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About 70 athletes warm up for Access Bank/Lagos Marathon

By Daily Sports on December 10, 2017

AS much as 70,000 athletes and keep fit enthusiasts have registered to run in the 2018 Access Bank/Lagos City Marathon billed for February 10, 2018.

The race organisers disclosed on Saturday that more registrations are still being expected with roughly two months to the event, which is fast gaining currency in the world map of marathon races.

This is just as more world-class runners like Kenyan Georgina Rono and Ethiopian Azalech Masresha have joined in the list of elite athletes vying for the top prize.

Rono, winner of the Eindhoven Marathon and other elite marathons has a personal best of 2:24:33 hours. Masresha from Ethiopia has a personal best of 1:09:46 in the half marathon and 2:25:34 in the full marathon.

Masresha who has moved to a warmer weather to be able to compete for the top prize in Lagos said: “I am happy that the 2018 race will start by 6.30am, this will give us the opportunity to finish before the weather becomes too hot but irrespective of the organizers moving the race to 6.30am, I have moved my training to a city that has the same weather with Lagos. That way, the timing will be irrelevant since am already used to the Lagos weather.”

General Manager Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Yusuf Alli, said the number of elite runners that would participate in the 2018 edition may double that of the two previous editions.

“In 2016 and 2017, we had over 200 elite runners but from the level of interest being shown in the 2018 edition, we may get double that figure. Elite athletes are writing from America, Mexico, Germany and so many parts of the world”. (Vanguard)

•Photo shows athletes at 2017 Access Marathon event in Lagos.

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 10, 2017