by maraadmin | Jan 27, 2014 | Articles, Dubai, Ethiopia, Featured, News
After smashing the world junior record in Friday’s Standard Chartered DubaiMarathon the teenage sensation Tsegaye Mekonnen is eager to aim for more records. The 18 year-old won his debut in 2:04:32 and now intends to return to the Emirates for an attack on the world...
by maraadmin | Jan 22, 2014 | Dubai, Featured, News, Pre event
The 15th edition of the Dubai Marathon 2014 will feature a men’s race where two sub 2:05 runners return to the premier running event of the region A combination of the biggest pot of prize money and most pancake-flat course among the major marathons means that...
by maraadmin | Jan 25, 2013 | Dubai, Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News
It was Ethiopians all the way, as they swept their Kenyan rivals from the board in both men’s and women’s races at the 14th Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, on a foggy Friday morning in the Emirates. Lelisa Desisa, 23, only got away from his rivals in the final 200...
by maraadmin | Jan 24, 2013 | Dubai, Featured, News, Pre event
Yemane Tsegay is looking to extend Ethiopia’s recent domination of the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on Friday morning, but with a prize pot of close to a million dollars, and a super-fast course to entice the speed merchants, there is no shortage of both...
by maraadmin | Dec 22, 2012 | Dubai, Featured, News, Pre event
With another record breaking distance running year drawing to a close, it won’t be long until the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon races into 2013 in a similar direction, in just over a month’s time. Debutant Ayele Abshero of Ethiopia led a quartet under 2.05 last...
