Over 20,000 to participate in Beyond Zero Half Marathon

Over 20,000 participants are set to take part in the Beyond Zero Half Marathon slated to take place this Sunday.

This year’s and 4^th edition of the Half Marathon will feature intellectually and visually impaired competitors.

The event has been incorporated in accordance with the international standards for 21km and 10 km road races and will feature

The Paralympic race will be flagged off at 6:30 am followed by the 21km Half marathon at 7 am.

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“In a bid to create maternal health awareness, we have also incorporated a 2 Km pregnant walk, and also adopted the same route marking for the 21km and 10km road race”, said Gacheru the event organizer.

Athletics Kenya (AK) President Rtd General Jackson Tuwei confirmed that with the finalized route and other plans they were ready to host the half marathon as scheduled.

“We are pleased to report that all plans have been put in place to ensure that the 2019 Beyond Zero Half Marathon is a safe and great experience for all participants. We have finalized important details like the route, prize money and race categories as well as security during the event. We have also expanded our race categories to include people with intellectual disability and the visually impaired to demonstrate AKs commitment to inculcating a culture of inclusion”, said Tuwei.

The categories for this year’s half marathon include; the 21km half marathon and the 10km road race, which shall feature two categories; the elite category that is eligible for prize money and the amateur category.

Other categories are Wheelchair Half Marathon, 21km Tricycle Half Marathon, all amateur categories and will also include the 5km Family Fun Run.

The Paralympics team will be using the Beyond Zero Half Marathon as a pre-qualifier for the2020 Paralympics Games to be held in Tokyo, Japan.

For the elite categories, winners will be taking home Ksh 250,000 for 21KM and Ksh 100,000 for 10KM.

The 4^th edition will see a total workforce of 2,000 people and 300 volunteers.

The following roads will be closed: