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UMJAHO weEconet Marathon ukhona njalo kulumnyaka nanko phela abaqoqi bawo babika ukuba sebeqalisile ukwamukela labo abalesifiso sokugijima umango ongamakhilomitha alitshumi lane edolobheni leFolosi ngoNtulikazi.
Umjaho weEconet Victoria Falls Marathon wasungulwa yinkampani le ibambene lenhlanganiso yeNational Athletics Association of Zimbabwe.
Umjaho lo ubalelwa phakathi kwaleyo engaphansi kweAssociation of International Marathon and Distant Races — inhlanganiso eqhuba imincintiswano yokugijima umhlaba wonke.
Kumbiko othunyelwe iphephandaba likazulu, kubikwa njengeminyaka yonke, abagijimi bazasukela eLala Lodge besiyaqeda umjaho esikolo seVictoria Falls Primary.
“Umjaho walonyaka uzaqhutshwa mhlaka 3 Ntulikazi. Umango omkhulu owe42,2 km, lowe-21,2 kanye le7,5km zilandela ndlela nye. Kuzagijinywa kusukela egedini leLala Lodge, kudlulwe ebholohweni leFolosi njalo.
“Abagijimi bazathi ukusondelela kumgcele weZimbabwe leZambia bazibonele mathupha ubuhle bemvelo kulindawo andubana bayecina ukugijima esikolo seVictoria Falls Primary.”
Abaqoqi bomncintiswano lo baveze ukuthi umvuzo wokuqala kumjaho we42,2 km uzabiza imali engange $900.
Umgijimi olandelayo uzathola i$750 kuthi owesithathu uzaphiwa i$600.
Kumjaho we-21,2 km, kuzwakale ukuba ozanqoba uzathola i$500, owesibili i$350 kuthi lo ozaqeda engowesithathu uzathola i$300.
Omunye wabagijimi bodumo kuleli uNkosiyazi Sibanda ubike ukuba uselungiselele ukuthi ayezama ukuphutsha umjaho lo ephambili.
USibanda nguye oseke waba yintshantshu yalumjaho ngokuqeda ukugijima umango wamakhilomitha angu-42 ngemva kwamahola amabili nje (2.19. 11 sec). Lonyaka ubhekane lokwenza okufanayo.
“Ngilungiselele ngaphelela. Imijaho enjengale iqakathekile kithi abagijimi. Ngilethemba lokuthi ngizaqhuba kuhle, ngenelise ukuthi nginqobe abanye,” nguSibanda lo.
Lumncintiswano unikeza abagijimi basekhaya amathuba amanengi ngoba abagijimi laba balakho ukuncintisana lezinye ingcitshi ezilesiqubu ezivela emazweni afana leCanada kanye lamanye aphetsheya.
“Lonyaka kuzabe kulomunye umncintiswano njalo owe-Econet Half Marathon Corporate Challenge. Lapha-ke kuzancintisa abamankampani ehlukileyo ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano. Abazanqoba -ke emncintiswaneni lo bazazitholela inkezo,” kutsho uFambarega.
Umncintiswano weEconet Victoria Falls Marathon wandise ukuba lebizabiza sibili ngoba abagijimi abangedlula 600 babaphatheke emncintiswaneni lo.
Amazwe ehlukeneyo abalisela iZimbabwe, Canada, Spain, Sweden, USA, New Zealand, Japan kanye leEthopia kawaswelakali emncintiswaneni lo.
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