The Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon has partnered with Association of Physically Disabled Kenya to include Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in this year’s edition.
Today, the organizers launched a 6-week training program for PWD who will compete in the 21km Wheelchair race and 42kms Relay race alongside the 42kms Full Marathon, 21kms Half Marathon, 10kms and the 5kms Family Fun Run.
The Marathon Organising Committee has worked with the Association for the Physically Disabled of Kenya (APDK) over many years to mobilise wheelchair race participants for the marathon.
This includes the verification of the routes and venues for the wheelchair participants as well as putting together the requirements of the wheelchair participants for the marathon.
Last year, the marathon hosted 86 wheelchair race participants.
Gitau added” “The Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon has evolved from being just a sporting event to becoming a platform for driving sustainability and community engagement initiatives. It has become an event that promotes innovation, collaboration and solidarity amongst participants and spectators and have a positive impact on the natural environment. This is aligned to global trends to integrate sustainability into major sporting events”,