The Angkor Empire Marathon is a road race that runs around the Angkor ruins in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
The center of the event is in front of Angkor Wat,
and the competition takes place along a route that connects ancient temples, forests, and village rice fields.
The organizers introduce it as course, where you can see traces of the old Khmer civilization and the current lifestyle of the residents.
The road is generally guided on a smooth surface, and instead of a mountain path, it runs along a path that connects around the ruins.
From the section overlooking the temple, you pass through the forest and move to the section with rice fields and traditional villages.
Unlike the traditional way of looking at ruins in one place for a long time, you get to see various landscapes in the flow of running.
Not only the old buildings of the Angkor region but also the surrounding nature and living spaces serve as the backdrop for the competition.
Full marathon, half marathon, 10km, and 3km events in which both children and adults can participate.
Accepting both professional and non-professional runners, domestic and international participants choose their own distance within the same landscape of Encore.
By combining long-distance races and short-distance participatory events,
the competition can be experienced in different ways depending on the participants' goals.
The hosting organization connects the purpose of the event to international friendship and activities supporting disabled and disadvantaged children in Cambodia.
It involves introducing historical sites through running and supporting people in need in the region.
It is a marathon that engraves traces of the Angkor civilization into the name of the race,
but also includes relationships with the people living here today as part of the purpose of the event.
