Registration For The 2022 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon To commence On The 1st of November 2021

Organizers of the 2022 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon have confirmed that the registration process will commence on Monday, 1st of November, 2021. Interested participants in the February 12th, 2022 race will have the chance to register online or pick up forms at the Marathon Office inside the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.

The forms for the 2022 race will also be made available in selected Access Bank branches. According to a press statement issued by Olukayode Thomas, Head of Communication and Media for the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, unlike the last edition which was restricted to only elite runners, the 2022 race will be open for all; including fun runners in the 10km category.

Thomas explained that across the world, road races have since returned to full capacity after the initial reduction in the number of participants and outright cancellations occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. According to Thomas, “With the return of the 10km fun run, we should be having close to 80,000-100,000 participants at the seventh edition of our yearly race”.

The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has returned to full capacity

Already seen as the biggest one-day event on the continent, the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon is set to become the first marathon in Nigeria to organize the 7th edition.  The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon is also the first race to win a World Athletics Bronze Label in Africa after two editions and the first in the world to win the prestigious Silver Label after four editions.

In terms of prize money, the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon ranks among the top 10 in the world and in terms of the number of participants, the Lagos race is proudly among the top five in the world.

Written by BoomRadioNG