Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- Elite athletes, sports enthusiasts, tourists numbering over 30,000 are expected to grace the the 10th edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Saturday, February 15.

Speaking at the world press conference for the Marathon which was held at the Access Bank Headquarters in Lagos on Friday, the General Manager of the marathon, Yusuf Ali disclosed that 37,000 participants as at Friday have picked up their running bibs.

"We need to be clear in terms of numbers. 60,000 people registered to participate in the marathon across all the categories, and as I am speaking to you 37,000 people have picked up their running bibs and it doesn't even mean that all those who collected the bibs will run tomorrow" he said.

Ali s...