2024 Dubai Marathon route confirmed

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The Dubai Marathon will return to its conventional residence within the coronary heart of the town when the twenty third staging of the occasion is held on Sunday, January 7, 2024.

Sanctioned by the Dubai Sports Council, the 2024 version will begin and end on Umm Suqeim Road with three races – the 4km enjoyable run, the 10km street race and the traditional 42.195km marathon distance – following discussions between occasion organisers, the Dubai Sports Council, Dubai Police and the Roads and Transport Authority.

“The Dubai Marathon is well established as one of the largest annual sporting events on the calendar and is a firm favourite with runners of all ages and abilities, so it is important the city gets fully behind it,” mentioned Dubai Sports Council’s Secretary General Saeed Hareb.

Runners will begin and end on the Umm Suqeim Road near the Dubai Police Academy with the 42.195km distance taking in Jumeirah Beach Road and passing within the shadows of the enduring Burj Al Arab and Madinat properties.

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Those trying to compete in any of the three race classes – 4km, 10km and the marathon – can register on-line now by the official web site.

“We are very grateful to the Dubai Sports Council, as well as the Dubai Police, Dubai RTA and Dubai Municipality, for working with us to facilitate the staging of the 2024 Dubai Marathon,” mentioned Event Director Peter Connerton. 

“While it’s an established route that has proved to be popular with locally based runners as well as the growing number of international marathon tourists from outside the region, we know that staging a city marathon is a major challenge for the governmental departments, particularly with Dubai now being home to some 3.6 million people,” he added.

The Dubai Marathon might be seen by high athletes, rising stars and debutants as the right alternative to file an Olympic qualifying time simply over six months previous to the staging of the Summer Olympics in Paris.

The course is named being significantly benign for each elite and common runners so fast instances are anticipated, significantly in early January when Dubai’s temperatures are conducive to distance working.

Men and ladies have till April 30, 2024, to qualify for his or her international locations and obtain the usual set by the Olympic Committee and by their nationwide federation to compete within the marathon on the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.