Kathmandu, April 7 -- Preparations for the 14th edition of the Kantipur Half-Marathon are complete, the organisers informed on Monday.

Kantipur Half-Marathon is an annual event organised by the Kantipur Media Group. The 14th edition is taking place on April 18.

"The 14th edition is going to have something new," RK Bista, the marathon's race coach, said in a press conference organised in Kathmandu on Monday. "We will be using chip timing for the first time in this marathon."

Chip timing allows the technical staff to clock the exact time a runner took to complete the race. A chip is attached to either a runner's bib or shoe to record the timing.

However, the facility of chip timing is only for the main event: the 21.1-kilometre half-mar...