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Courts 10km Road Classic on today…Forde races against the clock
The two outcomes of today’s Courts 10km Road Race Classic are easy to deduce; it’s one of two things; Cleveland Forde
Cleveland Forde
will confirm his status as perhaps Guyana’s best distance athlete ever, or Nathaniel Giddings and Cleveland Thomas will trump up ace performances.
The latter outcome seems unlikely in the male race. Among the women, we can expect the battle to be among United States-based Euleen Josiah-Tanner and Alika Morgan. Josiah-Tanner has an advantage already after beating Morgan in Guyana a few weeks ago.
Either which way, today makes for interesting rivalries with revenge at the back of the minds of both Giddings and Thomas. Giddings will continue running the way he knows best, ‘barefooted’ and out in front, which makes him the man to catch in the race.
Forde, who is renowned in the Caribbean, has to begin at some time looking for a sub-30 minute time since his only competitor in road races recently is the clock. Today’s race, with Thomas and Giddings chasing Forde in the latter stages, should be a personal test for Forde.
The prizes for the male and female senior category include $100,000 for the winner; $75,000 for second place; $50,000 for third; $30,000 for fourth and $20,000 for fifth place. The prizes in the Masters category (Women 35 years and over and Men 40-54) are $60,000, $40,000 and $25,000 respectively.
A total of $200,000 in vouchers and hampers will be handed out to the Juniors, male and female, with the top prizes being $60,000; second gets $40,000; third $30,000; fourth $20,000, and fifth $10,000. The Masters Men (55 and above) will get a $15,000 hamper each.
The race will start in front of Courts’ Main Street Office, proceed north to the Seawall Road, east along the Seawall Road and continue east along Rupert Craig Highway’s northern carriageway to turn at Church Road on the Rupert Craig Highway.
It will then proceed on the Rupert Craig Highway’s southern carriageway into Kitty Public Road; south on Vlissingen Road; west on Lamaha Street, south on the eastern carriageway into Main Street, before turning around at the Cenotaph to finish on the western carriageway of Main Street in front of Courts.
The 3km ‘Health Run’ will start outside of Courts on Main Street, proceed north to the Seawall, continue along the Seawall, turn right on to Camp Street, continue to Lamaha Street, turn left on Lamaha Street, proceed west to Main Street, turn left onto Main Street.
The race will continue in the southern direction to the Bank of Guyana before turning right onto Main Street (western side) and finishing at Courts.
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