Tiberias Marathon

The Tiberias Marathon is an annual road race held along the Sea of Galilee in Israel with a field in recent years of approximately 1000 competitors. The course follows an out-and-back format around the southern tip of the sea, and is run concurrently with a 10k race along an abbreviated version of the same route. At Approximatly 200 metres below sea level , This is the lowest course in the world. In 2007, a Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete, Mushir Salem Jawher , won the race and was briefly stripped of his Bahrani citizenship for competing in Israel. "How an Arab who used to be Kenyan made history running in Israel — and ended up in a hell of a state" .

The Tiberias Marathon is an annual marathon road race held along the Sea of Galilee in Israel with a field in recent years of approximately 1000 competitors. The competition was first held in 1977 and also hosts the annual Israeli marathon national championship. It was Israel's first international marathon event. The course follows an out-and-back format around the southern tip of the sea, and was run concurrently with a 10k race along an abbreviated version of the same route. In 2010 the 10k race was moved to the afternoon before the marathon. At approximately 200 metres below sea level , this is the lowest course in the world. In 2007, a Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete, Mushir Salem Jawher (Leonard Mucheru Maina), won the race and was briefly stripped of his Bahrani citizenship for competing in Israel. In 2012 Patrick Tambwé , a former Congolese runner representing France, ran a course record of 2:07:30 hours – a time which was the fastest by a European since 2007. This Week in NYRR History . "How an Arab who used to be Kenyan made history running in Israel — and ended up in a hell of a state" . France's Tambwe triumphs in Tiberias Marathon in 2:07:30 .

The Tiberias Marathon is an annual marathon road race held along the Sea of Galilee in Israel , with a field in recent years of approximately 1,000 competitors. The competition was first held in 1977, and also hosts the annual Israeli marathon national championship. It was Israel's first international marathon event. The course follows an out-and-back format around the southern tip of the sea, and was run concurrently with a 10k race along an abbreviated version of the same route. In 2010 the 10k race was moved from the afternoon to before the marathon. A 21.1 km race was added in 2018. At approximately 200 meters below sea level , this is the lowest course in the world. In 2007, a Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete, Mushir Salem Jawher (Leonard Mucheru Maina), won the race and was briefly stripped of his Bahrani citizenship by the Bahrani governmentDemocratic Republic of the Congo| for competing in Israel. In 2012 Patrick Tambwé , a former Congolese runner representing France, ran a course record of 2:07:30 hours – a time which was the fastest by a European since 2007. This Week in NYRR History . "How an Arab who used to be Kenyan made history running in Israel — and ended up in a hell of a state" .

The Tiberias Marathon is an annual marathon road race held along the Sea of Galilee in Israel . At approximately 200 meters below sea level , this is the lowest course in the world. The competition was first held in 1977, and also hosts the annual Israeli marathon national championship. It was Israel's first international marathon event. The course follows an out-and-back format around the southern tip of the sea, and the event also includes a half-marathon (21.1 km) and 10 and 5-kilometer runs. In 2010 the 10 km race was moved from the afternoon to before the marathon. The half-marathon race was added in 2018. The latest edition of the event was held on 9 December 2022. David (Necho) Tayachew of Ben Shemen Youth Village and a member of the Maccabi Tel Aviv athletics club , won the men's marathon category with a personal record time of 2:13:00. Beatie Deutsch won the women's category for the fourth time in 2:41:20. In 2007, a Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete, Mushir Salem Jawher (Leonard Mucheru Maina), won the race and was briefly stripped of his Bahrani citizenship by the Bahrani government for competing in Israel. In 2012 Patrick Tambwé , a former Congolese runner representing France, ran a course record of 2:07:30 hours – a time which was the fastest by a European since 2007. This Week in NYRR History . "דוד טיאצ'ו אלוף ישראל ומרתון טבריה" [David Tiacho is the Tiberias marathon champion]. "How an Arab who used to be Kenyan made history running in Israel — and ended up in a hell of a state" .