The organisers have stated over 500 runners are anticipated to compete within the 24 km race of the 2025 Calabar Marathon, which shall be held on Saturday,19 April 2025.
The Managing Director of the Cross River State Tourism Bureau, Prince Ekpenyong Ojoi, who disclosed this whereas briefing the press in Calabar Wednesday, stated the 24km race which is able to begin on the Millennium Park, Calabar by 6:00 am will undergo the 12km Carnival Calabar route two instances and terminate on the Marina Resort.
Ojoi stated the winner in each the female and male classes will cart dwelling the star prize of 1 million naira every, with the primary and second runners up profitable N500,000 and N300,000 respectively for his or her effort.
The managing director, who stated the race, which began in 2022, enters its third 12 months and has continued to draw among the greatest runners from across the nation, promised that this 12 months’s version would be the largest and the perfect.
He stated sufficient medical and safety measures have been put in place to make sure that all runners within the race are medically match and safe throughout the occasion.
Additionally talking, the Particular Adviser to the Governor on Common Duties, Ekpenyong Akiba stated, “As a state, we’re utilizing this as a chance to rededicate our dedication to sporting excellence and to selling and supporting initiatives that won’t simply foster unity however may even give our individuals the chance to be productive.”
The Particular Adviser who introduced a deliberate six-hour street closure and visitors diversion for the motoring public alongside the marathon route for the race between 6am and 12 midday suggested motorists to make use of different routes to reduce visitors disruption throughout the occasion.
A 17-year-old Plateau State-born athlete, Gwom James Giang, who clocked 39.8 minutes, carted dwelling the star prize of N500,000 within the 2024 version of Calabar marathon with Shaba Dare Eniola, 36, from Ondo State, and 22-year-old Yusuf Bapiye from Plateau State, who clocked 39.12 minutes and 39.19 minutes, rising second and third in that order to pocket N300,000 and N200,000 every.
Within the ladies’s class, Delta State’s Agofore Charity, who returned in 44.38 minutes, gained the primary prize of N500,000, whereas Elizabeth Nuhu and Cross River-born Godsmind Eteng, 12, emerged first and second runners up, bagging N300,000 and N200,000 respectively.
