Adams breaks regional marathon record

Regional mini-marathons to herald this year’s Millennium Marathon got underway last Saturday in the Northern and Upper West regions with Iddrisu Adams of the Ghana Revenue Authority in the Upper West Region breaking the regional min-marathon record he set last year.

He completed the 10.5km race in an impressive time of 29.30 minutes.  The previous record was 30 minutes.

Baloun Zuleiha of Tuma Sakai Primary School also made history as the youngest female ever to win a regional marathon. The 12-year-old completed the race in an impressive time of 35.03 seconds.

In Tamale, Yakubu Alhassan and Ibrahim Rabiatu, a student, won the first positions in the male and female races respectively. Yakubu finished in 35.57 minutes while Rabiatu finished in 48.20 minutes.

Winners in both the male and female categories took home cash prizes, Awango solar products from Total and water from Melcom.

They will both receive a placement in the professional athletes programme being instituted by the Millennium Marathon Sports Ltd to groom and train marathon runners.