Race Report from the First Ever Uganda Marathon!
At 7am on Sunday 24th May the gun sounded signalling the start of the first ever Uganda International Marathon in Masaka town. Liberation Square was awash with the white of our official t-shirt, music was blaring, dancing warm ups and an all-round real party atmosphere. As the half marathon and full marathon runners began their […]
The Very First Uganda International Marathon
…is in the books! And what an event it was. Athletes from every continent competed – with the winner of the 42km race, Martin Ssenabulya crossing the line in 2:45. The 6 day experience itself was described by some participants as “the best week of their life”. So we’re all quite happy with how it […]
What I learned running 21k in Uganda
An out of practice – and unfit – runner takes on the challenge of a half marathon in Uganda. Here’s what happened next.
The personality of community – Sport and Recreation
It’s a freezing December day and I’ve just arrived for a fun run at a small village in Basel Land, Switzerland. Being Australian, naturally, I’m out of my comfort zone! The first thing I notice is that traffic is being redirected from the centre of the village, signage is notifying competitors where registration is and […]
Homosexuality in Uganda
A topic that has arisen on more than one occasion as we talk to people about the Uganda Marathon is the attitudes to homosexuality in the country. In the last few years, Uganda has received a fair amount of bad press in this area, largely due to the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act. What didn’t receive nearly as much […]
Early Bird Extended & current flight prices
Early Bird Extended Good news for lovers of bargains. We’re working with a few organisations who have asked us to extend the early bird pricing until the end of January, so they have enough time to get the word out to their employees and supporters. We’re happy to oblige, but we thought we’d spread the the […]
A Message About the Safety of Running the Uganda Marathon
One of the questions we get asked a lot by runners & their families: Is Uganda safe? We are conscious of this as a concern for anyone undertaking international travel, particularly to non-European or non-Western countries. We’d like to take an opportunity to address this directly and be clear about the steps that we […]
How we are Redefining Charity! – Love not Guilt
Masaka Town: Blueprint for Africa? Allow me, if you will, to take you back to a time long long ago. A simpler time, and rather than reading this on a screen over the internet, we are sat face to face, perhaps in an inn or tavern. We’re musing about society’s ills and the world […]
Are You Able to Finish a Marathon? If You Decide, You Achieve
If you can run 1km, you can run 5km If you can run 5km, then it’s really not too hard to stay in rhythm to 10km distance If you can run 10km, then just that little bit more focus takes you to 21km, half marathon If you can run a half marathon then you are already […]
Don’t Let Ebola Stop you Exploring an Exceptional Continent
There’s been an awful lot said about the Ebola outbreak – some ridiculous, some well considered and many bang between these two extremes. We’ve been asked a few times about Ebola, and whether its affected our preparations for the marathon. In short, absolutely not. The Ebola outbreak is over 3,000 miles away from Uganda- to […]
