1st overall · 1st age group
1:33:08
12th Rum International Marathon
Road & trail · Amman, Jordan
UTMB Index · ITRA ranked
Fuad
Abu Safi
Endurance athlete
2:50:57 marathon. 1:19:15 half. Winner of the 12th Rum International Marathon, third overall at AlUla Ultra Trail. 400 km of racing across four countries — every kilometre logged in public.
Valencia · 2:50:57
Terrain raced · 2024–2025
4,425 m climbed · 24 races · 400.2 km
DEAD SEA −430 M · LOWEST RACE ON EARTH
PETRA +790 M CLIMB · HIGHEST GAIN
2:50:57
Marathon
Valencia 2025 · debut, sub-3
1:19:15
Half marathon
Ayla Red Sea · 3:45 /km
15:57
5 km
Cross country · 3:11 /km
1st
Wadi Rum
12th Rum International Marathon
Profile
Built on repetition,
Built on repetition,
not on hype
I am an endurance athlete based in Amman. I race road and trail — half marathons on tarmac, ultra-trail on sandstone — and I work as a software performance engineering consultant. The two jobs are the same job: find the limit, measure it, move it.
My marathon debut was Valencia, December 2025. I went through halfway on schedule and finished in 2:50:57. Eleven months earlier I had run AlUla Ultra Trail in Saudi Arabia and come third overall. In November 2025 I won the 12th Rum International Marathon outright, first across the line and first in my age group.
Every session I have run since 2024 is public on Strava. If a sponsor wants to audit the training behind a result, it is already there.
I write about the sport on Substack and I have spoken about it on the Sunday Runday Podcast. I run in English and in Arabic, which means the story travels in both directions — out of Jordan, and back into it.
Next on the calendar is the TCS Amsterdam Marathon, 18 October 2026 — a World Athletics Platinum Label race and the next step toward the Majors.
AlUla · 3rd overall
BaseAmman, Jordan
DisciplinesRoad · Trail · Ultra-trail · Cross country
Raced inJordan · Saudi Arabia · Egypt · Spain
Volume12–20 h per week, structured blocks
LanguagesArabic · English
ProfessionSoftware performance engineering consultant
Next raceTCS Amsterdam Marathon · 18 Oct 2026
Selected results
The ones that count
Nine top-five finishes and nine age-group podiums across two seasons. These are the six that define the range — from a sub-3 road marathon to a desert ultra.
Sub-3 marathon debut
2:50:57
Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso
3rd overall · 2nd age group
1:47:36
AlUla Ultra Trail — Elephant Rock
Half marathon PR
1:19:15
Ayla Red Sea Half Marathon
4th age group · Egypt
1:21:27
6th Marakez Pyramids Half Marathon
4th overall · 2nd age group
2:02:59
Petra Desert Half Marathon
Full race log
Twenty-four races,
Twenty-four races,
two seasons
The complete record — nothing filtered out. Sponsors can verify any line of it against public results and Strava.
→ Swipe the table to see times, gain and placings
| Race | Date | Type | Dist | Time | Gain | O/A | AG |
|---|
O/A = overall placing · AG = age-group placing · Gain = elevation gain. Cross-country and relay legs included for completeness.
Race gallery
Two seasons,
Two seasons,
four countries
Wadi Rum, Giza, AlUla, Petra, Valencia. Real race photography from the start lines that built this record — and the kind of backdrop a brand gets to stand in front of.
12th Rum International Marathon
1st overall · Wadi Rum · Nov 2025
AlUla Ultra Trail — Elephant Rock
3rd overall · Saudi Arabia · Jan 2025
Marakez Pyramids Half Marathon
Giza, Egypt · 1:21:27
Valencia Marathon
Bib 4320 · 42.195 km at 4:00 /km
Petra Desert Marathon
2nd age group · 790 m of climbing
4th Jordan EcoTrail Run
3rd age group · Wasfi Al-Tall Forest · 483 m
Sub-3 in the debut
2:50:57 · Valencia · Dec 2025
Race through history
Giza, Egypt · Dec 2024
Bromine Amman Half Marathon
5th overall · 1:20:48 · home race
Holding the pace
3:51 /km · Pyramids Half
Jordan EcoTrail — podium
Organised by Unlimited Distances · Jun 2025
Pyramids Half Marathon — podium
4th age group · Giza, Egypt
Representing Jordan
Valencia Marathon international ambassadors
Race week
Valencia expo · bib collection
Voice & reach
The story travels
Around 2,200 followers across Instagram and Facebook, a public Strava log, a podcast appearance and a running newsletter — in two languages.
Podcast
Sunday Runday Podcast
A long-form conversation on building an international racing career out of Amman.
Listen on Spotify →
Training log
Strava
Every run since 2024, open to the public. Pace, heart rate, elevation, mileage.
Follow the training →
Social
Instagram
Race-day coverage, training notes and gear in use — Arabic and English.
@fuad.abusafi →
Verified index
UTMB World
Official trail running index — results verified by the UTMB World Series.
View runner profile →
Verified index
ITRA
International Trail Running Association performance index and race record.
View ITRA profile →
Newsletter
Writing & media
Long-form notes on training, racing and the Jordanian endurance scene.
Listen & read →
Sponsorship
Put your brand
Put your brand
on the start line
I am looking for partners for the 2026–2027 season, starting with the TCS Amsterdam Marathon on 18 October 2026. Packages are in Jordanian dinar and can be split between sponsors or taken in kind.
Gold
1,000–1,500
JOD · per season
- Primary logo on race kit and bib
- 6–8 dedicated posts, 12–15 stories per race
- Named training series through the block
- Post-race video testimonial
- Named partner on this site
- Priority placement at every race
Silver
500–750
JOD · per season
- Logo on race kit
- 3–4 dedicated posts, 6–8 stories per race
- Product features and honest reviews
- Mentions across training updates
- Listed partner on this site
Bronze & in-kind
200–300
JOD · or product equivalent
- Race-day thank-you posts
- 1–2 dedicated feature posts
- Listed partner on this site
- In-kind welcome: shoes, nutrition, recovery, travel
Verifiable audience
Real numbers, not inflated ones. ~2,200 followers, public Strava, and a post-race report with reach and engagement.
Two languages
Arabic and English content, reaching the Jordanian running community and the international circuit.
A full season
Sponsorship runs across the whole block — 16–20 weeks of build plus race week — not a single post.
Open books
A costed breakdown of what the money covers: entry, flights, visa, accommodation, nutrition, physio.