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MakRun 2019: 5Km and 10Km Route Maps Released

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#MakRun2019 Updates

As we gear up for the Third Edition of MakRun, the Organising Committee has released route maps for the 5Km and 10Km distances of #MakRun2019.

5Km Route (Numbers correspond to points on Map)

  • Runners proceed from Flag Off at Freedom Square to Main Gate (1)
  • Turn Left at Makerere Hill Road, proceed to Wandegeya Traffic Intersection (2)
  • Turn Right to Bombo Road (3), past Wandegeya Police Station, then turn Left at YMCA (4)
  • Proceed up Wandegeya Road, Turn Left onto Buganda Road (5)
  • Cross Nakasero Hill Road (6) and take Lourdel Road past Ministry of Health
  • At Italian Embassy, turn Left and slope to join Yusuf Lule Road (7)
  • Turn Left at Yusuf Lule Road (8), proceed to Mulago Roundabout
  • Connect to Binaisa Road (9) and proceed past next Roundabout (10) to Kubiri Roundabout
  • Turn Left onto Bombo Road (11) and at Shell, turn Right onto Muganzi Awongererwa Road (12)
  • Proceed uphill past Rugby Grounds, Boda Boda stage (13), onto Campus and turn Left at Africa Hall Warden’s Residence (14)
  • At Northcote Road, turn Right (15) and proceed past Nsibirwa Hall to the Roundabout
  • Continue uphill past CTF2, Main Library up to JICA Roundabout (16)
  • Turn left onto University Road and proceed past Main Building to Freedom Square
  • End of 5Km Route (17)

#MakRun2019 5Km Route Map

10Km Route (Numbers correspond to points on Map)

  • Runners proceed from Flag Off at Freedom Square to Main Gate (1)
  • Turn Left at Makerere Hill Road, proceed to Wandegeya Traffic Intersection (2)
  • Turn Right to Bombo Road (3), past Wandegeya Police Station, then turn Left at YMCA (4)
  • Proceed up Wandegeya Road, Turn Left onto Buganda Road (5)
  • Cross Nakasero Hill Road (6) and take Lourdel Road past Ministry of Health
  • Connect to Muwafu Road (7) and at next intersection, turn Left onto Kyadondo Road (8)
  • At next intersection, turn Left onto Kafu road (9) and continue past DFCU Towers
  • Take the next Right onto MacKinnon road (10), proceed to next intersection
  • Turn Left onto Sezibwa Road (11) and at the Embassy of South Sudan, turn Right onto Kagera Road (12)
  • At the intersection, turn Left onto Shimoni Road (13) and at Tanzanian High Commission, turn Right onto Clement Hill Road (14)
  • Continue along Clement Hill Road, cross Corydon Road (15), proceed past Office the Prime Minister and Uganda Media Center
  • At the intersection, turn Left onto Nile Avenue (16) and proceed to Garden City Roundabout
  • Turn Right onto Access Road (17), proceed past Oasis Mall, Centenary Park to Jinja Road
  • Turn Left onto Jinja Road (18) and at Airtel Roundabout, turn Left onto Wampewo Avenue (19)
  • Proceed uphill past Hotel Africana, Housing Finance Bank, Kololo Independence Grounds
  • At Kololo Traffic Intersection (20), connect to York Terrace, proceed past Makerere University Residences
  • At last intersection, turn Right onto Princess Charles Drive (21) and proceed past North Korean Embassy and Chinese Embassy (22)
  • At Lohana Academy, turn Left onto Sturrock Road (23), proceed downhill to Kisementi/Acacia Mall
  • At last intersection, turn Right briefly onto Acacia Avenue at City Oil (24) and then Left onto Kiira Road (25)
  • Proceed along Kiira Road to Mulago Roundabout (26) and turn Right onto Binaisa Road
  • Follow Binaisa Road until the First Round about before Kubiri Roundabout opposite Dwaliro Road (27)
  • Turn Left onto the Katanga Pedestrian Path (Murrum road) to Bombo Road
  • Turn Right onto Bombo Road (28) and Left into the Eastern Gate (29)
  • Proceed uphill past Estates & Works Department to the Roundabout/Makerere Police Post (30)
  • Turn Right onto Northcote Road, proceed past Nsibirwa Hall and Nkrumah Hall to the Roundabout (31)
  • Continue uphill past CTF2, Main Library up to JICA Roundabout
  • Turn left onto University Road (32) and proceed past Main Building to Freedom Square
  • End of 10Km Route (33)

#MakRun2019 10Km Route Map

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