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Summer Relay Almaty in Almaty
Summer Relay is an evening team relay race through central Almaty, held each July and organized as one of the preparatory events leading into the autumn Almaty Marathon. Five-person teams cover the course together, starting and finishing at Almaty Arena and routing through historic streets like Tole Bi and Panfilov. Recent editions have drawn around 1,300 participants, including roughly 300 children.
Five-person teams take over central Almaty streets for Summer Relay, an evening relay race organized by the Courage to be First corporate fund as one of several preparatory events feeding into the flagship Almaty Marathon held later each September.