www.saharamarathon.org

Sahara Marathon

Name: Sahara Marathon
Start: 2026-02-24
End: 2026-02-24
Location: Tindouf

location_city Tindouf

flag Algeria

calendar_today 24 Feb, 2026

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About the Event

The Sahara Marathon is an international sport event to demonstrate solidarity with the Saharawi people. Its first edition is in 2001, from an idea of Jeb Carney. It’s organized by the Secretary of State for Sport, Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic with the help of volunteers from all over the world. The Sahara Marathon, which along with the standard-distance marathon also includes the shorter distances of 21km, 10km, 5km and the children’s race, is aimed at promoting sport activity among Saharawi young men and women and financing and developing humanitarian programs. But also wants, through sport, raise awareness and sensitize the world about a 42-year-long conflict. 42 years of suffering for a population affected by a conflict that is burying their hopes, generation after generation, in the refugee camps of Tindouf (Algeria), far from their home. 42 years during which the international community has not been able to unlock the situation. A race to prevent the Saharawi people from being forgotten.

Races Offered

10 km

Feb 24, 2026

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Distance — 10K

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Type — Road running

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5 km

Feb 24, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Road running

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Half Marathon

Feb 24, 2026

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Distance — 21.1K

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Type — Road running

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Sahara Marathon

Feb 24, 2026

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Distance — 42.2K

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Type — Road running

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Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for February in Tindouf.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat 10.8° / 23.3°

wb_sunny 5.5° / 17.4°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 17.8 /

water_drop 32.8%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat 10.8° / 23.3°

wb_sunny 5.5° / 17.4°

air 17.8 km/h

water_drop 32.8%

About Tindouf

Tindouf is a town in Saharan Algeria, in the extreme southwest of the country near the border with Western Sahara. Due to a large Sahrawi population living in the refugee camps surrounding the town, Tindouf is as close as most can get to a genuine Sahrawi culture, since the "Free Zone" of Western Sahara led by Polisario remains inaccessible behind a border barrier and large minefields, which separate it from the Moroccan-occupied parts of the territory.

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