Marathon Be The Best de Cotonou
Cotonou, Benin
- Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, 5K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
The Be the Best Cotonou Marathon offers you a unique opportunity to discover the city of Cotonou and its main monuments, by participating in one of the most challenging races over the legendary distance of 42.195 km. The Cotonou Be the Best Marathon is today one of the most important … MORE
Local Historical Weather (Feb 22):
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| H (°C) | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 32 |
| L (°C) | 28 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
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Toughest half marathon ever!
Cotonou Marathon is a quite new running event taking place in the city of Cotonou, the most important city in Benin 🇧🇯. The organisers aim to become the biggest marathon … MORE
Cotonou Marathon is a quite new running event taking place in the city of Cotonou, the most important city in Benin 🇧🇯. The organisers aim to become the biggest marathon in Africa. They offer the distances of 42k, 21k, 10k, 5k. As my favourite distance is the half marathon I signed up for the 21k. I was very surprised that I was one of only 32 runners running the half marathon. It was a mix of locals and expats from the US or from Europe living in Cotonou. I was the only runner that extra travelled to Cotonou for the race. Weather conditions were the worst I ever experienced: temperatures around 33-35 degrees and a humidity of 95%. I was completely wet after running a few hundred meters. It‘s absolutely recommendable to take water with you even though water was offered every 3-5km. Start and finish is at the statue de l‘Amazone next to the parliament. Unfortunately finishers of the half marathon did not get a medal. Only finishers of the full marathon (23 runners) got a medal. I have a feedback to the organisers and told them that I am very disappointed as I extra came from Germany. When they heard that they promised me to send a medal to me as they had a few spare medals left. 5 weeks after the race took place I really got a lovely wooden medal! 😍