Some runners complained that the few marshals along the route contributed to the mix-up. The runners say they were given wrong directions by some police officers manning the routes. In the women’s 10km run, Rudo Mnoderwa, Gaone Bathoeng and Mema Tiango complained that they ended up running 11km, after they were sent in the wrong direction. They said they were about to give up due to the confusion along the routes. “There were not enough marshals along the routes to direct us. We asked assistance from the police officers, unfortunately most of them did not know the proper routes hence they confused us. We ended up running an extra kilometre than we were supposed to,” Tiango said.
The same confusion happened in the 42km for both the men and women’s races. In the men’s side, Ntoko Kelepile lost the route due to poor directions. Others were confused along the way but managed to get back on track, while on the women’s side, there was no runner-up due to the route confusion. Zimbabwean runner, Tabitha Tsatsa was disqualified after the organisers felt she had used the wrong route. Tsatsa said she was given wrong directions by police officers manning the route.
