One community. One week. Then we race. Follow the stories from volcanoes, Himalayan trails and deserts.
$2m+ raised across nine countries.
Impact Marathon is a one-week adventure combining immersive travel, community-led impact and an extraordinary trail race. Run 10K, half or full marathon routes across volcanoes, Himalayan trails and deserts. Together, our runners have driven over $2m into communities across nine countries.
Run the ancient desert - comment Jordan - and we will send you all the details.
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Jordan
Why don’t we just run the race?
Fair question, and we get it a lot.
In a world of transactions, to tick a country, or a race for a lost - it’s also a fair business question, surely we just want the most amount of people possible? Churn through more races. More runners.
But it’s not as simple as that.
We believe a race means more when you’ve really gotten to know your fellow runners, and where you are running.
Scrap that, we don’t just believe it.
We know it to be true.
For 11 years we have watched runners change lives, and be changed.
We have seen 35% of Impact Runners book their next race with us with 18 months…that is crazy. And it is based on the truth we have discovered: running together, with others, for others…just, means more.
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13/08/2026
Ten families in Batase piloted polytunnels with us and Agri Nepal
The tunnels are already growing green chillies, tomatoes, garlic, red radish, cauliflower, cabbage and onions, through months when the open fields grow almost nothing.
Now there’s a waiting list running right through the village, and Batase Rising Youth, a new organisation started by the village’s young people, are creating plans to run it all as a co-operative.
Theirs, not ours.
This is what our races are for.
Leave a comment and cheer them on, we’ll make sure Batase sees every one.
…and Nepal Impact Marathon, edition eight, are you in?
1 desert - 35 runners
This is not like any other marathon on earth - combining powerful impact projects, with incredible trail running, and experiencing the beauty of Jordan, all in one week.
And all whilst surrounded by an amazing group of people you get to run beside through the vast wilderness of Wadi Rum.
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We are growing again…
As we build more and more new events and races, it’s time to meet our newest full-time team member…
We’ve kept it close to home for the first one, but watch out for new introductions every week for the next few weeks.
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06/08/2026
Jordan highlights …
The race that inspires resilience.
There is nothing like that moment when the runners pile onto a pickup truck, head off into the Wadi Rum sunset, the signal drops, and for three days they will have no contact with the outside world…they’ll emerge having slept like they haven’t in years, closer to their fellow runners than any race in their lives…and holding a handmade ceramic medal.
That medal says I just ran in one of the worlds most incredible landscapes, through a desert that is deceptively undulating, past hundreds of camels, supported by the Bedouin race team who make every aid station feel like a feast…and I am more aware now than ever before of how strong, how resilient, I am.
There really is nothing like it.
📸 Bob Thomas
04/08/2026
BTS - route scouting in Rwanda photo dump
We had one week to pull the entire race route together. From careful plotting from afar, to getting out running, riding, and driving every section … and wow, did this route come together well.
From the work from Dusabe in kicking Nick Kershaw • Founder, Impact Marathon up the Rwandan hills without breaking a sweat, to the local police chiefs supporting and monitoring the route, to a man carrying a door rescuing us at a dead end…this was an unforgettable race build up.
And the end result - an unbelievable route, stunning, evocative, atmospheric, and unlike any route we’ve ever created. A team effort from start to finish.
We had a blast creating it - flat tyres and all!
You’re going to love it.
50% of places are filled for June 2027…
You can register today through the link in our bio.
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