The color run was an amazing experience for us. We left at 8:45 for the Autodrome, which was right around the corner. My mom and sister were there too, my dad was on Jabal Jais hiking. We started at 9am and ran 5k around the race track. The color wasn’t paint or paintballs, but natural … Continue Reading
This year was our first year but it was so fun. At every kilo meter they would through some paint at us then every km we get a different color and there was yellow orang green pink and bleu. Before the run we did a little warm up where we did like dances and boxing … Continue Reading
At “0-dark-30” the Tropic of Cancer Marathon basecamp was awake and silently in fully swing as participants and support teams of the inaugural TOCM were making final preparations before the race start. Actually, to call it a race is not correct. The event, organized by the famous extreme desert explorer Max Calderan, was a family, … Continue Reading
Wadi Showka is a great area with its rugged mountain terrain, deep cut wadis, and pristine seasonal pools. It has everything to make any outdoor person get excited. Friday night it was the scene for Urban Ultra’s first trail running event of the 2016/17 season. I believe there were more than 200 competitors running in … Continue Reading
This was a fantastic adventure split into two sub-adventures. For the first adventure, we arrived at Wadi Showka at 1pm on Friday afternoon. The wadi was already teeming with trail runners and campers looking forward to the 2nd annual North Face Rock Run. Scouting out a nice campsite was a bit tricky simply due to … Continue Reading
