Amazing Maasai Marathon
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Educating girls, one race at a time.
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2020In 2020, the Amazing Maasai Marathon was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Amazing Maasai Girls Project worked closely with our current 53 students to ensure their welfare and safety while schools across Kenya were closed for nine months. In October 2020, we were delighted to hold Year 7 of our virtual Global Run with an incredible 4,200 miles run globally by nearly 300 socially distant participants!
2020 turned out to be a record fundraising year and we are so grateful to all who choose to support the Amazing Girls during this very difficult moment globally. Just shy of $80,000 was raised in gross revenue for the nonprofit (see our Annual Donor Report for details). |
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2019The Amazing Maasai Marathon 2019 was held in Laikipia, Kenya on August 11th. As always, we delighted in welcoming International participants to join runners from the local Maasai community in an epic marathon to support girls’ education. Furthermore, in Year 6 of the GLOBAL RUN, runners across the world donated a Saturday Run to help send more girls to high school in Kenya. A total of $58,929 was raised in 2019 (see our Annual Donor Report for details of the impact this made!).
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2018The fun and adventure continues! The Amazing Maasai Marathon was held in Laikipia, Kenya on August 11th. International participants joined runners from the local Maasai community, racing across the foothills of Mt Kenya in support of girls’ education. Beyond East Africa, the running continued in cities across the world, with Year 5 of the GLOBAL RUN. From Bangkok to San Francisco, we donated our Saturday Run to help send more girls to high school in Kenya. More than $30,000 was raised as a result (follow us on Facebook for final results)
REGISTRATION OPEN: The Amazing Maasai Marathon 2020 will be held on Sat., August 8th. |
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2017Our best year yet! From Singapore to Italy, runners across the globe came together in 2017 to support girls' education in Kenya. For the seventh year, the Amazing Maasai Marathon was held in Kenya on July 22nd, organized by Drumbeat and our International partners, Marathon Tours. Hot on its heels, the fourth annual GLOBAL RUN was held in October, for a total net revenue of more than $45,000 - a record year. Follow us on Facebook for updates on the girls who receive 4-year scholarships in 2018 as a result.
REGISTRATION OPEN: The Amazing Maasai Marathon 2018 will be held on Sat., August 11th. |
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2016Year Six - what a blast! Since 2011 more than $180,000 has been raised to support girls' education through AMGP running events.
The Amazing Maasai Marathon was held in Kenya on July 29th, organized by Drumbeat and our International partners, Marathon Tours. Six weeks later, our international version, the Global Run, saw hundreds of people 'donate a run' to girls' education in 43 cities across 23 countries worldwide. Watch our 2016 video round-up HERE! REGISTRATIONS OPEN: The Amazing Maasai Marathon 2017 will be held on Sat., July 22nd. |
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20152015 - the Amazing Maasai Girls Project is now five years old!
Year 5 of the Amazing Maasai Marathon was held in Kenya on August 8th, organized by Drumbeat and our International partners, Marathon Tours. The same day, our virtual Global Run 2015 saw 1,200 people 'donate a run' to girls' education in 48 cities across 16 countries worldwide. To watch the video of Global Run 2015 click here SAVE THE DATE: The Amazing Maasai Marathon 2016 will be held on Sat., July 30th. |
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2014In 2014, we went BIG in a whole new way! Along with Year 4 of the marathon in Kenya, the Amazing Global Run was held in 39 cities across 15 countries worldwide.
More than 1,000 people ran in support of Girls Education on August 30th, raising more than $23,000 in one day! To watch the Global Run movie (a must-see video!), click here. For details of the Amazing Maasai Marathon, click here. We are excited to continue building the events with your support in 2015! |
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2013The third annual running of the event was a big success with over 500 runners from 14 countries. There was more organization and a great time was had by all.
The winner of the 75km won in 5:05 and the 42km in 2:27. Click here for more race results. In total, over $46,000 was raised by our runners for the scholarship fund. Check out their fundraising pages here. There are ten new Amazing Girls in school this year and the endowment fund is alive and well! From 2014, Marathon Tours will take over operations of the event so it can live on & thrive! |
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2012In 2012, the race nearly doubled in size and scope. There were over 300 runners in total -- internationals, expatriates hailing from around Africa, and hundreds of local Maasai runners
The winner of the 75km won in 4:57, and the 42km in 2:25. So fast! (Race Results here) This year, our runners helped us to raise over $50,000 for education scholarships. Check out their fundraising pages here. Nine new Amazing Girls found themselves with shiny new education scholarships. In order to support an on-going scholarship, an endowement fund was also started to keep the education fund alive. |
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2011In 2011, the Amazing Maasai ULTRA kicked off its inaugural event with about 100 local Maasai and 18 runners from abroad, mostly our friends we begged to come (thanks, pals!)
In this first year, our runners and friends helped to raise over +$19,000 for girls scholarships. Way to go! With that, twenty new Amazing Girls were awarded full four year scholaships to secondary school. To learn more, check out our website Amazing Maasai Marathon. |