ARCHIVED RACE: Jordan Running Adventure Race @ Desert, Petra, Jordan on 24 November 2013

Race Info & Description

Race Information:

  • Event Name: Jordan Running Adventure Race
  • Distance (KMs): 190
  • Distance (Miles): 118
  • Date: 24 November 2013
  • Start Time: 06:00 AM
  • Venue: desert
  • Organised By: Tendao
  • Race Website: Click Here.

Race Facilities

  • Has Toilets? No
  • Has Changing Facilities? Yes
  • Has Water Stations? Yes - Multiple Water Stations
  • Has Prizes / Awards? Yes - Has Awards or Prizes

Race Description

A 190 Km non stop race in semi autonomy (GPS System is compulsory) From the Petra Mountain to the Wadi Rum desert or 70 km in the Wadi Rum Desert , or 42 km (2 stages Petra and the Wadi Rum)
« An Adventure following Lawrence of Arabia’s footsteps ! »

Situated at a crossroads, Jordan has always been all along its history a meeting point and a point of agreement for its various and varied movements. It still remains nowadays as it used to be. This intense country in which races, religions and populations have been mixed together and have influenced each other, balance life through its unique and cosmopolitan character. Jordan is without a doubt a kingdom which is deeply anchored in history and culture. As soon as you arrive there, you become aware of the wealth of its inheritance. Although they have been consigned for a long time to history books, the ruins of its civilizations have remained everywhere and even remain in the life of this surprising kingdom and in the own soul of its inhabitants…​

The Jordan Running Adventure Race is an 2×21 km (2 stages from Petra and WadiRum) , 70 or 190 km ultra trail covered in only one stage in an exceptional natural site situated between the Petra city and Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan. The 42 km (2×21 km ) take place in Petra (First Stage) and Wadi Rum (Second Stage) , the 70 km race take exclusively place in the sand of the Wadi Rum desert (End of the 190 km race). The 190 km race gets over the small mountains of Petra through soil and stone paths before discovering the Wadi Rum in its final partIt is limited to 56 hours for the longest race, to 30 hours for the 70 km race and 4 hours for the 21 km race stage.

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