The Uganda International Marathon is a 7-day adventure in rural Uganda. Explore an incredible community in East Africa. Visit, connect with, and support grass roots projects lead by local organisations and making a powerful impact on the community. Organise a sports day for local disadvantaged kids and run with Uganda …
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The Uganda International Marathon is a 7-day adventure in rural Uganda. Explore an incredible community in East Africa. Visit, connect with, and support grass roots projects lead by local organisations and making a powerful impact on the community. Organise a sports day for local disadvantaged kids and run with Uganda in the biggest international race in East Africa.
Come and take part in the Uganda Marathon! Described as “The best week of my life” by 1 in 5 participants, you can connect with Africa like no other trip in the world. Come and volunteer, meet the community, make life-long friends, camp under the African skies and run in the birthplace of running, in an adventure like no other!
If you’re looking for a PB then find another race! Each route – 5K, 10K, half and full marathon – will take you up and down hills, through beautiful rolling terrain and some of Uganda’s most stunning scenery. Prepare for tears at the finish line!
Uganda is the home of distance running, and this is our biggest annual race! 5,000 people descend from all around Uganda to run in this event, bringing the trademark African atmosphere: joking, laughing, singing, high-fiving – We guarantee you’ve never experienced a run like this.
Throughout the entire course you’ll be cheered on by the locals who you have spent a week connecting with. Run past the schools & projects that you have supported and the community who are so excited to host this marathon.
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Not just a marathon, it`s an adventure
Actually it is indescribable as it was an incredible week for me. Obviously the running day was a hard one, I had to cope with high humidity, heat, hills, injury. … MORE
Actually it is indescribable as it was an incredible week for me. Obviously the running day was a hard one, I had to cope with high humidity, heat, hills, injury.
But on the other hand running in this beautiful scenery kept me energized so are the villages and schools that we ran through where kids were waving, smiling, cheering us on, running at us to hold our hands or even pull us up onto the next hill. I felt freedom and happiness.
Things, memories keep coming up in my mind: campfire, friendships, wild shower, sunrise and sunset above the valley, beautiful green scenery, unbelievably welcoming people, the calm morning breakfasts at the open air canteen with that view, the kindness, the laughs, my tent, (I think I even miss my headtorch and mosquito repellent), the bus journeys with a new person to get to know next to me each time and kids, kids and kids. General happiness everywhere without having much. A lesson, an inspiration.
It`s not just a run, it`s a brilliant package: camping or glamping (there is hotel version, too) for a week with 150 like-minded people from many different countries, working for and with the locals on their projects, doing something good and challenging yourself with a run. Awesome, true mind opener and game changer.
Incredible Week in Uganda!
I have almost no words for what I experienced spending one week in Uganda running the Uganda Marathon! The race is organized by a British organization in order to help … MORE
I have almost no words for what I experienced spending one week in Uganda running the Uganda Marathon! The race is organized by a British organization in order to help people in Uganda. Runners from all over the world but mostly from the UK meet in Uganda to help by fundraising money for different projects. All the runners stay at a camp close to the city of Masaka. The scenery is just wonderful and the spirit in the camp is gorgeous. The Marathon is a course of 2 laps and it´s absolutely amazing and VERY tough. The support of the locals is incredible. Many of them run the 10k, some of them run the half or even the full. Most of the international runners run the full marathon and everyone supports everyone. We all waited in the finish even for the slowest one. The Uganda Marathon is a very special race and I can highly recommend it. The reward is a handmade wooden medal and the love of all the people from Uganda. Runners could add a pre-race or post-race tour to see more of the country. I did a pre-race tour to see Queen Elizabeth National park (lots of elephants) and of course the Volcano National Park to see the Gorillas! A M A Z I N G!!!!