The 5th edition of the 15kms Rachuonyo Road Race will be held on Sunday (March 17) at Kendu Bay in Homa Bay County.
The 5th edition of the 15kms Rachuonyo Road Race will be held on Sunday at Kendu Bay in Homa Bay County.
The race, organized by AK executive committee member Benjamin Njoga and sponsored by Karachuonyo MP Adipo Okuom, was postponed twice due to the congested cross country calendar.
Athletics Kenya (AK) Nyanza North public relations officer, Jared Gilo, said the race will start at the Homa Bay Pier then head to the Kisumu/Homa Bay road, overlooking the scenic Lake Simbi Nyaima and end at Kendi Stadium.
Besides the main event, sprints from 100m to 800m and relays will be held. “This is a region with very talented sprinters and we want to use this event to identify them,” said Gilo.
Nyamira-based experienced marathoner Sammy Nyokaye and Betty Chepngéno won last year’s 10km event but this year, organisers decided to have a 15-km race.
At the same time, the second leg of the AK relay series which was scheduled for Moi Stadium in Kisumu on Saturday has been shifted to Kasarani, according to AK Nyanza North chairman Joseph Ochieng said yesterday.
“I received a call from AK vice president Paul Mutwii, informing me that most athletes and coaches prefer running on a tartan track. They had no option but to shift the event to Nairobi,” Ochieng said.
The first event of the series was supposed to be held on March 2 at Shanzu TTC but was moved to Prisons grounds in Nairobi.
The third and last leg will be held in Kasarani on April 6 before paving way for the national trials set for the Lorna Kiplagat Stadium in Iten on April 13.
The trials will be used to select a team that will represent the country at the IAAF World Relays to be held in Yokohama, Japan on May 11 and 12.