Safaricom Marathon

THE 2012 SAFARICOM MARATHON

The 13th Safaricom Marathon took place on Saturday 30th June 2012 on the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.

Here are the results of the race:

• Safaricom Marathon
• Safaricom Half-Marathon (individuals)
• Safaricom Half-Marathon (teams)
• Kids 5km Fun Run

The Safaricom Marathon is regarded as one of the toughest marathons in the world. However, runners of all abilities take part, from fun runners, walkers and amateurs, to professionals like Paul Tergat the Kenyan international and former world record holder.

THE VENUE

The course is a 21km loop run on dirt roads over an undulating route through the conservancy. The full marathon is run over two loops of the course and the half marathon over one loop. The course lies at an average altitude of 5,500 ft. Emergency medical support will be provided by AMREF, the flying doctors. A helicopter is on standby to carry out emergency medical evacuations from the course. A recovery tent is situated at the finish and will manned by medics from the Nairobi Equator Hospital, Red Cross and Nanyuki Cottage Hospital. Basic first aid is available at all water stations which are situated every 2.5km along the course.

CONTACT DETAILS

Email: marathon@lewa.org.