Imperious since the start of the competition, Mourdouji won first place in the final classification after having won on Sunday for the fourth day in a row, leaving only crumbs for his opponents. During this final stage, he confirmed his dominance, managing to complete the 22.5km linking the Michlifen ski and sports resort to the city of Ifrane, via the Rass Lma national holiday camp, in 1h 17min 28sec. His compatriot Jaouad El Jazouli came in 2nd position in 1h18:00, a time that allowed him to preserve 2nd place in the general classification, while Hassan Chibane took third place in the stage in 1h 19:31. Another Moroccan, Hicham El Barouki, finished at the foot of the final podium. On the other hand, the women's event was marked by a fierce struggle and breathtaking suspense between the Moroccan athletes Batoule Arajdal and Jamila Ayachi. The Frenchwoman Claire Milot, unable to join the race for the title, was content to manage her effort to finish quietly in third position. The two competitors promised a fierce battle to ensure hegemony over the race from the start of this challenge, after having won the first stage ex aequo, thus imprinting an infernal rhythm on the following days. Arajdal managed to break away on the 2nd day, but that was without counting on the iron will of her rival who immediately took her revenge the next day. The final day, highly anticipated, was therefore decisive for the final victory and Batoule Arajdal was the strongest, thus folding the debates in her favour by winning the stage in 1h 40:49 with almost six minutes ahead of her antagonist (1h 46:09). Milot finished 3rd far behind (2h 12:13). With a total distance of 90 km, the 3rd International Cedar Marathon, supervised by the famous Moroccan marathon runner Abdelkader Mouaziz, took place in four stages at an altitude varying between 1,600 and 2,100m, having led the participants from Zaouiat Oued Ifrane to Ain Leuh, Lake Affenourir, Moudemam and Michlifen. Traced on a varied course alternating crossings of fields, cedar forests, mountains, tracks and paved roads, this marathon, initiated in collaboration with the Provincial Council of Ifrane and the rural communes of Ben Smim, Oued Ifrane and Ain Leuh, constituted a real niche to develop for the promotion of sport and tourism in the region. It was also an ideal meeting place for marathon enthusiasts, whose motivations were twofold, namely self-transcendence and the improvement of endurance in a pleasant competitive setting in addition to tourist discovery. Furthermore, the International Cedar Marathon is beginning to feminise. For the first time, eleven female marathon runners participated in the 3rd edition, organised from 23 to 26 June in the province of Ifrane. Athletes from the United States, France and Morocco participated in this 2011 edition and thus covered the 90 km of the circuit on an equal footing with the men. In a statement to the MAP, the French athlete Claire Milot welcomed the organisation of this competition and the atmosphere that prevailed between the athletes throughout the four days on the programme.

"Personally, I managed the race well and I am very fit," she said, adding that she spent unique and unforgettable moments in the company of the other competitors who were "very courteous and kind." For her part, the oldest of the participants, Zhor Tijani (56 years old) expressed her desire to return next year to participate in this marathon which, according to her, allowed her to practise her favourite sport, let off steam and discover regions and sites whose existence she was unaware of. There must be better media coverage of this sporting event for better involvement of women and young people, knowing that sport can contribute to their development and education. For her part, Soumia Rkiouak, an amateur athlete, indicated that she had had an excellent experience, although at the start, she did not even think she could go to the end and finish all the stages.