Athletes good in distance race will have a fulfilled day come 26th October when the city of Port Harcourt will be hosting the first ever power pasta marathon race that would commence on that date.
The event is a one day event starting from Aggrey Road, and ending back at same Aggrey Road.
The 20.98km race is poised to produce hidden talents in the city of Port Harcourt.
According to one of the members of the organizing committee, Barisi Wifa, the Public Relation Officer of Rivers State sports council, all athletes will gather at civic centre and later proceed to the starting point at Aggrey Road.
According to him, athletes will past through forces Avenue old GRA down to Rumuola and return back to Aggrey Road.
First among the athletes will smile home with the sum of 1 million naira, other prizes will be given to other athletes according to their order of placement.
As of the time of filing in this report, prizes for the second place, third and other positions have not been tagged.
This is power pasta first ever marathon race in the city of Port Harcourt hence the organizers appealed to interesting distance runners to pick their forms at civic centre.
Criteria needed for participation are the form, your certificate of fitness from a certified clinic or hospital. No age barrier, it is an open marathon race says the organizers.
They also gave reason of organizing the event, saying that people nowadays do not have time to exercise because of their daily busy schedule hence there are many ailments like heart diseases, obesity etc in the society today. ####
