Eilat Desert Marathon

4.6 (5)
Edition history
Eilat, Israel
28 Nov, 2025 (Fri)

Trail running

5 km, 10 km, 21.098 km, 42.195 km

About the event

The Eilat Desert Marathon is Israel’s most visually stunning off-road race, taking runners from the rugged mountains of the Negev Desert to the shores of the Red Sea. Held over three vibrant days in the southern resort city of Eilat, the event blends athletic challenge with celebration, culminating in a high-energy after-race party. The course is uniquely set: it starts deep in the desert and finishes at sea level, offering constantly shifting terrain and views in every shade of sand, stone, and sun. Organized by Marathon Israel and certified by AIMS, this marathon is part of a larger movement to build an internationally recognized, inclusive running culture in Israel. Runners of all levels are welcome, with options for full marathon, half marathon, and shorter distances, plus special support for athletes with disabilities.

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Avi Haim
Nov 2018
42.195 km

Did this marathon twice and would love to do it another time. The combination of the desert atmosphere and the blue "red sea" is wonderful. sites are beautiful and the organization is cool and warm. there is no thing like taking a dip at the cool sea water after completing a marathon run. also Eilat city is happy and it is nice to spend some days there

the Desert marathon starts in the early morning , it dosent get much hot till you end it, most of the route is on trails and not roads

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Chaitanya Bhosale
Country flag of IN
Nov 2018
21.098 km

Awesome place to run for all the runners round the globe. Good climate and beautiful topography. Terrain is challenging. Highly recommended for all runners.

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Georgi Simeonov
Country flag of BG
21.098 km

The was organised very well,and I’m pleased with my experience.

It was a difficult terrain,with ups and downs.Real desert run.The weather was perfect,not cold,not hot..perfect. I enjoyed very much,and next year I will be back..

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Ildiko Polya
Country flag of HU
10 km

Cool happenings around the event, amazing location.

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Lubomira Arpasova
Country flag of SK
21.098 km

Track was really great experience, definitelly i would recommend it to run but Oragnisation has a lots of place for improvements. You pay not a small start fee but you dont have almost nothing in start bag, pasta you need to buy/pay what should be included, t-short should be paid too, after asking 3 people organisational question (for example where will be held yoga what was part of the after run event) i got 3 different answers... and this was happening most the time and created chaos between people. They were even not able to navigate you where is the start line before start.

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