keen exercise buffs, we thought lets add the gym or trainer element,\u201d noted Siobhan Antoni-Bates, event coordinator. \u201cThe whole day is about healthy living, eating and exercising. For those who are not runners or walkers then we have alternate options \u2013 and free trials for them to see what they like.\u201d<\/p>\n
To learn more about the expo or to join the \u2018Dogs Day\u2019 races visit dogdayshalfmarathon.com\/ or find them on Facebook. The events kick of early at 6:30am at Bahamas Adventures down from Tanio Beach, this Saturday, April 9th with the health expo awards ceremony and party to follow.<\/p>\n
Barefoot Marketing
\nPhoto courtesy of Barefoot Marketing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
he Second Annual \u2018Dog Days\u2019 Half Marathon race and Health Expo will be held this Saturday, April 9th, and is shaping up to be fit and healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":150831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}