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• Winners of North Face 100 to Compete in 2010 Guam Ko'ko' Road Race Courtesy of GVB
(Wednesday, May 12, 2010; Tumon, Guam) Modesto Madalang and Helen Tacling, who won in both male and female categories of The North Face 100 Ultramarathon in Baguio City, will represent the Philippines in this year’s Guam Ko’ko’ Road Race in Guam, USA, courtesy of Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) and Continental Airlines. Read more... • adidas® Japan to sponsor 2010 Guam Ko’ko’ Road Race
(Monday, July 26, 2010; Tumon, Guam) Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) is pleased to announce adidas® Japan will be the title sponsor of the 2010 Guam Ko’ko’ Road Race. The announcement took place at a special press conference at the adidas® Performance Center Harajuku in Japan on Friday, July 23. Read more... • Early Bird Registration Open for Guam Ko'ko' Road Race (Monday, April 26, 2010; Tumon, Guam) Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) is pleased to announce registration is now open for Guam’s signature running event, the 2010 Guam Ko’ko’ Road Race. Early bird runners who sign up will receive a free training tank top. Read more... • GVB Partners with Toyohira River Marathon (Monday, April 26, 2010; Tumon, Guam) Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) recently signed a sister-running event agreement with Nikkan Sports Toyohira River Marathon, an annual event scheduled each May in Sapporo, Japan. The agreement deems each location will support the race events held in Guam by providing runners to both the Nikkan
Sports Toyohira River Marathon on May 5, 2010, and the Guam Ko’ko’ Road Race on Oct. 17, 2010.. Read more... • $5,000 Up for Grabs at 2009 Guam Gatorade Ko'ko' Road Race (Tumon, Guam) The Guam Visitors Bureau today announced that a total of $5,000 prize money awaits the winners at its upcoming 2009 Guam Gatorade Ko’ko’ Road Race, scheduled for October 18, 2009. This year marks the fourth anniversary of the race, which is a Half Marathon solo and Ekiden Relay (4‐person team) Road Race that starts and ends at Governor Joseph Flores Memorial Park (Ypao Beach), Tumon as part of the Guam Micronesia Island Fair festivities. Read more... Sponsors for the 2009 Guam Gatorade Ko'ko' Road Race pose with Guam Department of Agriculture's Guam Rail mascot - 'Che'lu'
Pictured L to R: EJ Calvo, Assistant General Manager, Mid-Pacific Distributors, Inc., Ernie Galito, Deputy General Manager, Guam Visitors Bureau, Katie Black, Sales and Marketing, Continental Airlines, Carl Gumataotao, Media Consultant, KUAM, Che'lu, Bartley Jackson, General Manager, Pacific Islands Club, Cheryl Calaustro, Wildlife Biologist, Guam Department of Agriculture, Marie Page, Regional Sales & Marketing Manager, Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Guam, Inc. and Jason Sakazaki, Market Development Director, Pacific Daily News. • Ko'ko' Road Race Site Opened (Wednesday, July 1, 2009; Pacific Daily News) To view the contents on www.guampdn.com, go to:
http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200907010300/SPORTS/907010338
• Ko'ko' Road Race Set for October(Wednesday, July 1, 2009; Marianas Variety Guam) http://guam.mvarietynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7347:koko-road-race-set-for-oct&catid=3:guam-sports&Itemid=4
• Big Money At Stake in '09 Ko'ko' Road Race (Tuesday, June 30, 2009; KUAM.com) http://www.kuam.com/bm/news/big-money-at-stake-in-09-koko-road-race.shtml?14796
• 2008 Guam Ko'ko' Road Race a Huge Success (Wednesday, October 22, 2008; Tumon, Guam) The 2008 Guam Ko’ko’ Road Race was an enormous success, according to race organizers and the Guam Visitors Bureau. The total number of competitors was 702 runners, an increase of 13% over last year’s race. The Guam Ko’ko’ Road Race also realized an increase of over 200% in the number of participants from Japan, a clear indication that GVB’s marketing efforts in Japan to promote the event were well received. Two celebrity runners from the Philippines also competed, with Pepito Deapera taking overall first place in the 2008 Guam Ko’ko’ Road Race with a winning time of 1:18:14. Read more... • Celebrity Runners from the Philippines Join the 2008 Guam Ko'ko' Road Race(Monday, October 13, 2008; Tumon Guam) Guam Visitors Bureau's 2008 Guam Ko'ko' Road Race will feature one of the top runners from the Philippines, Pepito Deapera. Winner of the North Face 100K Ultra Marathon in the Philippines, which is part of an international series of trail runs that have competitors climbing steep inclines through the woods in a race designed for experienced endurance runners. Deapera will compete in the Guam Ko'ko' Road Race's individual race, which has been expanded to half marathon length this year. Read more...
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