The highly anticipated Beyond Zero Marathon which will take place this coming Sunday will see over 300 pregnant women being part of the race.
The Philips Lumify Walk for life will have 2 km fun pregnant solidarity and awareness walk , screening of pregnant women using Philips Lumify.
This year’s Beyond Zero marathon will feature visually impaired competitors in the race that has attracted over 20,000 participants ahead of the event to run on Sunday in Nairobi.
Athletics Kenya boss Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei, event organizer IMG Kenya CEO Peter Gacheru and Police Commissioner Joshua Omutata today unveiled an elaborate plan for the event.
The elite start has also been incorporated in accordance with the international standards for 21km and 10 km road races.
The Paralympic race will be flagged off at 6:30 am followed by the 21km half marathon at 7am. The 10km road race and corporate run will be flagged off at 8:30 am followed by the 3km the family fun race.
“In a bid to create maternal health awareness, we have incorporated a 2 km pregnant walk, we have also adopted the same route marking for the 21km and 10km road race”, said Gacheru –the event organiser.
All the races will be flagged outside Nyayo Stadium on Uhuru Highway there after the participants will head towards CBD on Uhuru Highway all the way up to the Museum overpass before making their way back to Nyayo Stadium through Kenyatta Avenue.
Other categories are Wheelchair Half Marathon and the 21km Tricycle Half Marathon, all amateur categories. Also included is the 5km Family Fun Run.
The Paralympics team will be using the Beyond Zero Half Marathon as a pre-qualifier for the 2020 Paralympics Games to be held in Tokyo, Japan.
For the elite categories, winners will be taking home Sh250,000 for half marathon and Sh100,000 for 10km.