Smiling Villages International Marathon

Welcome to the Smiling Villages Marathon. Welcome to The Gambia. It is one of two charity marathons in Gambia in 2019. Coming from Nigeria, it is the second country where the African Marathon Challenge 2019 will take place. In Gambia we have familiar contacts with the Gambian soccer federation. Within this project we ship 15 computers to Gambia. They are prepared with educational software and equipped with the free OS Linux Ubuntu.

The Smiling Villages Marathon will be run in the area of Kanalai. It is on the south bank of the Gambia River. The course will be roughly 70% on paved roads and 30% on rural, unpaved roads.

To participate you have to show us a medical certificate not older than one year which shows you are fit to participate in running marathon competitions under tropical climate conditions.

Welcome runners to the African Marathon Challenge

This series of charity marathons started in February 2017. We ran the tropical marathons and beautiful trails in Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Ghana.

In September 2018 we will run 2 International Marathons on Zanzibar. Thus the former West African Marathon Challenge is extended by Tansania.

In February 2019 we will again run the cradle of Yoruba: The Ile-Ife Marathon in Nigeria. From Lagos we will travel to Banjul where the first 2 International Marathons of The Gambia will take place. In the desert of the island Sal (Cape Verde Islands) another marathon will follow.

At the end of February 2019 we will meet in Togo again: In Aného close to the border of Benin the Marathon des Royaumes will be started. In the beginning of march we will run the Mon Devoir School Marathon in Lomé together with 250 children. Last but not least we will enjoy the Trail-Marathon du Papillons. Starting in Kpalimé we will cross the Atacora mountain chain.