Masafat Running Club, Saudi Arabia’s first Olympic-certified running club, is redefining community sports | Urkod
The Masafat Running Club was founded in 2007, at a time when the culture of community running was still in its tentative infancy in the region, and the sight of amateur runners jogging through the streets of our Arab cities was still an unfamiliar one. Yet in Jeddah, the “Bride of the Red Sea,” a spontaneous, quiet movement. Imagine the scene: a small group of friends and running enthusiasts gathering in the early mornings or on quiet evenings to train together….