Marathon effort for charity By NOOR TOORANI , Posted on » Saturday, December 10, 2011 www.gulf-daily-news.com MORE THAN 2,000 athletes raced to raise funds for local charities yesterday during one of Bahrain's biggest annual sporting events. The Media Authority Affairs team were the overall champions yesterday in the 31st annual Bahrain Roundtable Marathon Relay. The event is expected to raise over BD15,000, organisers predicted at the end of the event. Runners started and finished the relay at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), Sakhir, in support of local charities. Bahrain Athletics Association (BAA) chairman Shaikh Talal bin Mohammed Al Khalifa ran the first leg. A total of 141 teams ran the 48km race in 16 legs of approximately 3km. Participants were divided into schools and colleges, under-18s, mixed, men and women's teams, information technology and communications, hotels and restaurants, financial institutions, sports and social clubs, airli