Two events, the full marathon and the five-mile race will com­prise the third an­nu­al Na­tion­al Quar­ries Ari­ma Green Moun­tain Marathon, which will run off on the morn­ing of Sep­tem­ber 24.Five par­tic­i­pants in both the men's and women's di­vi­sions will re­ceive cash prizes in the open marathon, which is set to run off from the Blan­chisseuse to the of­fice of the Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Ari­ma, on Robin­son Cir­cu­lar, Ari­ma, from 5.30 am.

The fastest man and woan will re­ceive $5,000 for the their suc­cess­es, while the run­ners-up re­ceive $4,000. The third to fifth placed fin­ish­ers in the men's and women's cat­e­gories will re­ceive $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000, re­spec­tive­ly.The five-mile event, which runs off from Lala­ja, Blan­chisseuse will end at the same fin­ish line of the full marathon. It will run off from 6.30 am. The cat­e­gories in this event in­cludes age groups of 15-30, 31-45, 46-55 and 56-and-over.

There are four reg­is­tra­tion cen­tres for in­ter­est­ed par­tic­i­pants, the Ari­ma MP's Of­fice, the COP Op­er­a­tions Cen­tre, Char­lieville, the COP Flag­ship House, Wood­brook and the COP head of­fice, San Fer­nan­do. The event is al­so spon­sored by Lime­stone Quar­ries and is brought about by the Foun­da­tion for Bet­ter Life and Learn­ing and the MP for Ari­ma.The Min­istry of Sport has sup­plied tro­phies and medals for the event.