Running a race in a place far away place, especially if it is a country different than your own you always want to make sure you pack your race essentials. What are your race essentials? First and foremost, pack your shoes in your carry-on. If you do nothing else that is suggested here, follow that […]

Today we celebrate #NationalHeartDay.  As part of the Reggae Marathon, we want to support @heartfoundationja by asking our runners to raise money for their cause. Get started by creating your fundraising page on @GivenGainFoundation, linked in our bio. The first runner to raise $100 will win free entry for the 2024 event.

As of this year, the annual run and walk event, known as Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, will no longer offer a Marathon segment. In making the announcement today, race director Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis said it had become necessary to restructure the event as “we have been constantly challenged to provide the same level […]

The Heart Foundation of Jamaica says the $164,876 raised through the initiative of two students at Hillel High School on the fundraising portal of the 2021 Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K is timely and will go a far way to assist with the maintenance of the foundation’s island wide mobile heart screening programme. A […]

At least 600 runners and walkers are set to travel to Jamaica to run along the established Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K Negril route, even as the event is a virtual race this year. They will run in Negril between November 13 and December 4, followed by a vacation on the island. Last year […]

Registration for the 2021 Virtual Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K & 5 K race is open and runners from 17 different countries have already shown interest in participating. Each participant has been charged to recreate the Reggae Marathon experience wherever they are in the world. However, some runners have expressed their desire to travel to […]

Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K, set for December 5, will go virtual again this year. This was announced by the organisers of the annual event, the Jamdammers Running Club of Kingston. “We understand that the runners and walkers from Jamaica and about 30 countries across the globe will be disappointed that they will not […]

The Reggae Marathon is an international running event with runners coming from all over the world. So it makes sense that we want to celebrate the women who come to Negril each year to run the Reggae Marathon. Runners have come from Japan, Germany, England, the United States, and of course our host country of […]

Organisers of Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K are planning to add a Virtual 5K race to its annual choice of races going forward, in addition to the physical run and walk, as soon as COVID-19 protocols allow.  The new virtual feature will be added to the annual event to allow for wider global participation […]

To-date, registrations for the virtual staging of the 2020 Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K have been received from 14 countries. These are: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Jamaica, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad, UK and USA.  Registration closes on December 2 for local runners and on November 30 for the international running […]

Registration is now open for local and international participants in this year’s Virtual Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K event. Participants are invited to register via www.reggaemarathon.com and choose their virtual event.  Registration remains open until November 30 and runners/walkers can complete their choice of event between November 14 to December 6. “The virtual event […]

 REGGAE MARATHON GOES VIRTUAL IN 2020 Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K will go virtual this year! That is the decision of the organisers, the Jamdammers Running Club of Kingston, supported by their partners and stakeholders. “COVID-19 has altered the ‘runscape’ worldwide and Jamaica is no exception.  With the rise in positive cases locally and […]

The Reggae Marathon family hopes that everyone is doing well and is staying safe and healthy.  We thank you for checking in regarding the Reggae Marathon.  As of now, the event is still on schedule and we will continue to monitor the situation. Should there be any change for the worse, we will advise via […]

The Reggae Marathon, has been selected as a Caribbean qualifying race for the Abbott World Marathon Majors Wanda Age Group World Rankings. The AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Rankings launched in 2018, and the first AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championships  will take place at the Virgin Money London Marathon, April 2020.   In making the […]

Local early bird registration date for the 2019 Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K has been extended by one month to August 31, 2019. Registration remains open at www.reggaemarathon.com Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K is set for December 8, 2019 in Negril and continues to attract runners and walkers from across Jamaica and over […]

The Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K has joined four other Caribbean marathons to form the Five Island Challenge, sponsored by the Atlanta Life Insurance Company of USA. The other marathons are: Marathon Bahamas Race Weekend; Run Barbados Marathon Weekend; Bermuda International Race Weekend and Cayman Islands Marathon & Half Marathon Relay. The organisers of […]

Hotels in the resort areas of the island are gearing up to compete for the Chairman’s Trophy in this year’s Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, set for Sunday, December 2.   The trophy was introduced last year in honour of Ewart Barclay, the late Chairman of  the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K.  The […]

As promised, this year’s 18th staging of Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K  will be held on a Sunday, December 2 and the location remains Negril, again starting at Long Bay Beach Park on the Norman Manley Boulevard promptly at 5:15 a.m.   Already participants from 30 countries have registered, with the largest group set […]

34-year-old Winthrope Wellington, marathoner from Westmoreland, was among 22 runners from eight countries who participated in the Tottori Prefecture Marathon in Japan on March 11, as a representative of the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K. Described as an “admirable finish”, Wellington completed the Marathon with a time of 3 hrs 19:39 having improved on […]

It was a sweeping victory for Japanese runners in the male and female categories of Reggae Marathon held in Negril on Saturday, December 2. However, Jamaica dominated the Half Marathon and 10k events. 2017 Tottori Japan Marathon winner, Daisuke Ikemoto successfully defended the Reggae Male Marathon title from last year to be the 2017 male […]

Thirty-seven countries will participate in this year’s Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K event on Saturday, December 2 in Negril. The countries include: Japan, USA, Russia, Poland, UK, Germany, Canada, Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica. Among the special participants expected are athletes from Tottori Japan: Daisuke Ikemoto, Male Athlete of the Japan Self-Defence Force and winner in […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica … October 2017 – The 2017 staging of Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K is set for Saturday, December 2 in Negril. In making the announcement at a Media Launch on October 24 at the Alhambra Inn, Race Director, Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis noted that last year’s staging of the annual sporting event by […]

Another Jamaican sporting event has been voted #1 in the world. The local Reggae Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10K annual event has received the nod from more than 24,000 readers of the UK-based Women’s Running and Men’s Running magazines. They have decided that Reggae Marathon is this year’s Men’s Running – International Race of the Year […]

The Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K blog has been selected by the prestigious blog.feedspot as one of the Top 50 marathon blogs on the worldwide web.  Thousands of top marathon blogs on blog.feedspot index were judged using search and social metrics.   The announcement was made recently by blog.feedspot in an email to Alfred […]

Since registration for this year’s Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K opened on January 2, 2017, a number of runners from 18 countries have already signed up for the event.  Those countries include Canada, USA, UK, Germany, France, Poland and the Netherlands.   However, the event organiser and host, Reggae Marathon Limited, is reminding local […]

    Ahead of the mid-March launch of the international promotional campaign for this year’s Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, the Half Marathon race event has been selected among the Best Half Marathons around the world in 2016.   The award was the result of a survey among members of the 100 Half Marathons […]

Winner of the 2016 Tottori Prefecture Japan Marathon and champion athlete Kota Taniguchi took the lead in the male section of 2016 Reggae Marathon in Negril last Saturday, with a time of 2:38:49. Coming in second was Jamaican Rupert Green at 2:43:49, with third place winner being Brian Polen of Wooster, USA with a time […]

The 16th staging of the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K will be held from December 1 to 3, 2016 in Negril. The run-off will begin on the IAAF-certified course at the Long Bay Beach Park, located along Negril’s famed seven-mile beach, then loop into the town of Negril, before heading north towards the town […]

Details of the event, which has earned the reputation for being a well-organised international event, were revealed at a launch at Eden Gardens yesterday. Race director, Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis, is anticipating a greater turnout for this year’s staging with the rising number of international participants. “The event last year brought out an outpouring of support […]

Representatives of Tottori Marathon of Japan and the locally organised Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K have reached an agreement where the winner of each event will participate in other nation’s  marathon beginning this year. A meeting  to finalise details of a Memorandum of Understanding was held recently in Negril between Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis, Race […]

The International Association of Athletes Federation (IAAF) and USA Track & Field (USATF) have re-certified the three race courses for the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K annual sporting event to be held in Negril this year from December 1 to 3. In addition, the organisations have declared the course measurement accurate. “This is a […]

Up to August 3, 2016 registration for the 16th staging of Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K was 33% higher than last year at this time.  Among them are athletes from over 20 countries and 15 states within the USA. The early bird entry fee closed on July 31, 2016.  However, there is another opportunity […]

Registration is now open for 2016 Reggae Marathon, Half-Marathon & 10K  event in Negril.   Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis, Race Director for Reggae Marathon, Half-Marathon & 10K said his organisation began accepting on-line registration from both local and international participants as of  Friday, January 1, 2016.   He said this year’s event will be under the […]

8 December 2015: With the highest ever number of registered participants and over 2,000 finishers, the 15th staging of Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K event held in Negril last weekend, was the most successful to-date.   Nearly 1,400 overseas runners and about 990 locals participated in the event.   No Jamaican broke any of […]

When the 433 runners and 100 cheerleaders of the US-based Reggae Runnerz group arrive in Jamaica for the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, they will be bringing shoes for the football team and gears for the netball team at the Negril All Age School. They will also be conducting development seminars for students at […]

Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K has donated all old banners from its December, 2014 event and previous stagings to the JPS Banna Bags project for the creation of school bags for children in need.   The Banna Bags Project is a social outreach programme by JPS to convert unused corporate vinyl banners into attractive, […]

  Enjoy the finest in Reggae music at Reggae Marathon in Negril, during the weekend of December 3-5.  The over 2,500 runners expected will pick up their packages at Couples Swept Away Sports Complex on Thursday, December 3 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.   Then on Friday, December 4, Registration and Runner Packet Collection […]

A record number of local and international runners from over 35 countries across the globe are expected to participate in the 15th Anniversary and celebratory  staging of Reggae Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10K event set for December 3 to 5, 2015 in Negril.  Among the first-time countries registered to participate are: Saudia Arabia and Suriname.   […]

As of Friday, November 27 the USA was leading in the number of entries to this year’s Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, set for Saturday, December 5 in Negril. At second place is Jamaica, while Canada is third.   As in 2014, over 35 countries are expected to send representatives to the event, with […]

The Burger King Reggae Marathon Grand Prix 2-race qualifier begins this Sunday, October 25 with runners vying for over $800,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to compete in the Reggae Marathon event set for December 3 to 5, 2015 in Negril.   The race on Sunday will be held at Burger King in Mandeville, while […]

During the first 12 years of Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K, it has contributed more than US$11 million to the Negril community and the Jamaican economy, according to data collected by Jamaica Tourist Board and Reggae Marathon between 2001 and 2012. Overall, the sports tourism industry in the United States generates US$6 billion each […]

As the early bird registration fee to participate in this year’s Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K draws close to its July 31 deadline, runners from Saudia Arabia have registered for the first time, joining others from such countries as  USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Belgium and Poland.  To-date there has been a 29 per cent […]

“What started as a hobby for race director ‘Frano’ and the Jamdammers Running Club of Kingston is now a major boost to Jamaica economically” noted Richard Lake, Chairman Reggae Marathon in an article that ran recently in the Jamaica Observer.  And our very own Reggae Marathon race event weekend has contributed over US$11 million to the Jamaican […]

Jamaica Observer – Thursday, May 21, 2015 JUST over three months since registration opened for the 15th staging of Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K on December 3 to 5 in Negril, there has been a 28 per cent increase in the number of persons registered when compared to this time last year…….[Read More]