Placencia Marathon Was a Huge Success

The Water Station that was put together by the Chabil Mar Team

Chabil Mar was a proud sponsor of this year’s 3rd annual  End of the World Placencia Marathon.

For those who do not know, the End of the World Marathon is a 26.2 mile marathon that was first held in December 2012 to commemorate the end of the 13^th Baktun in the Maya Long Count Calendar which was a significant time to the Maya people who believed that it was the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new one.

Because many people thought that the world would end on that day (December 21^th 2012) and it didn’t, the organizers of the marathon decided to retain the name “The End of the World Marathon” in honor of the distinguished writer Aldous Huxley who wrote in 1934, “If the world had any ends, British Honduras (now Belize) would certainly be one of them.”

This year, the End of the World Marathon was held on December 7th 2014 and started at the football field in Placencia and passed through Seine Bight and Maya Beach and then returned and ended in Placencia Village.

Althea Schable on the Left

Pictured above on the left is Althea Schable, Reservations Manager of Chabil Mar who completed the half marathon and who we want to offer our sincere congratulations! We also want to thank our team for putting together a terrific water station (see photo above).

Marathon All

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