{"id":62113,"date":"2025-03-04T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62113"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:11:01","slug":"abuja-run-clubs-slam-ecowas-half-marathon-over-poor-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/04\/abuja-run-clubs-slam-ecowas-half-marathon-over-poor-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja Run Clubs Slam ECOWAS Half Marathon Over Poor Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Run clubs in Abuja have strongly condemned the recently held ECOWAS Anniversary Half Marathon, citing poor organization, neglect of local runners, and unfulfilled promises.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from various running groups decried the event\u2019s lack of proper hydration, inadequate safety measures, and a late start, which forced participants to race under intense heat.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the frustration, finishers&#8217; medals promised by organizers were not issued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event failed local runners in every way,\u201d a representative stated. \u201cIf organizers want credibility, they must engage with the running community and deliver a well-planned race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clubs have called on the event organizers to take full responsibility and ensure better planning, communication, and support for participants in future editions.<\/p>\n<p>Below is their statement:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62116\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250304-WA0030-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250304-WA0030-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250304-WA0030-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250304-WA0030.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Run clubs in Abuja have strongly condemned the recently held ECOWAS Anniversary Half Marathon, citing poor organization, neglect of local runners, and unfulfilled promises. Representatives from various running groups decried the event\u2019s lack of proper hydration, inadequate safety measures, and a late start, which forced participants to race under intense heat. Adding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62118,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62113\/revisions\/62118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}