Riyadh Marathon

I think I may have helped Tom Williams post his slowest ever 10k time as he obligingly jogged next to me at the Saudi Sports for All Federation - الاتحاد السعودي للرياضة للجميع Riyadh Marathon on Sunday. But then the time didn’t matter. For me and Tom it was all about being part of a mass community event with people from all walks of life moving together.

I hope the 5k and 10k bits of the marathon will act as a catalyst to get more people happily active across Saudi Arabia and, as we said the following day at a panel discussion for a United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Executive Diploma on Sports Mega Events and Lasting Impact, we have ideas around exactly how to support that.