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Friday January 18th 2019 I completed the Muscat Marathon 2019 in Oman. Find below my full race coverage plus some tourist impressions from the surprisingly amazing and friendly country of Oman.
Muscat City and Wadi Al Shab
Oman is just south of Saudi Arabia and that itself might put some prejudicial fears into you, but let´s get it straight right from the top: Oman is a SUPER friendly, interesting and nice country to visit. I had only like three days and quickly realized that I could easily have used 2-3 weeks to exhaust all the stuff there is to explore in this gem of a Gulf State. There is simply everything! A vast, beautiful sea line, desserts, mountains, luxury hotels and malls to fulfill any desire and a warm and friendly outlife on cafées, restaurants etc. As you will find in the report I undertook a 10 hours tourist tour Saturday after the marathon and amongst things I visited was one of the major landmarks in Oman, namely the incredible Wadi Al Shab. I am sure the pictures will blow you away!
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Muscat Marathon 2019
Muscat Marathon 2019 somewhat unexpected turned out to be an insanely warm and humid experience; even the locals suffered! The race took off from Al Mouj at 6.30 AM Friday morning and the route was partly scenic and partly less so. It was, however, nicely flat all the way and the helpers were friendly and forthcoming. There was a time limit of 6 hours which I just barely met, but grace was given to the last few runners needing a bit more time. I guess the biggest WOW of the event was the chance to meet former elite runner Paula Radcliffe at the race EXPO, I was lucky enough to get a few pictures and a short chat. Great! Radcliffe is of the opinion that Muscat Marathon belongs on any runners bucket list, read about that here.
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See or relive Muscat Marathon 2019 here (and in , arabic, urdu, hindi, punjabi, and turkish):
Sunday December 9th 2018 I completed the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 in Singapore. Find below my full race coverage plus some tourist impressions from the beautiful and amazing Singapore.
Singapore City
The first thing that strikes you in Singapore is: the heat! Boy, this is a warm place to be! The second thing is the business and mobile fixation of merely EVERYBODY, and thirdly the tidyness and order all around. Beware, if you leave something (trash) on the street, you will get fined, prosecuted and go to jail! For real!
But make no mistake: Singapore is an amazing city to visit, lots of impressive malls and shops, a beautiful skyline and of course the luxurious Bay area including the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, the Merlion and the Fullerton hotels. As seen in the report I also visited Chinatown, Singapore and Little India and the Gardens by the Bay.
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Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 was an insanely warm and humid experience taking off from the Singapore Formula One track at 04.30 AM and with temperatures reaching 32 degrees C during the race. Even at the start it was too warm for running (under “normal conditions”) but still I managed to run until the sun arose at around 7 AM. The route was partly scenic and the fixpoint throughout the day was for sure the majestic Marina Bay Sands building.
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See or relive Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2018 here (and in vietnamese, thai, malagasy, indonesian, filipino):
Sunday November 18th 2018 I completed the Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 in Cyprus. Find below my full race coverage plus some tourist impressions from beautiful Larnaka.
Larnaka City
Larnaka is one of the oldest cities/settements in the western civilization and points towards Greece in many ways. However, the top-1 attraction remains the beautiful Church of Saint Lazarus (widely covered in my report) not to mention the views of the sea and the relazed atmosphere in this very small city. As seen, I also visited the Kamares Aqueduct and the Larnaca Salt Lake and a few other places of general interest.
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Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018
Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 was a really good experience runningwise: nice, scenic route, well organized and an event with several distances, thus with a “family” appeal. The races took off from the Town Hall in Larnaka and passed most of the landmarks in and sorrunding the city, worth mentioning is the mosque Hale Sultan Tekke, the Salt Lake and, of course, the beautiful Mediterranian Sea. It is for sure a somewhat long journey from central Europe to Cyprus and Larnaka but I think the race fully justifies a trip.
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See or relive Radisson Blu Larnaka International Marathon 2018 here (and in greek, turkish and hebrew):
Sunday October 28th 2018 I completed the Brussels Airport Marathon 2018 in Belgium. Find below my full race coverage plus some tourist impressions from beautiful Brussels.
Brussels City
Brussels city contains the very picturesque Grand Place (on the UNESCO World Heritage list) including numerous extremely beautiful facades, buildings, City Hall and what not. In addition Brussels sports the famous sculpture “Manneken Pis” as well as the headquarters for EU and NATO. You find a lot of nice cafés and chokolade shops and getting a beer is also not too difficult. So what’s not to like ?
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Brussels Airport Marathon 2018
Brussels Airport Marathon 2018 was in two words: COMPLETELY AWESOME
The event took off from the Parc du Cinquantenaire and took the runners on a tour de force of scenic places in the belgian capital and nearby sorroundings. The route was VERY HILLY and came by a number of the most important landmarks in Brussels. Alongside maraton it was possible to run half marathon and a kids run. I give this event the very very, very best of my recommendations and you will understand from the race report just why. This is just so much a MUST DO race!
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See or relive Brussels Airport Marathon 2018 here: