Tel Aviv and Jerusalem marathons revel in 'healthy competition'
Tel Aviv to stage its annual marathon on Friday. Jerusalem will follow three weeks later.
Tel Aviv to stage its annual marathon on Friday. Jerusalem will follow three weeks later.
40,000 runners will take part in the Tel Aviv Samsung Marathon, which will be held on February 24.
14 require hospitalization, many more need medical treatment, in what is becoming an annual tradition that has already cost two lives.
After two runners collapse from heat stroke, Tel Aviv halts marathon; 75 injured total.
Road closures for the event prompt police to advise motorists to use public transport, caution in the Tel Aviv area.
The death of a runner in last March's Tel Aviv Marathon has prompted the Health Ministry to issue rules for marathon sponsors
A man suffered severe heatstroke and died Friday morning during the Tel Aviv half marathon. 15 others hospitalized.