About the event
The Uganda International Marathon is supported by the local community as all of the money goes back into their local projects. It is a fully charitable marathon where you can see the impacts of the event on the local community. Spend 6 days on the African equator, getting to know the locals and preparing for an event of a lifetime.
This is the home of distance running, this is the silhouette jogging across the African sun, this is the dust rising in the wake of a group of lightning quick locals- and this is your chance to run a race like no other.
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Uganda International Marathon
that crossing the finish is to have overcome Mother Nature herself as well as your own mind.
Along the route you will enjoy the incredible views across the lush Ugandan countryside; you’ll pass through small towns, fields of banana trees and so much more. The course will be marshalled by teachers and students from local schools – the very kids whose futures you are fundraising for will be cheering you on along the way, volunteering their time to help you achieve your goal. We want them to enjoy the gift of giving too.
Uganda International Half Marathon
that crossing the finish is to have overcome Mother Nature herself as well as your own mind.
Along the route you will enjoy the incredible views across the lush Ugandan countryside; you’ll pass through small towns, fields of banana trees and so much more. The course will be marshalled by teachers and students from local schools – the very kids whose futures you are fundraising for will be cheering you on along the way, volunteering their time to help you achieve your goal. We want them to enjoy the gift of giving too.
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Course highlights
It’s a beautiful, beautiful route. One lap for the half marathon, two laps for the full marathon. Half a lap for the 10k. Expect mainly off-road: hard baked, red African dirt roads, with a little bit of trail and a little bit of tarmac at the start and finish.You will cross the start line at the convivial Liberation Square with plenty of whooping & cheering! Our 21k and 42k runners head out in the same direction, north of Masaka town. From there you will pass a bustling village called Ssaza and then up along a path to another village called Ndegeya (host to the Athletes’ Village). You’ll pass Bugabira (a school which the marathon is supporting) and likely by this point be joined by local children, running barefoot! You’ll then loop back through more villages with plenty of cheering, until you reach Masaka town again.From there you’ll defeat The Beast (quite a hill!) and head up onto Pine Ridge, where you will be rewarded with unsurpassable views over rural Uganda. You’ll finish the 21k loop by running down a welcome, gentle slope, all the way back into town. As the volume levels rise you’ll finish back where you started, at Liberation Square! Half marathon runners can rest and celebrate, while another loop for the full marathon runners awaits.10K runners will start shortly after their counterparts, and follow the second half of the course. You will take on The Beast, gorge on all the views from Pine Ridge, and be cheered on by locals through Masaka town.
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Katwe Rd, Masaka, UgandaFinish address
Katwe Rd, Masaka, UgandaRoute map
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