by maraadmin | Jan 22, 2015 | Dubai, Featured, News, Pre event
The weather forecasters have been kept busy in recent days as Dubai has been beset by evening thunderstorms at the start of this week, but a different kind of storm awaits the city in the Gulf on Friday morning: distance running fans around the world will have their...
by maraadmin | Dec 16, 2014 | Dubai, Featured, News, Pre event
Dubai will be next Stage in Kenenisa Bekele’s Marathon Quest Kenenisa Bekele’s next marathon will be in Dubai. The organisers of the Standard Chartered Dubai marathon in conjunction with Dubai Holding announced the news at a press conference in the Desert Emirate on...
by maraadmin | Jan 27, 2014 | Articles, Dubai, Ethiopia, Featured, News
After smashing the world junior record in Friday’s Standard Chartered DubaiMarathon the teenage sensation Tsegaye Mekonnen is eager to aim for more records. The 18 year-old won his debut in 2:04:32 and now intends to return to the Emirates for an attack on the world...
by maraadmin | Jan 24, 2014 | Dubai, Ethiopia, Featured, News
Debutant Tsegaye Mekonnen, wins the Dubai Marathon in World Junior record with a time of 2:04:32 Marathon novices mantained their domination in Dubai: a debutant won the Standard Chartered Dubai title for the third consecutive occasion in this IAAF Gold Label Race....
by maraadmin | Jan 22, 2014 | Dubai, Featured, News, Pre event
The 15th edition of the Dubai Marathon 2014 will feature a men’s race where two sub 2:05 runners return to the premier running event of the region A combination of the biggest pot of prize money and most pancake-flat course among the major marathons means that...
by maraadmin | Jan 25, 2013 | Dubai, Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News
It was Ethiopians all the way, as they swept their Kenyan rivals from the board in both men’s and women’s races at the 14th Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, on a foggy Friday morning in the Emirates. Lelisa Desisa, 23, only got away from his rivals in the final 200...
