21km Half Marathon and Wheel Chairs

Half Marathon Assembly

Uhuru Highway, between Bunyala Rd and Lusaka Rd Roundabouts, behind the full marathon assembly area, from 06:50 am

Half Marathon Start

07:15 Half Marathon field follow lead car to Start Line. Elite Runners are allowed first.
07:25 PA announcement to Half Marathon athletes. ‘5 minutes to go’
07:29 PA announcement to Half Marathon athletes. ‘1 minute to go’
07:30 Half Marathon Start (BY GUN)

Half Marathon Route

The Standard Chartered Nairobi Half Marathon follows the route indicated on the route map (JV 21/7/2011)

All turns and junctions for the Half Marathon Race are clearly signposted.

Directional signs and Distance markers for the Full Marathon are coloured BLUE

It is important to note and follow the signs that will lead runners to the right or left hand lanes of the road on approach to junctions and turning points

A	Half Marathon start. Start Line is 100 metres before Bunyala roundabout
A-P	The City loop The first section of the Half Marathon route is a tour of the City of Nairobi (the City Loop) passing through Uhuru Highway, Uhuru Park, University Way Roundabout, Kenyatta Avenue, Harambee Avenue, Haile Selassie Rd. and back past the Nyayo Stadium.
P-R	The Mombasa Road Loop The Half Marathon route continues down the Mombasa Rd (the Mombasa Road loop) to a Half Marathon turning point adjacent to the Panari Hotel/Vitafoam. From the turning point Half marathon runners return to Lusaka Rd roundabout
R-T	On completion of the Mombasa Road loop, at Lusaka Rd roundabout, half marathon athletes turn into Langata Rd on route to Nyayo Stadium.
T-U	The Half Marathon enters Nyayo Stadium through GATE 2 and circumnavigates the athletics track to finish opposite VIP dais in main stand.

Water, Medical and WC stations are sited at approximately 3 km intervals. They are clearly marked by signs placed at the station and signs placed 200m before the station

Note:

Wheelchairs: Wheelchairs follow the Half Marathon Route as described

Half Marathon Finish

The top 10 male and female runners will enter the Finish Funnel to have their positions confirmed. These athletes will be given a place number (with Lanyard to be worn round the neck) indicating their finishing position. Any of the top 10 may be pulled aside for ‘dope' testing.

All athletes outside the top 10 can by-pass the finish funnel and proceed directly to the exit of the stadium – to the water station and medal issue.

NOTES:

PLEASE DO NOT HANG AROUND THE FINISH AND CAUSE CONGESTION IN THE FINISH FUNNEL.
Finish times for all athletes are recorded automatically by the timing chip as each runner crosses the finish mat