The 2013 Trinidad and Tobago International Marathon will revert to a January running as organisers prepare to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the event that first ran off in 1983.
The Marathon committee has made the decision, it announced last week, to attract more international talent by cashing in on pre-Carnival activities.
The announcement has been made early, the committee said via media release, to facilitate local runners in their preparation. The last male T&T runner to win the event was Michael Alexander in the 1990s.
The T&T Marathon has been dominated by Kenyans in recent years. In March, Philomen Kipchilat took gold in humid morning conditions, running from St Mary's Junction in Freeport to the Queen's Park Savannah finish opposite Whitehall in two hours, 28.46 seconds.
Nigeria-born Mary Akor, based in the US, has dominated the event in the last four years, and won the last edition in 2:54.25.
Source: www.trinidadexpress.com