1st overall · 1st age group
1:33:08
Road & trail · Amman, JordanUTMB 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.
Terrain raced · 2024–20254,425 m climbed · 24 races · 400.2 km
DEAD SEA −430 M · LOWEST RACE ON EARTHPETRA +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
ProfileBuilt 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 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.
- Base
- Amman, Jordan
- Disciplines
- Road · Trail · Ultra-trail · Cross country
- Raced in
- Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Egypt · Spain
- Volume
- 12–20 h per week, structured blocks
- Languages
- Arabic · English
- Profession
- Software performance engineering consultant
- Next race
- TCS 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 logTwenty-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia Marathon Trinidad AlfonsoSD Correcaminos | Dec 2025 | Road | 42.195 km | 2:50:57 | 68 m | 3124 | 1325 |
| 12th Rum International MarathonUnlimited Distances | Nov 2025 | Trail | 21.1 km | 1:33:08 | 136 m | 1 | 1 |
| Bromine Amman Marathon 2025Run Jordan | Oct 2025 | Road | 21.1 km | 1:20:48 | 104 m | 5 | — |
| Cross Country — IEC AlumniIEC Alumni College | Sep 2025 | Road | 4 km | 16:15 | 126 m | — | — |
| Petra Desert Half Marathon 2025Albatros Adventure Marathons | Sep 2025 | Trail | 25 km | 2:02:59 | 790 m | 4 | 2 |
| Umm El Jimmal 2nd International Race— | Jul 2025 | Road | 9.34 km | — | 10 m | — | — |
| 4th Jordan Eco Trail — Wasfi Al-Tall ForestUnlimited Distances | Jun 2025 | Trail | 20 km | 1:28:56 | 483 m | — | 3 |
| One Run International RaceRun Through Jordan | May 2025 | Road | 21.1 km | 1:24:55 | 167 m | 4 | — |
| Tall Al-Rumman Running ChallengeAmman Road Runners | May 2025 | Road | 6.6 km | — | 252 m | 3 | 2 |
| Dead Sea Duathlon 2025Jordan Triathlon | Apr 2025 | Road | 10 km | — | — | — | — |
| Dead Sea Half Marathon 2025Run Jordan | Apr 2025 | Road | 21.1 km | 1:21:09 | 158 m | 7 | — |
| AlUla Ultra Trail — Elephant RockRace Arabia | Jan 2025 | Trail | 23 km | 1:47:36 | 243 m | 3 | 2 |
| Cross Country Race 2025Jordan Athletics Federation | 2025 | Road | 10 km | — | 68 m | — | — |
| 6th Marakez Pyramids Half MarathonTriFactory · Egypt | Dec 2024 | Road | 21.1 km | 1:21:27 | 200 m | 16 | 4 |
| Ayla Red Sea Half Marathon 2024Run Jordan | Dec 2024 | Road | 21.1 km | 1:19:15 | 50 m | 12 | — |
| 6th Ayla Triathlon — relay duathlonJordan Triathlon | Nov 2024 | Road | 5 km | 18:47 | — | 6 | — |
| 11th Rum International MarathonUnlimited Distances | Oct 2024 | Trail | 22 km | 1:42:06 | 103 m | 5 | 2 |
| Bromine Amman Marathon 2024Run Jordan | Oct 2024 | Road | 21.1 km | 1:24:52 | 114 m | 5 | — |
| Sport City 2nd Annual Triathlon — relayJordan Triathlon | Sep 2024 | Road | 5 km | 19:06 | 78 m | 7 | — |
| Petra Desert Half Marathon 2024Albatros Adventure Marathons | Sep 2024 | Trail | 22.7 km | 2:04:07 | 722 m | 7 | 3 |
| 3rd Jordan Eco Trail — Wasfi Al-Tall ForestUnlimited Distances | Jun 2024 | Trail | 20 km | 1:46:59 | 553 m | 7 | 2 |
| 6th Cross Country Race — IECIEC Alumni | May 2024 | Road | 1.6 km | 6:05 | — | 3 | 3 |
| 3rd Cross Country — Intl Jordanian AthletesIJAA | May 2024 | Road | 5 km | 15:57 | — | — | — |
| Dead Sea Ultra Marathon 2024Run Jordan | Apr 2024 | Road | 21.1 km | 1:27:20 | — | 9 | 4 |
O/A = overall placing · AG = age-group placing · Gain = elevation gain. Cross-country and relay legs included for completeness.
Race galleryTwo 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.
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.
PodcastInstagram
Sunday Runday Podcast
A long-form conversation on building an international racing career out of Amman.
Listen on Spotify →Training logStrava
Every run since 2024, open to the public. Pace, heart rate, elevation, mileage.
Follow the training →SocialRace-day coverage, training notes and gear in use — Arabic and English.
@fuad.abusafi →Verified indexUTMB World
Official trail running index — results verified by the UTMB World Series.
View runner profile →Verified indexITRA
International Trail Running Association performance index and race record.
View ITRA profile →SponsorshipPut 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 training apparel
- 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 across every race
Silver
500–750
JOD · per season
- Logo on training apparel
- 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
Race numbers are issued and branded by race organisers, so sponsor logos cannot be placed on them. Everything above is within my control to deliver.
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.