By Adeyemi Robinson-Adefioye Lagos
The Chairman of the Road Warriors 10 kilometres Marathon Race, Femi Sholebo says the 2021 edition of the race was full of excitement.
Mr Sholebo in an exclusive interviewtold www.sunrisetimes.com.ng that it is an opportunity for the Road Warriors to bring out families to get use to health wellness through sports adding that this is an opportunity to inspire Banana Island Community and its environs.
His words: “The Road family fun race 5 to 10 kilometres marathon is essentially for an opportunity for the Road Warriors to bring parents, children and love ones out to get familiar with wellness, walking and running, getting used to it at their early age.
” We are a club celebrating it 10 years of existing, which we will be doing two to three times a year. One would be inside Banana Island every year while the two others would be taken to other part of Lagos and get more people involved.
“We have different kind of people flying down to the country to participate in the Marathon 10 and 5 Kilometers Race, we also we have the professionals who run to earn their means of livelihood but at the end of the day we are trying to appeal to everyday people to get up to run, whether it is 1 kilometer they can run and move on to two Kilometers and so on and so forth.
We are trying to get more people to use to the idea of walking and keeping fit” Sholebo said.
Meanwhile the winner of women 5 kilometers race Jessica Aletor said the Road Warriors Race was really good and the organization was really on point, adding that she came to the Race to have fun and never expected to win the 5 kilometers.
Aletor hinted www.sunrisetimes.com.ng that she just returned to Nigeria from a full Marathon in Istanbul, Turkey where she took part pointing out that the Banana Island Road Warriors Marathon Race was her first since 7th of November 2021.
In her words: “I did a 5 kilometers, it was really good and the organization is on point. I came here to have fun and I did not know that I am going to come first, I just came back from a race in Instanbul, Turkey where I did the Marathon, today is like my first race since November 7th, it was actually a good run to come back into.
“I have been running for about 3 years now to keep myself fit and it helps me mentally, running is one of the things that give me joy, I look out for races in Nigeria and outside the country to go for., It is one of those things I do for fun” Aletor emphasised.
The winner in 10 kilometres men and women went home with 150 thousand naira, the second position carted home with 100 thousand naira while the third position in both categories got 75 thousand naira each.
