RAK Half Marathon is coming up! February 9, 2018! Who will run fast there?

Repost February 4, 2018

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There is something about the RAK Half marathon that makes runners run very, very fast.

Peres Jepchirchir sets then WR for half marathon, photo by PhotoRun.net

This coming year, RunBlogRun will try and learn what makes this race one of the true jewels of road racing. Located in the United Arab Emirates, Ras Al Khaimah, the RAK Half Marathon is the fastest half marathon in the world.

RunBlogRun and the Shoe Addicts are excited to be covering the race for our readers, from the press conferences prior and post, to Live coverage of the event, to photos capturing many of the iconic images of the race and Ras Al Khaimah.

Stay tuned for more updates!

If you want to run the World’s fastest Half Marathon, please click on www.rakmarathon.org.

We crowned her ‘Queen Mary’ when she broke the world record here in 2011. Mary went on to record 3 wins here (12 & 15) and broke her own PB finishing as runner up this year behind a new world record holder. She holds 3 of the top 10 fastest times in history over each of the half marathon, 20km and full marathon distances and this morning she broke the Women’s Only World Record at the London Marathon. CONGRATULATIONS Mary Keitany; truly one of the greats and World Record Holder once more! #rakhalf #halfmarathon #marathon #londonmarathon #worldrecord #running
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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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