second consecutive year. The commentary team will be led by former world recordholder Marty Liquori and Hal Rothman and highlights of the ADT Bermuda 10K and the Bank of Butterfield Mile will be aired on ESPN's Running and Racing programme to be aired on Saturday, January 23 (2.30 a.m. Bermuda time) and Tuesday, February 2 (4 p.m. Bermuda time).

A sub-four minute time in the Bank of Butterfield Elite Mile will earn the winner a $10,000 bonus on top of the $1,000 for first place. And there's also a $10,000 bonus in the ADT Bermuda Marathon for the winning male runner if he can crack Andy Holden's 13-year-old record of 2:15.20 and a similar sum for the women's winner if she gets under 2:42.47, set by Sally Easthall in 1990.

Male and female marathon winners will automatically collect $1,000, regardless of their finishing time. Bermuda's top resident male and female marathoners can collect a $5,000 bonus if they can better Raymond Swan's 2:27.22, run in 1980, or Debbie Butterfield's 2:54.18, set in 1990. Male and female winners of the ADT Bermuda 10K will pocket $1,000 while second and third place finishers in all three Race Weekend events will win $600 and $300 respectively. First local male and female runners in the 10K and marathon will each win $250. Age group winners in all races receive $250. Bonus plan Bermuda's male marathoners can boost their earnings by a further $10,000 if they can beat race committee member Peter Lever's personal best of 2:21.19. Lever threw down the well-insured challenge last year as an incentive to Bermuda's Olympic hopefuls but with Jamaican-born Errol Cormack the leading local resident clocking 2:39.52, Lever's money was safe. Lever's time - the best by a Bermuda resident - was set in Detroit in October, 1972. Half time One race without prize money is the new ADT Bermuda Half Marathon, at least for this year. The race will start at the same time as the full ADT Bermuda Marathon but will involve just one 13.1 mile loop of the new marathon course (see map). The half marathon will finish outside the Masterworks art gallery, some yards short of the marathon finish line outside Loquats restaurant - and organisers are making sure marathon leaders don't suddenly decide to go for glory after one lap.

Runners cannot enter both races and there will be different numbers for each race with marathon runners wearing numbers on the front and back of their vests.

Mini Fitness Expo, launched at last year's event, will be bigger and better this year, according to organiser Debbie Butterfield, who says the event is aimed at improving health and fitness for the general public, not just athletes. Starting Thursday, January 14 (4 p.m.) at No.1 Passenger Terminalon Front Street, the Expo will feature a wide range of booths and demonstrations covering every aspect of health, fitness and nutrition plus a fashion show on Saturday afternoon. Attractions include karate and aerobic demonstrations, free blood sugar, body fat, blood pressure and cholesterol readings, and pasta cooking ideas by The Little Venice. The Expo is open through Saturday (5 p.m.) and is free.

RG MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1993