Nigeria’s top elite runners, Emmanuel Gyang and Deborah Pam, have stepped up their preparations for the inaugural Abuja International Marathon (AIM) slated for December 17, 2022 in the Federal Capital city, Abuja.
Already, the organisers have promised an elite cast of runners with some of the world’s top runners from Kenya and Ethiopia confirmed for the race.
AIM organisers are aiming to achieve their objective of becoming the first race in Nigeria to have an elite men’s field that will return a sub 2:10 minutes.
Instead of being jittery about the world-class runners that would be in Abuja for the marathon, Nigerian elite runners are excited and ready for the challenge.
Gyang and Pam, who have both won several accolades in the past years, expressed delight that they would be rubbing shoulders with some of the best runners across the world in a few months’ time.
According to Gyang, his preparations have been going on well and his major mission in the December race is to lower…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
