Borobudur Marathon 2022: Some 47 national elite runners participating in BorMar, read all details

The Indonesia Athletics Federation suggested 47 national elite runners for the Borobudur Marathon( BorMar), 2022, and all registered for the prestigious event.

Before starting the BorMar2022 race scheduled to take place on November 12-13 in Lumbini Park, Borobudur Temple area, a prediction was made that the number of national runners in this race would increase, as explained by Lukminto Wibowo on Sunday, a BorMar Committee Staff.

Top names among the national elite runners:

Odekta Elvina Naibaho and Betmen Manurung are the two names among the elite runners.

Naibaho was the 2021 BorMar event’s women’s champion from Dairi District, North Sumatra.

She also won the gold medal for Indonesia at the Vietnam SEA Games, which were held in May 2022.

Wibowo also said that this year's "Borobudur Marathon is still competitive" because of the participation of national elite runners such as Naiboho and Manurung.

Innovations introduced by the committee to keep BorMar attractive:

Moreover, to keep this annual marathon attractive, the committee has introduced some innovations while organizing the BorMar 2022.

For that, the committee will be holding a "Friendship Run" campaign in four cities, Jakarta, Makassar, Semarang, and Medan. At the same time, it's trying to locate and develop new and young potential marathon runners in Indonesia by preparing the young talent agenda.

Regarding the young talent agenda, Wibowo said that the participants are "under 20 years old" for a 10km race. And that the purpose of BorMar is also to find "new national athletes" besides aiming for achievements.

Wibowo further added that the young talent races and BorMar would be held on November 13 and 13. There will be five thousand participants in the half marathon.

Initially, targeted 10 thousand participants for the race. However, the organizers randomly selected the participants to cap the runners to five thousand as a preventive measure to stop COVID-19 transmission.

FAQ:

How far is a half marathon exactly?
It's 21.0975km, to be exact.

When BorMar started?
Since 2012