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Thousands of athletes will leave the start line of the Marrakech International Marathon on January 31. The best Moroccan athletes and more than 2000 foreign Marathon runners from 26 countries will hit the road in Marrakech to win this race. Apart from the prize offered to the first three winners, the organising association announced that there will be a prize to the athletes who will run the marathon distance in less than 2h:10min and those who will break the marathon record (2h 8 min 15sec) for men and (2h 29 min 21s) for women, held by Moroccan Abdelkader El Mouaziz and Romanian Adriana Barbu since 1999 and 1994 respectively.
Kenyan David Rutoh won the 2009 marathon in a time of 2h 10 min 31 sec for men and Ethiopian Yeshi Esayias (2h 29 min 52 sec) for women
