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Bible Marathon & Half Marathon, 10K, 5K
Location
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Israel MarathonUnique marathons and races in Israel and abroad
Marathon Israel was born out of a love of running and a passion to create an international racing scene in Israel, blended with our country’s unique nature.
In just a decade, Marathon Israel hs become a leading company, a producer of diverse, unique, colorful, and very Israeli running events.
On the occasion of our 10th anniversary, we stand behind our motto – “A Whole World of Running”, and true to that motto we promise to run with you into the next decade with exclusive, special, innovative, up-to-date events, that never cease to surprise and fill you with energy.
The history of the Bible Marathon – the world’s oldest running challenge!
“Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes torn…”
One of the first runs recorded in human history – long before the “marathon” in Greek mythology – is mentioned in the Bible, in the beginning of the book of Samuel. At the end of the war between the Israelites and the Philistines, the “Man of Benjamin” runs from the battlefield at Eben Ezer (modern day Rosh Ha’ayin) to Shiloh, city of the Tabernacle.
Many centuries later, the founder of the Maccabiah games, Yosef Yekutieli, set out to measure the length of the course from Rosh Ha’ayin to Shiloh, in the Benjamin region. He was amazed to find that the length of this historic path precisely matched that of the modern marathon – 42 kilometers (the official length of the Olympic running contest, determined in 1908 at the London Olympics).
The Bible Marathon presents a particularly tough challenge for area runners, renewing the historical run in an exciting international event of sports and satisfaction!