To welcome a greener year, the Beirut Marathon is organizing a challenge to promote Sports Tourism in Lebanon through exploring its different regions while doing a fun and healthy activity.
HOW TO DO IT ONCE YOU REGISTER (In Lebanon);
Step 1; Create an account on a tracking app of your choice (NRC, Strava, RaceMate etc ...)
Step 2; Run / Swim / Walk / Hike / Bike or/and Trail Run in 6 regions in Lebanon of your choice (you can do one activity per month of your choice)
Step 3; Make sure you are tracking them on your app
Step 4; Once you complete the 6 regions, email us the screenshots for proof of completion
Step 5; Share with us regularly pictures and videos via email of your activities as we want to produce a documentary at the end of the challenge (Please ensure they are high resolution)
Step 6; Registration closes end of October
Step 7; We will advise you of the date & time of the plantation project in a natural reserve where we will also distribute your amazing medals.
Step 8; Share the challenge with your family, friends and colleagues and get them to register and stay active, all the while helping us with our environmental mission
Step 9; In case the distance is too long for you, you can always split it with another team member (each one will do 10.1 KM) & you combine them together to complete 20.23 KM
HOW TO DO IT ONCE YOU REGISTER (International);
Step 1; Create an account on a tracking app of your choice (NRC, Strava, RaceMate etc ...)
Step 2; Run / Swim / Walk / Hike / Bike or/and Trail Run ONE Activity Per month for 6 months
Step 3; Make sure you are tracking them on your app
Step 4; Once you complete the 6 activities, email us the screenshots for proof of completion
Step 5; Share with us regularly pictures and videos via email of your activities as we want to produce a documentary at the end of the challenge (Please ensure they are high resolution)
Step 6; Registration closes end of October
Step 7; We will advise you of the date & time of the plantation project in a natural reserve where we will also distribute your amazing medals. If you cannot be present with us, then your Medal will be shipped to you by DHL.
Step 8; Share the challenge with your family, friends and colleagues and get them to register and stay active, all the while helping us with our environmental mission
Step 9; In case the distance is too long for you, you can always split it with another team member (each one will do 10.1 KM) & you combine them together to complete 20.23 KM
It will be open virtually for all international runners where they can participate and support this initiative.
The medal will be a gold map of Lebanon with an engraved cedar, symbolizing the planting of the trees on Lebanese soil.
Upon the completion of the challenge; we will hold a ceremony in a natural reserve, whereby we will plant Cedar Trees in a small BMA-dedicated forest.
Every year, we will work towards growing this forest through such initiatives with the hope of turning our running community green.
Registration opens from April until October 2023.
Beirut Marathon Team