Rono, Masresha confirmed for Access Bank marathon

Kenya’s Georgina Rono and Ethiopia’s Azalech Masresha are the latest to join the list of world-class marathoners that will compete for medals and cash prizes at the February 10, 2018, Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.

Rono, winner of the Eindhoven Marathon and other elite marathons has a personal best of 2:24:33 hours.

Third at the 2012 Boston Marathon, she also has a half marathon best of 1. 07:58.

Her husband, Daniel Koech, also a marathoner was one of the three pacers at the 2017 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.

Masresha from Ethiopia has a personal best of 1:09:46 in the half marathon and 2:25:34 in the full marathon.

Masresha who has moved to a warmer weather to be able to compete for the top prize in Lagos said:

“I am happy that the 2018 race will start by 6.30am this will give us the opportunity to finish before the weather becomes too hot but irrespective of the organizers moving the race to 6.30am,

I have moved my training to a city that has the same weather with Lagos. That way, the timing will be irrelevant since am already used to the Lagos weather.”

Frank Jumbo with Agency Report