This year's edi­tion of the T&T In­ter­na­tion­al Marathon and Half Marathon, which runs off on Jan­u­ary 25, will be ded­i­cat­ed to the late at­tor­ney Dana See­ta­hal who was a par­tic­i­pant in many of the UWI marathons.

The T&T Marathon Com­mit­tee (TTMC) hopes that See­ta­hal's run­ning lega­cy will live on through the many women who choose to run the marathon.

The com­mit­tee is look­ing for­ward to the ex­cite­ment of race day, with Mex­i­can based Kenyans Leah Ki­gen and Hillary Kipchirchir Ka­maiyo re­turn­ing to de­fend their women's and men's crowns re­spec­tive­ly.

TT $200,000 in prizes will be award­ed in this year's event and the com­mit­tee is invit­ing cor­po­rate T&T to part­ner with the TTMC to en­sure a suc­cess­ful event.

The T&T In­ter­na­tion­al Marathon will start at 5 am from St Mary's Junc­tion, Freeport and fin­ish out­side White­hall, Queen's Park West, Port-of-Spain. How­ev­er, walk­ers and slow­er run­ners will start at 3.30 am. The Half Marathon will start at 5.45 am at ETech Park, Ca­roni and will al­so fin­ish out­side White­hall.

The T&T Marathon Com­mit­tee has ac­quired the ser­vices of ac­tive.com to fa­cil­i­tate on­line reg­is­tra­tion for the event. To reg­is­ter for the race in­ter­est­ed per­sons can go to http://ttmarathon.com and check the on­line reg­is­tra­tion tab. Of­fline reg­is­tra­tion will be held at the T&T Olympic Com­mit­tee (TTOC) of­fice on Aber­crom­by Street, Port-of-Spain, from Mon­day. Race bibs will be dis­trib­uted dur­ing the week pri­or to race day at the TTOC of­fice.

The T&T Marathon Com­mit­tee is hap­py to part­ner with the TTOC to re­alise its dream of ten gold medals by the 2024 Olympics. Pres­i­dent of the TTOC Bri­an Lewis will walk in the marathon to launch the Ath­lete Wel­fare and Prepa­ra­tion Fund, with the aim of rais­ing TT$500,000 to help fund T&T ath­letes to­wards the Rio 2016 Olympics.

For race in­for­ma­tion vis­it http://ttmarathon.com or con­tact Di­ane Hen­der­son at 757-7772.