70,000 run Taipei Marathon

About 70,000 participants from nearly 50 countries and regions ran the 2013 Fubon Taipei Marathon Sunday morning.

Kenyan runner Josphat Kamzee Jepkopol won the men's title in 2 hours, 14 minutes and 10 seconds, and Rebecca Kangogo Chesire, also from Kenya, claimed victory in the women's competition in 2 hours, 33 minutes and 20 seconds, reports Xinhua.

They winners claimed a reward worth $40,000.

The race started at 7 a.m. local time at the plaza in front of Taipei's city government, and it rained throughout the time it took the runners to finish.