RAK Half Marathon, where speed and destination running events meet, a video from The Shoe Addicts (from RBR Archives 2018)

This was a video done by our video team, The Shoe Addicts, after the 2018 RAK Half Marathon. I will be back, Feb. 20-26, 2024, for the 2024 RAK Half Marathon. Now under the management of Pace Events, the management team of the Dubai Marathon. Enjoy our video and know that the RAK Half Marathon is fast and exciting, and the RAK is a wonderful place for a vacation!

To sign up, please go to www.therakhalfmarathon.com!

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Reposted January 31, 2024.

Originally posted in February 2018

I have been to the United Arab Emirates twice in about three weeks. First, I went to the Dubai Marathon in January and was quite impressed. Then, I ventured up north with my brother, Brian, and son, Adam, and covered the RAK Half Marathon in Ras Al Khaimah. The name of the city means ‘Top of the tent”, as RAK is the most northern of the United Arab Emirates.

RAK Half Marathon 2018, photo by The Shoe Addicts

Weather in February was amazing, nights were in the 60s and days in the 70-80 range in RAK. The Hilton DoubleTree was on a bay, with wonderful beach, great food, and great places to walk. The RAK half marathon was a fast, nearly flat course run at 6.45 for elite women and 7 am for elite men and the race field of just under 4000 runners.

With seven men under 60 minutes and four women under 66 minutes, this race was spectacular. Watching the citizen runners running personal bests and feeling so proud of their accomplishments always reminds me of how amazing our sport is.

RAK Half Marathon is about the speed! photo by The Shoe Addicts

The Shoe Addicts produced this video to remind our readers that RAK should be their February destination for both racing and vacation! The people of RAK welcome you, and the RAK Tourism team and RAK half marathon staff will too!

Do something spectacular! Come and race the RAK Half marathon!

Enjoy the video!

To learn more about the 2024 RAK Half Marathon, please go to www.therakhalfmarathon.com.

Author

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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