By Adolf Kaure.
Jesaya Matheus received the 2025 Rössing Marathon 42km males’s race, whereas Alina Armas received the ladies’s race at Swakopmund on Saturday.
Organised in partnership with Swakop Striders, the thirty fourth version of the occasion witnessed a file variety of 2037 athletes racing at Swakopmund together with 62,000 participating nearly in China.
Matheus received the lads’s race clocking 02:15:53 whereas Armas crossed the end line in a time of 02:45:32.
Matheus stated that successful the marathon gave him hope of someday representing Namibia at a significant worldwide competitors in future.
“My dream is to represent my country at international competitions like the Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games,” stated Matheus.
He stated that he approached the race with particular ways to beat a race route which he described as robust.
“The course was tough because I wanted to run a time of below 2 hours and 15 minutes at least.”
“My training partner helped to set the pace for me on the road and then after 30km I decided to run my own race,” he stated.
Matheus was adopted by second-placed Tangeni Sakaria (02:16:30) and Enoch Haufiku (02:19:31) who completed third.
Armas received the ladies’s occasion for the tenth consecutive time, in a time of 02:45:32.
“I am happy to win. It is the tenth time for me to win this marathon,” she stated.
Armas stated that she used the occasion as preparation for upcoming worldwide occasions and inspired younger and aspiring runners to coach nicely.
“We always train hard and I want to tell young ones that they must train hard going forward,” stated Armas.
Beata Naigambo (03:03:23) and Risa Dreyer (03:23:06) completed second and third respectively.
The winners of the 42km occasions each walked away with N$20,000 prize monies and an added bonus to the worth of N$20,000 every.
The Chief Executive of Rössing Uranium, Johan Coetzee congratulated all of the individuals and winners, saying that the extra bonus was to help the athletes with their improvement.
“I am excited to congratulate all the winners and all those who have taken part in this year’s marathon.”
“These funds assist our winners to develop their sport careers as Rössing Marathon champions over the remainder of the season.”
“We hope that this support will go some way in helping to develop Namibia’s sport stars in being competitive on the world stage and bring international glory to Namibia,” stated Coetzee.
The Rössing Marathon Championship, which was held below the theme: “ran their own race”, additionally included the 21km Frank Slabbert half marathon, the 10km enjoyable run and the 5km enjoyable stroll.
Coetzee highlighted how the occasion’s entry charges might be used to learn the neighborhood.
“Rössing does not seek commercial benefits through its social investment; instead, at the heart of our approach is a commitment to do the right thing.”
“We operate under the premise that doing the right thing for the community complements doing the right thing for the business and for our shareholders.”
“The Rössing Marathon is one of our key annual social investment initiatives, and all the entry fees collected for the 5km Fun Walk, goes directly to the Cancer Association of Namibia in the fight against cancer.”
“The entry fees of the 10km Run, together with the Marathon and Half-Marathon, are donated to the Swakop Striders Athletics Club, in support of the development of local and especially less-privileged athletes.”
Alina Armas (left) received the ladies’s class within the Rössing Marathon for the tenth consecutive time. Jesaya Matheus, the lads’s winner, needs to signify Namibia in worldwide occasions. (Photograph by Adolf Kaure)
