20,000 To Participate In First Ladys Marathon

20,000 To Participate In First Ladys Marathon

The marathon, which is the second edition of its kind, will see First Lady Margaret Kenyatta raise money for county mobile clinics.

It will take place on the same day as the International Women’s Day celebrations at the Nyayo National Stadium.

This year’s marathon has registered twice as many participants as last year’s event which saw over 10,000 entrants take part in the inaugural marathon event.

Notable elite athletes such as Abel Kirui and Lorna Kiplagat are among those who have confirmed participation in the marathon whose winner of the 21Kms race shall walk away with Ksh 750,000 in prize money.

Races are scheduled to be flagged off at 6.30am for the wheel chair and tri-cycle races categories which feature in the marathon for the first time. The 21 Kms race will be flagged off at 7.00am followed by the 10 kms race at 7.45am and finally the 2kms Family Fun run event which shall be flagged off at 9.00am.

 

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The start area for all the race events will be along Uhuru Highway outside Nakumatt Mega while the finish line will be inside the Nyayo National Stadium.

The First Lady is scheduled to take part in the 21 Kms race following her extensive training routine that has seen her and her team travel to high altitude training zones in readiness for the race event.

A total prize of Ksh 5.6m will be on offer this Sunday during the second edition of the First Lady’s Half Marathon. Both the men and women winners of the 21km races will walk away with Ksh 750,000 while the both the men and women winners of the 10km races will walk home with Ksh 250,000 each.

Tricycle and wheelchair winners will take home Ksh 100,000 and Ksh 50,000 respectively in both the men and women categories.

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