• About the course
  • Aid Stations
  • Categories
  • Prizes
  • Course Map
  • Rules and Regulations

About the course

Date: Friday, February 7, 2025
Distance: 42.2km
Elevation Gain: 22m
Start Time: 06:15
Cut-Off Time: 12:15 (6 hours – 8.5 minutes per kilometer)
Minimum Age: 17 years old
Course Surface: unpaved dirt road with potholes, cracks and stones on the track. Last 1 km is on a paved promenade.

Standard Mark

Dead Sea Marathon measured by an IAA certified expert.

Aid Stations

Refreshment Guidelines

  • Aid Stations will be located every 2-3 kilometers, serving bottled water and isotonic drinks in cups.
  • Some of the aid stations for the long distance runners will provide gels, snacks, and fruit as well.
  • Most of the aid stations will be passed twice, on the way back and forth.
  • we recommend carry a personal water bag/hydration belt with your choice of snack bar and/or gel. There is no special service available for runners to deposit food/clothing along the course.

 

Aid Stations Breakdown

Station # KM Water Energy WC
Water – 1 3.5 V V
Water – 2 7 V
Water – 3 9 V V V
Water – 4 12 V
Water – 5 15 V V V
Water – 6 17.8 V V V
Water – 5 20.6 V V V
Water – 4 23.6 V
Water – 8 25.2 V V
Water – 3 26.6 V V V
Water – 9 28 V
Water – 10 31.2 V
Water – 11 33.9 V V V
Water – 12 36.3 V
Water – 13 39.1 V V V
Water – 14 41 V
  • * Energy – Dates, Pretzels, Oranges, Bananas and more

Categories

 

Male Female
17-29 17-29
30-39 30-39
40-49 40-49
50-59 50-59
60-69 60-69
70+ 70+

 

  • If fewer than five runners are classified in one category, we will cancel this category and classify the runners in the preceding or subsequent age-group category.
  • Age categories are determined by year of birth rather than exact date of birth, i.e.: a participant born in February 1990 and a participant born at the end of December of that year are both classified as 30 years old. Age category is set prior to the race during check-in.

Prizes

1st Place: Men / Women – 1,400 NIS each
2nd Place: Men / Women – 1,000 NIS each
3rd Place: Men / Women – 800 NIS each

Notes:

  • Money Prizes will be awarded only to men and women in the first three places of the general category.
  • Winners in other categories will be awarded medals and trophy cups.

Course Map