2018 RAK Half Marathon, from a fast course to food trucks, to a goodies bag

Karoki, Choge, Yego, 2017 RAK half marathon, photo by Victor Sailer/PhotoRun.net

Updated February 4, 2018

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If you want to reach out to our sport, Instagram is key. The folks at @RAKmarathon, @RAKhalf have a sense of humor and they are posting some fun behind the scenes benefits for the field. Among them, COSTA coffee truck! We love it. The idea of getting an iced Americano in a paper cup in Ras El Khamieh will be a blast!

Whether you’re a ‘solo espresso’ or a ‘Double Chocolate Cookie Mocha Frostino’, Costa Coffee will perk you up from 5am Race Day and revive you after you finish. Visit the Costa Coffee truck in the Race Village. Menu items AED 5-25 #rakhalf #CostaCoffeeUAE
A post shared by RAK Half Marathon (@rakmarathon) on Jan 28, 2018 at 11:55pm PST

But most important, is how the race will turn out. At 2018 RAK Half Marathon, the finest half marathon in the world fields have been assembled, and the women’s race is blowing my mind! How fast? How competitive? Inquiring minds want to know.

I like the additional goodies that RAK is providing their runners as well! See you all in one week!

Yes the ‘Finish Line’ is a reward in itself but because we think finishers are awesome we have a Finisher’s bag for each of you too! Among other things you’ll even find a little gift from Ras Al Khaimah in there too! #rakhalf
A post shared by RAK Half Marathon (@rakmarathon) on Jan 21, 2018 at 2:32am PST

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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