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Malawi International Marathon Festival in Blantyre
Malawi International Marathon Festival is associated with Blantyre, Malawi's largest city and commercial capital in the southern Shire Highlands, founded by Church of Scotland missionaries in 1876. City marathons have become an increasingly common way for African cities to promote tourism and fitness, making Blantyre a plausible host, though independent confirmation of this specific event's dates, route and organisers could not be found during research.
Blantyre was founded in 1876 by Church of Scotland missionaries and named after David Livingstone's Scottish birthplace, growing over the following century and a half into Malawi's commercial and industrial capital, the country's largest city, and the hub of its southern region economy.