New Year To Kick Off In Adana

Depar Timing is set to start the year 2024 at the Adana Half Marathon. The 14th edition of the race will be held on 7 January.

Organised since 2011, Adana Liberation Half Marathon will again be the first event to host the road runners in the new year. The event includes a 10km race as well as a public run. The winners of this year’s half marathon will collect 50 thousand Turkish Liras while the 10km winners pocket 12 thousand TL each. There is also a prize purse for the master runners from 35 years of age up to over 80. Timing services in the races will be provided by Depar Timing.

African athletes who dominated the half marathon for the past 13 editions took the first place ten times in both men and women. Men’s race record is held by Kenya’s Barselius Kipyego with 1:00:46 that is standing from 2016, and the women’s record was set by his compatriot Diana Kipyokei in 2018 with a time of 1:08:42.

The entries for the 14th Adana Liberation Half Marathon will close at 18:00 Turkish time on Wednesday, 3rd of January. The registration page and detailed information on the event can be accessed on http://adanakurtulusmaratonu.adana.bel.tr.