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Lagos Kids Mini Marathon: Participants encouraged to embrace active lifestyle

Posted : 27 November 2023

The organizers of the fifth edition of the Lagos Kids Mini Marathon on Sunday stated that the aim of the marathon was to promote sports development through school-based competition.

The Lagos Kids Mini Marathon, an initiative of St. Saviour’s School Ikoyi Endowment Fund, was organized by Road Warriors Running Club in collaboration with Banana Island Residents Association, supported by the Lagos State Sports Commission.

With the theme "Active Kids Rock," Nigeria’s first and only kids-focused Mini Marathon encourages and inspires children between the ages of 5 to 15 to embrace a healthy lifestyle.

Over 1,000 children from different schools across the state participated in the Mini Marathon, which was divided into three categories: 1.5 Kilometres for 5-8 years, 3 Kilometres for 9-12 years, and 5Km for 13-15 years, as well as the 1Km Walkathon for younger kids along with their parents.

Children from diverse backgrounds participated in the race. Through their participation in the event, the kids had fun competing with their contemporaries while bonding and making new friends along the way.

Chairperson of the Lagos Kids Mini Marathon, Enitan Rewane, lauded the support of stakeholders toward the success of the event while assuring that the race will be bigger and better next year with more kids participating.

The representative of the Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Deputy Director, Schools Sports, Oluyomi Oluwasanmi, commended the organizers of the Mini Marathon for giving indigent kids the opportunity to take part in the race.

He stated that participants were drawn from public schools in some of the education districts and were supported by the commission to experience the event.

Winners in all three categories were presented with trophies and cash rewards, and all participants received medals for participating in the mini marathon.

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