{"id":76,"date":"2008-07-07T22:31:15","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T22:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/withinrch.wordpress.com\/?p=76"},"modified":"2008-07-07T22:31:15","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T22:31:15","slug":"kilimanjaro-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2008\/07\/07\/kilimanjaro-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilimanjaro Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/tz\/packages\/marathon.html\">Kilimanjaro Marathon<\/a> has been scheduled for February 22. There is a full marathon, a half-marathon, and 5k fun run, so there is something for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The course starts and ends in the town of Moshi and goes uphill towards Mt. Kilimanjaro (from 2600 feet \/ 800 meters up to about 3700 feet \/ 1120 meters).\u00a0 Racers have amazing views as they run through local villages, farms, banana and coffee plantations, and forests with lots of local villagers to cheer you on.\u00a0 The race is fully supported with water\/aid stations and medical support.\u00a0 The finish is the Moshi Stadium with bands, spectators, and lots of prizes to welcome you back.<\/p>\n<p>To round out your marathon experience, add a Kilimanjaro trek and safari.\u00a0 February is a fantastic time to visit Tanzania.\u00a0 The migration is typically in the southern Serengeti or northern Ngorongoro area, so it is easy to get to, and the weather is usually warm and sunny.<\/p>\n<p>We have a sample <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/tz\/packages\/marathon.html\">Kilimanjaro Marathon itinerary<\/a> with a 7-day Kilimanjaro trek, 5-day lodge safari, and extra days to prepare for and recover from your race.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Starting at $3420\/person<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plan now and start your training!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/images\/tz\/kili\/day4_hiking1.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"Climbing Kilimanjaro\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climbing Kilimanjaro<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[digg=http:\/\/digg.com\/travel_places\/Kilimanjaro_Marathon] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2009 Kilimanjaro Marathon has been scheduled for February 22. There is a full marathon, a half-marathon, and 5k fun run, so there is something for everyone. The course starts and ends in the town of Moshi and goes uphill &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2008\/07\/07\/kilimanjaro-marathon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,21,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kilimanjaro","category-safari","category-tanzania"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xxsg-1e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}