Abebe Bikila Day International Peace Marathon & Half Marathon

Welcome to the Abebe Bikila Day International Peace Marathon & Half, on the C&O Canal Towpath, starting and finishing at Fletcher’s Cove in Washington DC, presented by Safety And Health Foundation (SHF). We thank all our participants for your support and training for this event, many of you hoping to qualify for the Boston Marathon.

Today, we compete on the playing field of peace as we welcome runners from all over the world. Abebe Bikila’s historic wins at the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons – the first-ever medal by a black African – inspired runners worldwide and taught us that Sport is truly an international language, along with Art, Math, Music, and Science.