{"id":15629,"date":"2023-11-10T10:02:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T10:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/?p=15629"},"modified":"2023-11-10T10:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T10:27:37","slug":"the-inaugural-lake-olbolossat-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/?p=15629","title":{"rendered":"The inaugural lake Olbolossat Half Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15629\" class=\"elementor elementor-15629\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-793bca1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"793bca1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f1ba33\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-Olbolossat-Half-Marathon-2.jpg\" alt=\"lake Olbolossat Half Marathon 2\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-Olbolossat-Half-Marathon-4.jpg\" alt=\"lake Olbolossat Half Marathon 4\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-Olbolossat-Half-Marathon-5.jpg\" alt=\"lake Olbolossat Half Marathon 5\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-Olbolossat-Half-Marathon-6.jpg\" alt=\"lake Olbolossat Half Marathon 6\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 5\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-Olbolossat-Half-Marathon.jpg\" alt=\"lake Olbolossat Half Marathon\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e089ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e089ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The inaugural lake Olbolossat Half Marathon, slated to take place one month from now &#8211; 26\/11\/2023, will be an annual event to help reclaim, preserve and sustain the unique and only highland waterbody in the region, His Excellency Governor (Dr.) Moses Kiarie Badilisha has announced.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Kickstarting the countdown to the marathon, flanked by the race ambassador, former world champion and marathoner Catherine Ndereba, Governor Badilisha said that this \u201cwill be a rallying point and a race against time to reclaim one of the most critical lakes &#8211; a home to hundreds of bird species from across the world, a haven for hippopotamuses, and a source of water to four downstream counties.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">That is why we have to walk the talk, literary, to save this jewel.\u201d<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Some of the other developments earmarked to promote the lake as a tourism attraction and a sustainable ecological venture include a running track along its shoreline, eco-friendly investments in areas of hospitality and conservation, regulation of upstream activities as well as exploitation of available bio deposits.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The marathon will start at the equator &#8211; latitude 0, under the theme \u201cRunning to promote sports tourism and conservation\u201d, and will end at the lake, which is categorized as Key Biodiversity Area as well as the 61st Important Bird Area (IBA) in Kenya.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Present were the deputy Governor H.E Mathara Mwangi, CECMs Hon. Agnes Njuji, Hon. Catherine Gitau, area MCA Hon. Dan Githinji, and a host of other officers from the county government and Athletics Kenya.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64edeaf\" data-id=\"64edeaf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural lake Olbolossat Half Marathon, slated to take place one month from now &#8211; 26\/11\/2023, will be an annual event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15629"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15930,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15629\/revisions\/15930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyandarua.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}