Thousands are expected in Derry tomorrow to cheer on competitors in the annual Wall City Marathon.
One thousand five hundred runners will set off at 8.30am from the Everglades Hotel in the Waterside with the winner expected at the finish line in Guildhall Square at around 10.50am.
In response to the warm weather Derry has been experiencing, race organisers have added extra water stations and plan to have water sprinklers along the 26.2 mile route.
With winner of the last two years, Freddie Sittuk (pictured), not competing, his fellow Kenyans, Dan Tanui and Eric Koech, are the favourites to win the men’s race.
2008 Olympian Pauline Curley, from Tullamore, is tipped to defend her title which she won in a record time of 2:47:29 last year.
After leaving the Everglades, the race will take in Newbuildings, Craigavon Bridge (lower deck), Foyle Road, Letterkenny Road, “The Line,” John Street, Craigavon Bridge (top deck), Limavady Road, Waterside Greenway, Peace Peace, Queen’s Queen, Bay Road, Strand Road, Little James Street, Rossville Street, Fahan Street, Carlisle Road, John Street, Foyle Expressway, Strand Road, Waterloo Place and, finally, Guildhall Square.
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