The second leg of the South American 10k Run has picked up steam to become one of the premier road race attractions on the continent and a flagship activity on the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) calendar.
The road race is a fantastic platform for local and foreign athletes to gather some momentum in the last quarter of the year ahead of the new season.
In the first leg last Sunday on the streets of Paramaribo, Suriname, the Guyanese trio of Cleveland Forde, Winston Missigher and Cleveland Thomas swept the podium.
Forde, Missigher and Thomas finished 1,2,3, two seconds apart in that order to complete a clean sweep for the Golden Arrowhead.
Forde stopped the clock in 33m:52s. Missigher who upset Forde in the Courts 10k earlier this month ended the event a second later while Thomas filled out the podium in 33m:54s.
The trio will be looking for similar fortunes against the cream of the road runners from South America and the Caribbean when the second leg is staged here on Sunday.
Sunday’s race will start on CARIFESTA Avenue from 16:00 hrs at the
GTT Earth Station. From there, the athletes will proceed onto the Rupert Craig High, make a U-turn at the University of Guyana junction, and will then head onto the Kitty Public Road, into Vlissengen Road, onto Thomas Lands and into the National Park for the finish.
The third and final leg will be staged in Panama next Sunday. (Emmerson Campbell)
