RAK half marathon

The RAK Half Marathon (English RAK Half Marathon ) is a half marathon that takes place in Ra's al-Khaimah , United Arab Emirates . The abbreviation RAK is derived from Ras Al Khaimah , the English transcription of the venue.

It has been held annually in February since 2007 and was considered the world's best-endowed half marathon. However, the Zayed International Half Marathon in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in 2010 paid out significantly higher prize money to the winners.

The flat route and the regular high-profile field of participants make the RAK half marathon one of the fastest in the world. In 2007 , Samuel Kamau Wanjiru achieved a world best time in the half marathon with 58:53 minutes, which was not recognized as a world record because there was no EPO test. His intermediate time of 41:29 minutes after 15 kilometers corresponded to the world record of his compatriot Felix Limo over this distance.

Ethiopian Deriba Merga ran the same intermediate time in 2009 , but ultimately only finished third in 59:18 minutes. The winner Patrick Makau Musyoki from Kenya achieved the second fastest half marathon time ever run in 2009 with 58:52 minutes, while Dire Tune from Ethiopia moved up to fifth place in the world best list with 1:07:18 hours and set a national record. In 2011 the Kenyan Mary Keitany improved the world record by 35 seconds to 1:05:50 h. After Florence Kiplagat had increased the world record at the Barcelona Half Marathon to 1:05:12 h in 2014 and 1:05:09 h in 2015, Peres Jepchirchir undercut this mark in her victory in Ra's al-Khaimah in 2017 with her winning time of 1:05 : 06 h again by 3 seconds. In 2018, her compatriot Fancy Chemutai was able to improve this time further, but in 1:04:52 h only exceeded the world record held by Joyciline Jepkosgei for one second . Two years later, the Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh improved the world record still held by Jepkosgei by 20 seconds to 1:04:31 h.

statistics

Course records

• Men: 58:42 min, Bedan Karoki Kenya , 2018 & Stephen Kiprop Kenya , 2019   
• Women: 1:04:31 h, Ababel Yeshaneh Ethiopia , 2020 

Winners list

date	Men	Time (h)	Women	Time (h)
Feb 21, 2020	Kibiwott Kandie Kenya	0:58:58	Ababel Yeshaneh Ethiopia	1:04:31
0Feb. 8, 2019	Stephen Kiprop Kenya	0:58:42	Senbere Teferi Ethiopia	1:05:45
09 Feb 2018	Bedan Karoki Kenya -2-	0:58:42	Fancy Chemutai Kenya	1:04:52
Feb 10, 2017	Bedan Karoki Kenya	0:59:10	Peres Jepchirchir Kenya	1:05:06
Feb 12, 2016	Birhanu Legese Ethiopia	1:00:40	Cynthia Jerotich Limo Kenya	1:06:04
Feb 13, 2015	Mosinet Geremew Ethiopia	1:00:05	Mary Keitany Kenya -3-	1:06:02
Feb. 14, 2014	Lelisa Desisa Ethiopia	0:59:36	Priscah Jeptoo Kenya	1:07:02
Feb 15, 2013	Geoffrey Kamworor Kenya	0:58:54	Lucy Wangui Kabuu Kenya	1:06:09
Feb 17, 2012	Dennis Kipruto Kimetto Kenya	1:00:40	Mary Keitany Kenya -2-	1:06:49
Feb. 18, 2011	Deriba Merga Ethiopia	0:59:24	Mary Keitany Kenya	1:05:50
19 Feb 2010	Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai Kenya	0:59:43	Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey	1:07:07
Feb 20, 2009	Patrick Makau Musyoki Kenya -2-	0:58:52	Dire Tune Ethiopia	1:07:18
0Feb 8, 2008	Patrick Makau Musyoki Kenya	0:59:35	Salina Jebet Kosgei Kenya	1:12:29
Feb 20, 2007	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya	0:58:53	Berhane Adere Ethiopia	1:10:58

Development of the number of finishers

year	total	Men	Women
2020	3185	2176	01009
2019	2390	1641	0749
2018	2250	1488	0762
2017	2153	1407	0746
2016	2225	1461	0764
2015	1817	1178	0639
2014	1811	1192	0619
2013	1483	0978	0505
2012	1617	1036	0581
2011	1360	0863	0497
2010	1312	0813	0499
2009	0979	0649	0330
2008	0608	0408	0200

Web links

• Official website (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ SCC-Events.com: Patrick Makau and Salina Kosgei victorious in the best endowed half marathon in the world . February 8, 2008
2. ↑ GulfNews: Regassa wins Zayed half marathon , January 8, 2010
3. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Samuel Wanjiru - The Redeemer . October 4, 2008
4. ^ IAAF: Makau produces second fastest time ever, Tune clocks national record at RAK Half Marathon ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , February 20, 2009
5. ^ IAAF: Keitany smashes Half Marathon World record in Ras Al Khaimah ( Memento from February 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). February 18, 2011
6. ↑ Tim Hutchings, Jon Mulkeen: Jepchirchir breaks world half marathon record in Ras al-Khaimah ( English ) IAAF. February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
7. ↑ Chemutai threatens world record at RAK half marathon ( English ) IAAF. February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
8. ↑ Yeshaneh breaks half marathon world record in Ras Al Khaimah ( English ) World Athletics. February 21, 2020. Accessed February 21, 2020.