High Altitude Athletics Club gears up for ECOWAS Marathon

Nigeria elite marathon runners from Jos-based High Altitude Athletics Club say that winning the top ten positions at the ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon is top on their priority lists in 2025.

Speaking to the media shortly before the Christmas break, Director of High Altitude Athletics Club in Nigeria, Steve Nuhu revealed that the runners have all agreed to prioritize the ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon.

According to him, their decision is based on the lucrativeness of the race, especially the 21 km as well as prompt payment of prize money. Steve Nuhu the

“We all left Pankshin where we normally train a few days ago to spend Christmas and New Year with our families. By special grace of God, we will regroup the first week of the new year, and our focus for the new year is the ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon.

“We arrive at this conclusion because we have a very good chance of winning about eight of the top ten positions in the ECOWAS race because it is a half marathon. For example, if our club produces the winners of the men’s and women’s races that is $10,000.00 each which comes to about N40 million in today’s exchange rate we can’t get that kind of money elsewhere.

“Even if we place fourth or fifth in the ECOWAS Marathon, it is more rewarding financially than what we will get when we win a full marathon elsewhere. We are grateful to ECOWAS because their race is empowering us and lifting us out of poverty.’’

Nuhu also praised the organiser for the prompt payment of prize money as well as the professionalism behind the race,

“We also thank the management of ECOWAS Marathon for paying our prize money immediately after the race, we have never experienced a delay in the payment of prize money, it is always a great