Bahrain Marathon Relay

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Friday 27th November will be a date to remember in the history of PMU.
On that day a team from the university ran the Bahrain Marathon Relay for the very first time. Not only that, but we came 4th out of 19 teams in our category and 32nd out of 177 teams participating in the event.

 

This was the 35th year the Bahrain Marathon Relay has been held. It is organized by the Bahrain Round Table, a charity organization that raises funds for a range of local causes, including educational. Over $2,000,000 has been raised by the marathon in the previous 34 years.

The Bahrain Marathon Relay is made up of 16 stages of approximately 3 km in length totaling 49 km. The PMU team consisted of 10 runners made up of students, faculty, staff and parents. The relay starts and finishes at the Bahrain International circuit and runners from around the world compete as well as local and GCC runners.

PMU team members trained hard for the race and participated in the PMU Wellness Day Run and Khobar Charity Run in preparation for the event. We were supported by student and faculty around the route and the Media Club recorded the event for posterity. We were rewarded with an individual medal and shirt and the team received a commemorative plaque. More importantly we achieved an amazing result by working together as a team to plan, prepare and practice for the run and we hope to build on this for greater participation and even better results in the future.

This participation was organized by the Department of Campus Life and under the supervision of the Division of Student Affairs