The 32nd Sun Trust Richmond Marathon
The 32nd Sun Trust Richmond Marathon is near to start again in Chilly. Jynocel Basweti, defending champion, and Mohammed Awol are the most favorite runners of the race. The total length of the race is 26.2 miles and a running brawl is expected between these two athletes through slick streets of Richmond.
Basweti who belongs to Kenya won last year’s race with a time of 2:22:22 and Awol followed him with a time of 2:20:20.
The coordinator of the race, Mr. Thom Suddeth, said that it would be impossible for Awol to win the race without competing Basweti. Basweti is 9 years younger than Awol and he looks in a better position than he was last year.
On the other hand, women will also give hard times to their competitors. Two runners, 39 years old Ilona Baranova (Ukraine) and 24 years old Divina Jepkogei are the most favorite runners for the women’s marathon.
Jepkogei has made a new world record of women by winning the Mississippi Blues Marathon with a time of 2:46:00
The weather conditions are good. Temperature is around 50.
“As a runner, obviously, you’d rather be chilled than hot,” Suddeth said. But if today’s forecast is inaccurate, he said — if the cold rain lingers — the more than 5,100 runners in the marathon “might have some temperature-management and body-management issues to deal with.”
The winner of the race will get $2500 each man and woman.
Source:http://news.puggal.com/richmond-marathon-11802/
