{"id":42943,"date":"2022-01-01T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=42943"},"modified":"2022-01-01T15:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T15:08:22","slug":"stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday","title":{"rendered":"Stage set for AK Mountain Running meet in Nandi on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The second edition of the Athletics Kenya (AK) Mountain Running Championship will be staged on Sunday in Nandi county.<\/p>\n<p>AK\u2019s Mountain Running coordinator, Peter Angwenyi, said over 1, 000 athletes are expected to take part in the race which will be held in Tinderet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect a huge field of athletes from Longonot Mountain Camp, Kisii, Nyamira, Mt Elgon, Nyahuhururu, Ngong, Nandi, Uasin Gishu, and Elgeyo Marakwet counties,\u201d added Angwenyi.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature senior men and women&#8217;s 10km events while junior men and women will take part in the 6km races, according to Angwenyi.<\/p>\n<p>He added that senior athletes will pay a registration fee of Sh100 while junior athletes aged under 18 years will not pay anything.<\/p>\n<p>Winners in each category will receive Sh50,000 with second-placed athletes getting Sh30,000. Third-placed athletes will get Sh20,000. Consolation prizes will be given to athletes who will finish between the fourth and 10th positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a trial run and we expect to select a provisional team for the World Mountain and Trail Running Championship. The provisional team will train under the watchful eyes of coaches in various camps,\u201d said Angwenyi.<\/p>\n<p>The event was supposed to be held on November 28 but was moved to January 2 due to the change in the calendar for the World Mountain Running.<\/p>\n<p>The Longonot Mountain Running race initially scheduled for January 2 has been postponed indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>The Meru Mountain Running race will be held on February 26 according to AK\u2019s calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The events are part of the preparations for the World Mountain Running and World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships to be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand in November 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. The second edition of the Athletics Kenya (AK) Mountain Running Championship will be staged on Sunday in Nandi county. AK\u2019s Mountain Running coordinator, Peter Angwenyi, said over 1, 000 athletes are expected to take part in the race which will be held in Tinderet. \u201cWe expect a huge field of athletes from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-42943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stage set for AK Mountain Running meet in Nandi on Sunday - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The second edition of the Athletics Kenya (AK) Mountain Running Championship will be staged on Sunday in Nandi county. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stage set for AK Mountain Running meet in Nandi on Sunday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The second edition of the Athletics Kenya (AK) Mountain Running Championship will be staged on Sunday in Nandi county. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-01T17:03:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/01\/img-61d06e4f1145b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Stage set for AK Mountain Running meet in Nandi on Sunday\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-01T17:03:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/01\/img-61d06e4f1145b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/stage-set-for-ak-mountain-running-meet-in-nandi-on-sunday\",\"name\":\"Stage set for AK Mountain Running meet in Nandi on Sunday - 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