3.  The Veterans Day 5K--November--University of the Virgin Islands--Estate Golden Grove  "We must not forget our birthday, November 13, 1494.  Personally, I am not so sure the discovery of the New World warrants celebration, but then celebration means different things to different people.  All I say is that I would give anything to have known Sancta Cruz on that day; a pristine island in all her virginal beauty." 4.  Making Strides 5K--Estates Prosperity, Spratt Hall, Frederiksted    5. The African-Caribbean Mile for Kids--Estate Prosperity, Frederiksted 6. The Annual Virgin Islands Half-Marathon--Formerly: Estates Golden Grove, Bethlehem Old Works, Kingshill, Clifton Hill, Body Slob, Bonne Esperance, The Glynn, Mon Bijou,  Colquehoun, Jealousy, Upper Love, River, Grove Place Plessen, Pleasant Prospect, Adventure.  Current course: Estates Green Kay, All For The Better, Tipperary, Parara, Union and Mt. Washington, Great Pond, Mount Fancy, Little Profit, Mount Retreat, Wood Cottage, Yellow Cliff, Madame Carty, Turners Hole, Slob, Grapetree Bay, Teagues Bay, Cotton Valley, Solitude, Coakley Bay.   The 24th Annual Virgin Islands Half-Marathon--Freedom Run recognized the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation of Slavery in the Danish West Indies.  The special course utilized the Centerline Road, now known as Queen Mary Highway.  The race finished near the exact spot where the Emancipation took place in 1878. 7. The St. Croix Metric Mile--December--Estate Upper LoveThis flat, point-to-point course is run in Estate Upper Love.  Seaman reflects on child hood memories, "It is here where the Upper Love Gut flows behind Holly Cross Church and "the biggest eels were to be found".    8. The Cane Bay 5 Mile--Estates La Vallee, Canebay, North Star, Prosperity, Big Fountain    9. The Children Race--Christiansted.  Frederiksted (Race alternates each year)    10. The Three Kings Mile--Christiansted.  Frederiksted (Race alternates each year)  11. The Martin Luther King Fort-to-Fort Memorial Run--November/Thanksgiving weekend--East to West--Christiansted, Orange Grove, Golden Rock, Little Princess, La Grande Princess, St. Johns, Morningstar, Montpellier (Dolby Hill), Concordia, Windsor and Windsor Forest, The Glynn, MonBijou, Mount Pleasant (Colquehoun), Fredensborg, Jealousy, Upper Love, Grove Place, Plessen, Montpellier, Springfield, Jolly Hill, Little La Grange, La Grange, Prosperity, Frederiksted. 12. The Toast-To-The Captain 13K--Honors Captain Teddy Seymour, the first Black to sail around the world alone. He started and finished in Frederiksted in February 1987--Loop--East--Christiansted, Mount Welcome, Altona, Boetzberg, Roberts Hill, Mount Roepstorff and Southgate, All For The Better, Tipperary, Parara, The Sight, Union and Mt. Washington, Sally's Fancy, Marienhoj, Lowrys Hill,  13. The Flight #64 Four Mile--March--Estates Mannings Bay, Envy, Negro Bay (Coopers), Bettys Hope, Enfield Green, Diamond 14. The National Library Week--Run To Your Library--April--Christiansted 15. The Paradise 5K--April--Same as #1
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