Despite the rainy weather on the near Friday, Marathon Tel Aviv 2022, with about 40,000 runners from Israel and the world, is expected to take place as its ordinary, but may cause changes to the timetables.
Organizers are preparing for a rainy marathon, so hundreds of additional tents will be deployed along the tracks above the music stages, in the event venue, in the VIP complexes and in-store storage.
The jump to the end of the hand bike will take place at 6:15, and five minutes later the runners will jump into the half marathon, while at 7:00 the mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo will start the full marathon, while at 8:15 the special NATAL run with the participation of the Especially Peter Plachik and later (8:45) the jumps to 10 kilometers in the various allotments and to 6 kilometers starting at 10:30.
But according to the forecast, it is expected to rain already in the early morning hours, and it is possible that the original times will change, but the final decision will only be made on Thursday.
The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality told Israel Today: "Ahead of the Samsung Tel Aviv Marathon this coming Friday (25.2), we are also preparing to hold it in rainy weather. The municipality is conducting situation assessments on the subject and is in constant contact with the Meteorological Service. Rainy weather may affect "Allocation start times. If there are changes, the marathon participants will receive an update accordingly. The safety of the runners is at the forefront of our minds."
This year the marathon will try in every way to preserve the environment, when it is decided not to issue more booklets, the water along all the tracks will be served in recycled cups and not in bottles, the bags that will be distributed to the running kits will be recycled, and the shirts can be donated.
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