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The Dubai Marathon is back after 1,115 days! Registration is open until February 11, 2023, online. There is a new course, some exciting athletes and the confidence of knowing that you are running on the oldest and the largest marathon in all of the Middle East!

The event will be live-streamed, with English commentary by Pat Butcher and Tim Hutchings. This is the official YouTube of the 2023 Dubai Marathon: https://www.youtube.com/@dubaimarathon-official6235. UTC 01:50, 5:50 AM Dubai local time on, Feb. 12, 2023, or 7:50 PM Central US time, 8:50 PM Eastern US Time and 5:50 PM Pacific Time on February 11, 2023! Do not miss it!

It has been announced that the next edition of The Dubai Marathon, scheduled for Sunday, February 12, will be held at Expo City Dubai.

While previous editions of the Dubai Marathon have been held in various areas of Dubai, particularly in Jumeirah, it has been decided to organize for the first time the latest edition of the most famous marathon in the region at Expo City Dubai.

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This will allow participants to enjoy the Expo area and its wonderful landmarks as the event returns for the first time since 2020 following the lifting of the pandemic preventive measures.

The Dubai Expo City provides a host of wonderful and iconic areas for the event, a new setting for running in the marathon (42.195km), the 10km Road Race and the 4km Fun Run, as well as spacious areas for parking and other organizational activities.

Runners registered for this week’s Dubai Marathon will compete over a new-look layout starting and finishing at Expo City Dubai. Getting underway on Sunday (February 12), the 2023 Dubai Marathon will see the 42.195km race based at Expo City Dubai and offer a route that will take runners out and onto the fast and modern roads around the site passing Dubai Investments Park and Jumeirah Golf Estates before finishing in front of the iconic Wasl Dome. Downloadable map available at dubaimarathon.org

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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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