{"id":44430,"date":"2023-04-10T06:12:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T06:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?p=44430"},"modified":"2023-04-09T23:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T23:39:22","slug":"all-set-for-mzuzu-city-half-marathon-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/all-set-for-mzuzu-city-half-marathon-this-weekend","title":{"rendered":"All set for Mzuzu City Half Marathon this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Mzuzu City Half Marathon Organizing Committee says all is set for the first ever Mzuzu City Half Marathon. Speaking on Tuesday afternoon, Organizing Committee Chairperson Peter Mumba said more than 70 athletes have registered for the event slated for Sunday, 5 March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have over 70 athletes and several international athletes have shown interest in taking part and many more are expected to register we will know the exact figure come Friday,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mumba added that the committee has engaged City residents in an awareness campaign for people to cheer and give space to the participants in the route set for the marathon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe awareness campaign is going on well so that we do not have inconveniences during the marathon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far only Medhealth, Rab Processors and Itel have assisted us and we are therefore still calling on companies to assist us as our budget is K27 Million and we still have a way to go.\u201d Mumba said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on part of Technical Sub Committee, Alick Phiri said they are making sure all athletes are meeting the eligibility requirements set for the marathon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the requirements are that the athlete should be over 18 and should have a medical certificate as indicated on the registration form and the registration is still open for now,\u201d said Phiri.<\/p>\n<p>Mzuzu City Council Public Relations Officer Macdonald Gondwe said the council is geared and ready to see the first ever marathon to be hosted in Mzuzu City as it will boost tourism and business in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The 21 Kilometre half marathon will start at St Johns Hospital to Mzuzu Technical, Chiputula, Zigwagwa to Mataifa and Stadium before repeating the route and finishing at Mzuzu Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will walk away with K1 000 000 with the second getting MK700 000 and third placed K500000 for both Ladies and Mens categories with the record breaker getting extra K500 000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Mzuzu City Half Marathon Organizing Committee says all is set for the first ever Mzuzu City Half Marathon. Speaking on Tuesday afternoon, Organizing Committee Chairperson Peter Mumba said more than 70 athletes have registered for the event slated for Sunday, 5 March 2023. \u201cWe have over 70 athletes and several international athletes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,371,1467,234,6004,278],"class_list":["post-44430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-athletics","tag-malawi","tag-marathon","tag-mzuzu"],"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>All set for Mzuzu City Half Marathon this weekend - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mzuzu City Half Marathon Organizing Committee says all is set for the first ever Mzuzu City Half Marathon. 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