Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, 7 December 2023: Held beneath the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, the seventeenth Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon will happen on Saturday, February 24, 2024, with the annual occasion that includes a brand new route on Al Marjan Island in addition to staging its first ever 10km Street Race.
Hosted by the Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Growth Authority (RAKTDA), the RAK Half Marathon will characteristic most of the world’s elite long-distance athletes within the marquee 21.1km race, with 1000’s of runners becoming a member of them both within the related 10km or 2km runs. It will likely be the primary time the RAK Half Marathon has supplied a 10km race, a distance usually thought-about to be the right stepping stone for these wishing to organize for a transfer as much as the half marathon itself.
The race may also characteristic a brand new route that sees the beginning and end stay on Al Marjan Island. For 2024, all three races might be on the roads of the emirate’s premiere vacation spot, a novel cluster of 4 coral-shaped islands in a man-made archipelago.
Raki Phillips, Chief Govt Officer Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Growth Authority, stated: “We’re very excited to announce the brand new date for the enduring RAK Half Marathon. Since its launch 17 years in the past, the occasion has created its personal standing on the worldwide working stage, directing the sporting highlight on Ras Al Khaimah and attracting spectators and opponents of all skills. The yearly race continues to provide world-class champions whereas bringing the native and worldwide group collectively.”
Benard Koech takes RAK, photograph by RAK
The RAK Half Marathon is already attracting the eye of world-class athletes keen to check themselves in preferrred racing circumstances as they put together for the London Marathon and the Paris Olympics. Earlier this yr, there was a Kenyan double win within the sixteenth Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, with Bernard Koech incomes the boys’s elite title and Hellen Obiri the ladies’s occasion in 58:45 and 1:05:05, respectively.
“We’re honored to have been entrusted with organizing the RAK Half Marathon, one of the crucial outstanding sporting and social occasions within the UAE,” stated Peter Connerton, Managing Director of Tempo Occasions and Race Director of the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.
“By introducing a 10km Street Race to the schedule in addition to the choice for workforce competitors via the Company Problem, we goal to make race day greater and higher than ever, whereas on the similar time guaranteeing that the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon continues to draw the world’s finest distance runners.”
Registration for the annual three-race occasion is now open; please go to rakcalendar.ae
The Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Growth Authority (RAKTDA) was established in Could 2011 beneath the federal government of Ras Al Khaimah. RAKTDA goals to develop the Emirate’s tourism infrastructure and set up Ras Al Khaimah as a world-class vacation spot for leisure and enterprise journey, creating sustainable funding alternatives and enhancing the standard of life for its residents. With the intention to obtain its targets, the Authority has a authorities mandate to license, regulate and monitor the Emirate’s tourism and hospitality trade.
