Engineer Seyi Makinde, Oyo state governor successfully completed the Houston Half Marathon in 2 minutes 53 secs despite freezing temperatures of 1°C.
Makinde shared photos of him on his X (formerly Twitter) account, on Sunday night.
“Glad to have completed the Houston Half Marathon in 2 hours 53 minutes today.
“Though conditions were tough with freezing temperatures at 1 degree Celsius, I finished faster than the Berkeley Half Marathon which I ran about two years ago.
“I also took part in a 5k fun run yesterday, which I completed in 38 minutes.”
