Saturday 23 / November / 2024
Times News Service
Muscat: The organising committee of the Himam Trail Race is preparing to hold its fifth edition from December 5 to December 7, 2024 in four wilayats of Al Dakhiliyah Governorate.
The event will be hled in partnership with the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, and Al Dakhiliyah Governorate.
The race is a prominent sporting event in the region, as it attracts wide participation from all over the world, exceeding the barrier of a thousand runners representing 65 countries, with more than 40 percent of participants coming from outside the Sultanate of Oman, reflecting the growing international importance of this distinguished sporting event.
The race includes three main tracks with distances of 110 kilometres, 55 kilometres, and 20 kilometres. It is designed to challenge runners and showcase their physical and mental capabilities in the difficult mountainous nature.
The races will take place across four wilayats in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate: Nizwa, Izki, Al Hamra, and Al Jabal Al Akhdar, where runners will pass through stunning landscapes and diverse terrains that combine mountains, valleys, and green farms, making the experience exceptional and unique.
The main race will also be accompanied by sub-races held on Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7, 2024, for distances ranging from one kilometre to ten kilometres to suit different ages, including school students, to enhance the positive impact of the event on all members of society, in addition to an exhibition for small and medium enterprises.
The Himam Trail Race aims to achieve a set of goals, not only on the sports level, but also in supporting tourism and the local economy. It is also expected to contribute to promoting sports tourism in the Sultanate of Oman by attracting visitors and athletes from all over the world, which will enhance tourism movement and introduce participants to the beauty of the Omani environment and the cultural heritage of the region, in addition to supporting the local economy by providing temporary job opportunities and stimulating commercial activity in the host wilayats.
