Turtle marathon this Sunday

Join the Turtle Marathon for a stroll around Mt. Nam and enjoy the spring sunshine, Sunday.

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The Hankook Ilbo, a sister paper of The Korea Times, is hosting the 417th Turtle Marathon with the Korea Duck Association.The monthly event has drawn more than 120,000 people since 1978.

Lee Chang-ho, chairman of the Korea Duck Association, will lead this month's event. Goodwill ambassador of the association, comedian Park Joon-hyung, and the winners of the 2011 Miss Korea pageant will take part in the walkathon as well.

After the walk, TV presenter Lee Sang-yong will host a prize draw with samplings of duck meat.

This month's prizes include assorted duck meat gift sets, running shoes from FILA, tickets to Drumcat's "The Festival", a voucher for Donggang Cistar Resort and more.

Admission is free. For more information, visit turtle.hankooki.com.

When: April 15. Meet at 7:40 a.m. and the walk begins at 8 a.m.

Where: The outdoor plaza of the National Theater of Korea, near Dongguk University Station on subway line 3, exits 2 and 6.

Inquiries in English: (02) 724-2354

Inquiries in Korean: (02) 724-2611~7

Hosted by: The Hankook Ilbo

Sponsored by: The Korea Times, Sports Hankook, Seoul Economic Daily, Hankooki.com