Over Ksh 70 million up for grabs at Sunday's Valencia Marathon

ATHLETICS Over Ksh 70 million up for grabs at Sunday's Valencia Marathon

Abigael Wafula 10:30 - 29.11.2023

The Valencia Marathon will look to offer more than Ksh 70 million for prize money depending on the athletes' finish times.

The Valencia Marathon will be coming up on Sunday, December 3 with more than Ksh 70 million up for grabs depending on finish times.

The athletes who finish first, and clock under 2:04:30 (men) and 2:20:00 (women) will walk away with Ksh 12,631,324.12. The athletes who finish second and third will pocket Ksh 7,578,105.52 and Ksh 5,052,070.35 respectively.

The fourth and fifth-place finishers will walk away with Ksh 3,031,187.09 and Ksh 1,683,839.73 respectively while the sixth-place finisher will pocket Ksh 1,347,080.36.

Athletes who finish eighth, ninth, and 10th will also have the honour of walking away with Ksh 841,927.52, Ksh 673,542.02, and Ksh 505,156.51. The athletes who finish 11th and 12th will walk away with Ksh 420,967.59 and Ksh 336,813.88.

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Athletes who cross the finish line first and clock in between 2:04:30-2:06:00 (men) and 2:20:00-2:22:00 (women) will pocket Ksh 8,420,576.55. Athletes who finish second, third, and fourth in this category will have the honour of pocketing Ksh 4,210,288.28, Ksh 2,526,701.16, and Ksh 1,684,467.44.

The runners who finish fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth in the category will also walk away with Ksh 1,179,127.21, Ksh 842,233.72, Ksh 673,786.98, and Ksh 505,303.49.

Athletes who cross the finish line ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th will walk away with Ksh 421,106.14, Ksh 336,884.30, Ksh 269,507.44 and Ksh 252,745.74.

The third category of prize money will be for athletes who finish over 2:06:00 (men) and 2:22:00 (women). The winners in this category will walk way with Ksh 5,895,819.38.

The athletes who finish second and third in this category will pocket Ksh 3,030,252.26 and Ksh 1,683,473.47 respectively.

The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh-place finishers will walk away with Ksh 1,178,645.70, Ksh 841,889.79, Ksh 505,133.87 and Ksh 336,755.92 respectively.

The athletes who finish eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th place finishers will pocket Ksh 303,050.02, Ksh 252,541.68, Ksh 202,033.35, Ksh 185,197.23 and Ksh 168,361.12. For athletes who break the course record, there will be an additional Ksh 5,050,144.94.

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