Athletes in Eldoret are eagerly preparing and polishing their craft for this years kass marathon set for Sunday.The athletes will run a 42km race that will begin at Kapsabet in Nandi and end at Eldoret Sports club.
According to Local Organizing Committee (LOC) chairman Abraham Mutai,he is optimistic to register 2500 athletes for the half marathon and 1200 for the full marathon.
Jackson kemboi and Cynthia Jerop were last year’s winners.
The sponsors of this years marathon are Loyalty gaming Lotto Foundation are the title sponsors of the race having pumped in Sh6 million. Nandi County is also sponsoring the event with Sh1 million.
The winners will walk away with Sh1.5 million, while 21km top finishers will walk home with Sh500, 000.