THE 40th edition of the Waterside Half Marathon takes place on Sunday September 3. Gerry Lynch and Denis McGowan were also part of that original committee and admit that hosting the first Waterside Half Marathon was a ‘shot in the dark’. From those humble beginnings, the Waterside Half Marathon is still going strong 40 years later, attracting ten times that number each year. “Our slogan in the early years was that it was a race ‘by runners for runners’ and we always tried to offer a runnable course,” Gerry continued. The 2023 edition of the Waterside Half Marathon on Sunday September 3rd at 9.30am and will feature a running, wheelchair and three person relay section.

Source: Ethiopian News May 22, 2023 10:52 UTC