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News

The Arctic running experience

AIMS News

Looking ahead

Awakening the senses

A one-of-a-kind feeling Kazan Marathon, Russia Tatarstan’s capital offers flattest course in Russia

Volkswagen Bucharest Half Marathon, Romania ‘City of Joy’ offers good chances for running fast times

An intense street party

Copenhagen Marathon, Denmark Flat and beautiful course through a liveable, open and friendly city

All things considered ASICS Stockholm Marathon, Sweden Comprehensive plan promises safe running and memories for life

Swissalpine, Switzerland Ultramarathon in a mountain paradise

Race Features

JCP Swansea Half Marathon, Great Britain Wales’ second city attracts runners of all abilities

Marathon movers: Longest-serving race directors of AIMS events (Part II)

A re-imagined race

Milton Keynes Marathon & Half Marathon, Great Britain All was going to plan for the Rightmove Milton Keynes Marathon in the south of England until the coronavirus struck just two months before race day

Regulars

Opinion

25 Magic shoes Recent changes in shoe technology have led to wholesale revision of distance running records and made comparison with earlier performances meaningless, argues Hugh Jones Running into history

Spring in your step

BMW Tangamanga International Marathon, Mexico Inspiring surrounding to awaken all your senses

A high Alpine running spectacle

Come. See. Discover.

Midnight Sun Marathon, Norway Intense contrasts in polar night

Košice Peace Marathon: Europe’s oldest Marathon 36 celebrates its very first edition A marathon dream transformed into reality

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A way forward Despite the flurry of recordbreaking times distance running as a participatory sport remains diminished by mass events mistakenly being seen as a ‘super-spreader’ mechanism. Three months ago distance running events seemed to be starting up again after a lengthy period in which the sport had slowly ground to a halt. The first wave of coronavirus infections had receded and race organisers started planning to restart mass races on a reduced scale. The events that made headlines were small elite-only affairs with a field

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counted in the tens rather than thousands. But they were eyecatching: the half marathon in Prague gave us a new women-only world record; London Marathon staged a dramatic finish in which Eliud Kipchoge did not feature. But these were multi-lap courses more reminiscent of stadium athletics than popular marathons – except that spectators had to be actively discouraged from coming to watch. That same weekend the Košice Peace Marathon had to slash numbers from the 5000 planned to 200 to satisfy local health concerns; the following week both the Riga and Bucharest marathons were cancelled at the last moment and a similar fate befell the Belgrade Marathon a week later, followed by Lausanne’s ‘covidcompatible’ race for 1000 runners succumbing to a resurgence of the virus. The trend continued into November with Athens Marathon The Authentic being cancelled less than a week before it was due to be run, in a

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scaled-down anti-covid form, as Greece went into a second lockdown. There were some races that did go ahead with thousands of runners, but not many of them: that same weekend in November Istanbul Marathon, and several weeks before it the Half Marathon, was notable for its 4000-strong field. The organisers’ radical anti-covid precautions were to move the start and finish area to a huge open space

to allow safe distancing between runners before and after the race. To achieve this the course had to be completely changed which involved making a double crossing of the Bosphorus Bridge. The mass field was separated from the elite race with groups of four runners starting every five seconds. Elite-only races with small fields but big budgets and TV coverage continued to be the only realistic

The worst of times, but the best of timings In the most difficult year in living memory for the sport of distance running Valencia hosted four World records: Rhonex Kipruto from Kenya in 10km on the road; Letesenbet Gidey from Ethiopia (5000m) and Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda (10000m) on the track; and Kiwibott Kandie from Kenya in the Half Marathon. Kandie, with his sensational 57:32 timing, was followed home by the Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo (57:36) and Kenyans Rhonex Kipruto (57:48) and Alexander Mutiso (57:59) – all four of them beating the previous record of 58:01. Mutiso ran sub 58 yet didn’t even make the podium. Runners benefited from no apparent wind in the first half of the course but a tailwind over the last few kilometres. The effects were seen in the 15-20km split (13:33) and the final 1097.5m being run in 2:49. In the women’s race Genzebe Dibaba tackled the half-marathon

distance for the first time and won with an impressive (1:05:18). Sheila Chepkirui and Senbere Teferi completed the podium with sub-66 minute performances. The Half Marathon was followed by the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon in which both men (2:03:00) and women (2:17:16) set new course records. The 2:03 winning time made Valencia the third fastest city in the World, behind Berlin and London – but the most impressive aspect of the race was the huge number of personal bests achieved in this 40th anniversary edition of the Marathon. Statistically: 17 runners ran under 2:08, 11 under 2:06 and 4 under 2:04; 61 runners achieved the Olympic qualification time; 77 ran personal best times in the Marathon (and 23 in the Half Marathon), and 11 set new national records. From the social and strategic points of view in the lead up to the race decision-making was

difficult. The Covid pandemic overshadowed everything. There were doubts over being able to make it happen until the last minute. Within that context, the organising team made up by the Correcaminos club, Valencia Municipality and the Foundation Trinidad Alfonso drew strength from last year’s progress and from the recent award of a Platinum label from World Athletics. The athletes, with very restricted opportunities for Olympic qualification, and the enormous number of running

enthusiasts in our city deserved our full commitment to make the seemingly impossible possible. Circumstances allowed this to happen, along with the trust and forbearance shown by the 30,000 runners registered at the time when the mass race was cancelled. They were asked to choose between reimbursement or transfer of their registration to 2021 and more than two thirds of them chose to run Valencia in 2021.

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option in many places. Fast times resulted in the Delhi Half Marathon and in Valencia, where a new men’s world record in the half marathon was set. The usually elite-only field of the Fukuoka Marathon, this year at 100 runners, became one of the largest of these restyled races. As Europe was hit by this ‘second wave’ of the virus and contingent

lockdowns and cancellations there were other places which fared better. The 2020 Eva Air Half Marathon in Chinese Taipei on 25 October attracted 20,000 runners registered for three categories (half marathon, 10 km and 3 km races). The number of participants was especially significant in the face of COVID-19 border restrictions. In China itself races went ahead with mass fields –

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from Shanghai on 18 October to Guangzhou on 13 December with only four of the 16 World Athletics ‘label’ races scheduled being cancelled. Japanese races had already, with a few notable exceptions, been cleared from the winter season right through to April. Yet the popular Ekiden university and corporate team relay events, reaching a climax in the National Championships on New Year’s day, were held and marked out a path back towards greater normality. A study of covid infections at athletic events and road races paved the way for this to happen by giving the lie to the misconception that mass running events were “superspreaders” of the virus. On 9 November JAAF published the results of research into 787 races and track meets held nationwide from 1 July through to 4 October.

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The report, analysing returns from 47 of the 53 organisations responsible for the meets, documented only one case of someone who was involved in one of the races contracting COVID-19 in the two weeks following the event that they attended. More than 570,000 athletes and 98,000 officials had taken part in the 787 races.

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Looking ahead | 2 May 2021 Kazan Marathon, Russia

A one-of-a-kind feeling

The Kazan Marathon is one of the biggest races in Russia. After it was re-established in 2015 it grew from 2000 to 30,000 participants in just four years.

Another exciting part of the Kazan Marathon is the men vs women competition. A runner who gets to the finish line first wins but if a runner also outruns a particular competitor of the opposite sex they get an additional prize. This is a fun and exciting competition to see so hundreds of people watch the live streams of the men versus women races every year.

The race dates back to 1974 when a small community of running enthusiasts decided to run 50km together. For the next 18 years it was held annually and attracted hundreds of amateur runners from all over the region but then ceased. After 23 years off the scene it came back with a bang in 2015. Since then the Kazan Marathon has been attracting thousands of local runners and tourists from all over the world to the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. Athletes come to Kazan again and again to feel the unique Tatar spirit and to see the most magnificent landscapes and landmarks. The most famous symbol of Tatarstan is the Kazan Kremlin – a UNESCO World Heritage site. The race start and finish lie right in front of this chief historic citadel of Russia. Kazan Marathon participants run past many other world-renowned sights such as The Kul Sharif Mosque, the Kaban Lakes, the Millenium Park, the Kazan Family Centre, the Kremlin Embankment, the Kazan Circus and the Central Stadium. What attracts tourists here is the peaceful coexistence between all different ethnicities and beliefs. There are more than 150 nationalities: Tatars, Russians, Mordvins, Udmurts, Bashkirs, Chuvash and others. The most common religious beliefs are Islam and Christianity. It amazes foreign visitors to see how these very different religions are always equally treated: mosques and churches stand next to each other;

The Kazan Marathon is a qualifying race for the Abbott/WMM Wanda Age Group World Championships. Moscow and Kazan are the only two qualifying marathons in Russia: Orthodox priests and Islamic muftis are called upon at all public events. People never argue over religion. Kazan houses the only Temple of All Religions in Russia, bringing together architectural elements of 16 world religions. Tatarstan is widely known as one of the most welcoming places in the world. Since 2016 the Republic has been operating the Visit Tatarstan program - the official tourism brand, the purpose of which is to inform tourists, develop the tourism potential of the region, partner projects with local companies, and drive international expansion. “Tatarstan: 1001 pleasures” is the key message that tourists receive. One of those 1001 pleasures is the Kazan Marathon which hosts thousands of foreign sportsmen from all over the world every year. In addition to the marathon there are 3km, 10km, and half-marathon distances offered. The Kazan course has the least range in elevation among all the races in Russia – only 96m in total. This makes it easier for the runners to improve their personal best times. The current event record-holder is Stepan Kiselev who ran 2:12:56 in 2019. The Kazan Marathon holds a special race for 3–6-year olds along with a 60m race for toddlers under three years old. Moreover, there is a corporate league that allows local companies to enter their own teams. Points depending on individual finish times are added up to decide the winning team.

This year’s marathon showed the unity and strength of the running community in the Republic of Tatarstan. Face masks, antiseptics, and limiting numbers to 11,000 did not prevent athletes from celebrating the end of the running season together. Sadly, international runners could not participate in the 2020 marathon but Kazan can’t wait to meet them all in May 2021. Charity is an integral part of the Marathon. For the last 5 years the Kazan Marathon has raised funds and organised charitable events at the race for children with Rett Syndrome, AIDS/ HIV+ people, and local endangered species. One of the main partners of the marathon is the Ronald McDonald House Charity, which helps seriously ill children to be close to their parents while receiving therapy. A big team that brings the Kazan Marathon to life works on the race all year to create the best possible experience for participants. Dozens of sports events producers, designers, and marketers make the Kazan Marathon a celebration of unity, diversity, and a healthy lifestyle. When athletes get to the finish of the Kazan Marathon, they go home as superheroes who overcame their fears and hardships. But they also leave the finish line with the one-of-a-kind feeling of belonging, which they will cherish all year until the next race in Kazan. n www.kazanmarathon.org Distance Running | 2021 Edition 1

Looking Rubric aheadheading | 9 May 2021 Volkswagen Bucharest Halfthereof Marathon, Romania Second line

Come. See. Discover. ‘City of Joy’ offers good chances for running fast times The capital of Romania is one of the most surprising cities in Central and Eastern Europe. Those eager to discover and explore new destinations will delight in the chance to uncover its hidden charms. More than a bridge between East and West, Bucharest is a unique city that has top-quality museums, intricately carved churches and neoclassical palaces. Due to its geographical position Bucharest emerged as the region’s largest and most populous city. Even though different cultures and civilisations passed over its territory the city built its own strong, unique identity. The cultural philosophy is a mix between a local outlook and influences to which Romanians felt close, especially French influences. This is reflected in the nicknames by which the city is sometimes known: “Little Paris” or “Paris of the East”. For more than 50 years after World War II the entire country became a prisoner of communism and subject to massive transformations. Earthquakes, fire and the two World Wars have destroyed a significant part of the city’s heritage and few of the city’s constructions are over 200 years old. This makes Bucharest a young, fast-developing and dynamic city.

of the building started in 1980, during a period of economic hardship, using only materials of Romanian origin. It covers an area of 365,000 square metres and is the world’s largest administrative building (for civil use), the heaviest and most expensive building in the world and it is the third largest in volume. The course passes through the very heart of the city and past Bucharest’s major landmarks: the Triumphal Arch, National History Museum, CEC Palace, Military Palace, Enescu Museum, National Museum of Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Romanian Athenaeum; through large parks and along green boulevards. In the oldest area of the city lie the remains of a fortress where Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Dracula) lived in the 15th century. These sights allow you to feel the power of a vibrant and eclectic city, and will offer you a once in a lifetime running experience. The event is a World Athletics Bronze Label Race and incorporates the Romanian National Half Marathon Championships. The first edition back in 2012 attracted 6000 runners from 35

countries; the 2019 edition hosted over 19,000 runners from over 75 countries. The race has enjoyed one of the highest year-by-year increases in participation in Europe. As a mass sports event Bucharest Half Marathon is second only to the Bucharest Marathon. It supports over 30 social causes so that awareness of the event is used to create a beneficial social and economic impact on the local community. Apart from the sightseeing the flat and fast running course is a good reason for runners wanting to achieve new personal best times to come and take part. n www.bucuresti21km.ro

The name originates from a shepherd, who was the first person to establish himself in the area, named Bucur – literarily meaning “joy”. Just like a youngster present-day Bucharest is a city full of energy, a city that knows how to live, a city that rediscovers itself every day – a city of joy! Bucharest Half Marathon starts and finishes in front of the Parliamentary Palace. Construction Distance Running | 2021 Edition 1

Looking ahead | 16 May 2021 Copenhagen Marathon, Denmark

An intense street party

Flat and beautiful course through a liveable, open and friendly city Denmark’s largest annual marathon will be held for the 42nd consecutive year in 2021. A record number of entries were received in 2019 with 13,313 runners taking part in the 40th anniversary race. That was also the year when the Copenhagen Marathon was awarded a World Athletics Road Race Bronze Label. The loop course remains extremely flat as it threads its way through the city centre and surrounding neighbourhoods. It takes you past places such as the parliament building Christiansborg, the old Stock Exchange “Børsen” and the New Harbour. It makes the course great for sightseeing and extremely spectator-friendly. The Marathon is known not only as a wellorganised race but also an intense street party for runners with a mind-blowing number of music bands and entertainment spots along the course. Combined with the energetic crowds

that line the course from start to finish you get a unique race with an upbeat atmosphere. The combination of a flat and beautiful course through a liveable, open and friendly city in which it is easy to get around makes the Copenhagen Marathon an ideal choice for experienced runners as well as first-time marathoners. Copenhagen Marathon offers a unique running experience on the streets of a green and beautiful city – a buzzing capital with royal history, modern architecture, rich culture, sustainable living and an innovative, worldfamous restaurant scene. What more could you want? n www.copenhagenmarathon.dk

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Looking ahead | 5 June 2021 ASICS Stockholm Marathon, Sweden

All things considered The ASICS Stockholm Marathon is one of Sweden’s biggest sporting events, with a scenic course through the streets of Stockholm and an unforgettable finish at the 1912 Olympic Stadium. The 2020 race was cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic but the organisers are planning for a better 2021. How the coronavirus will affect next year’s race schedule is still unknown but the organisers are working hard to be able to stage safe and enjoyable events for their runners. Marathongruppen is the largest organiser of mass-participation races in the country with events such as the Ramboll Stockholm Half Marathon, Vårruset, Tjejmilen and the longest running success story: the ASICS Stockholm Marathon, which premiered in 1979. The 2020 race would have been the 42nd edition but was cancelled due to the pandemic, like other similar events worldwide. In 2021 Marathongruppen once again hope to be welcoming aspiring and returning marathon runners to the city. “We have adapted to the current situation but to continue to operate we must look forward,” says Daniel Almgren, CEO at Marathongruppen. “Based on the information we have right now

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we are carrying out an extensive scenario study to plan how we will organise the race, depending on how the situation develops in the coming months.” ASICS Stockholm Marathon is scheduled for 5 June. The two main scenarios are based on that being possible but, since the situation is yet uncertain and autumn 2021 is already becoming booked up with other events, an alternative autumn date of 9 October has also been secured. The decision on which date will be used must be made by 31 March. The main scenario is to organise the event according to the original plan but with clear infection control measures such as surgical masks for officials, hand sanitiser, advice to stay home if you feel sick, all in accordance with the current recommendations from Sweden’s Public Health Agency. In the second scenario the event would adopt additional corona requirements including social distancing, no friends or family in the event area, controlled corralling of runners, starting groups over a longer period of time, faster dispersal of runners after the race and extended opening hours at the expo. The maximum number of participants might also be reduced on a ”first-come, first-served” basis. If the race has to be moved to October the same two-step scenario approach would be followed. In any event Marathongruppen will implement an infection control plan which has been jointly developed by organisers of all large mass-participation events in Sweden, together with the athletics, orienteering, skiing, cycling and swimming federations.

Another possible way to reduce the risk of crowding is to look at alternative courses – perhaps a one-lap course instead of the current arrangement where parts of the course are repeated twice. The organisers emphasise that if they have to make course changes due to the restrictions in force they will look at alternatives as central as possible. Regardless of the exact course ASICS Stockholm Marathon will still go through Stockholm – one of the world’s most beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands around one of Europe’s largest and best-preserved medieval city centres the Swedish capital has stunning and varied scenery on all sides. A perfect way to experience this is by lacing up your running shoes. Running a marathon is a big challenge but the emotions you will experience at the start, along the course and at the finish line in the 1912 Olympic Stadium are far beyond the ordinary. It is a memory for life – and Marathongruppen is hard at work to help you create those memories in 2021. n www.stockholmmarathon.se Distance Running | 2021 Edition 1

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LookingRubric aheadheading | 13 June 2021 JCP Swansea Second Half Marathon, line thereof Great Britain

Spring in your step Wales’ second city attracts runners of all abilities Over the last seven years the JCP Swansea Half Marathon has become one of the UK’s biggest spring half marathons. Since 2014 the race has attracted a host of international runners and elite athletes to what is widely regarded as one of the flattest and most picturesque courses anywhere in the UK. Quickly becoming a must-run race the Swansea Half was voted Best Half Marathon at the UK Running Awards in 2017 and 2018. Following the postponement of the 2020 edition 2021 will see the return of thousands of runners to the streets of Wales’ second city. The race starts alongside the beautiful and historically important Brangwyn Hall and runners head into the city centre for around 3km. The course takes in the remains of Swansea Castle and Wind Street, before turning on to Mumbles Road for a panoramic view of the full sweep of Swansea Bay. Passing local landmarks like the newly-built Swansea Arena, the world-renowned St Helens rugby stadium, the Swansea Jack memorial and the Cenotaph the course heads towards the picturesque village of Mumbles. Mumbles was home to both Bonnie Tyler and Catherine Zeta Jones and the village comes alive with support for the runners as they head down to Knab Rock and return to Swansea via the promenade. This 10km stretch of coastline provides a glorious backdrop as the distance

counts down towards the finish line. Swansea’s tallest building, the Meridian Tower, dominates the landscape as runners head into the Marina. Passing the Observatory runners take the Trafalgar Bridge to cross the (river) Tawe Barrage and tour the Swansea Marina before returning over the strikingly modernist Sail bridge. The finish is in the heart of the traditional maritime quarter which established Swansea as a sea-faring city. With beautifully restored buildings lining the streets, Morgan’s Hotel and Exchange Buildings provide the perfect backdrop for this city-to-sea half marathon.

With local amenities, dining and entertainment centres all in close proximity to the finish, this half marathon of two halves has everything that runners and spectators might need pre- and post-race. Runners line up alongside Olympic hopefuls and then follow in their footsteps. Previous winners include Team GB’s Dewi Griffiths and Tracy Barlow, with notable victories for Ireland’s Claire McCarthy, Hannah Walker (England) and Matthew Clowes. Clowes (1:04:43) and Barlow (1:13:50) are the current course record holders. Richie Powell set he wheelchair record (1:01:27) in 2016. The Swansea Half is the single biggest fundraising event in the city generating around GBP 1m (1.1m EUR) per year for hundreds of charities and good causes. The route is perfect for runners of all abilities, whether you’re a first-time half marathoner, an experienced club runner or simply running for fun. The magnificent views, flat course and roadside supporters cheering your name create a perfect environment for everyone to join in as we ‘Run Swansea’. n swanseahalfmarathon.co.uk Distance Running | 2021 Edition 1

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Looking ahead | 19 June 2021/18 June 2022 Midnight Sun Marathon, Norway Intense contrasts in polar night

The Arctic running experience The Arctic capital Tromsø, at 69 degrees North, lies 350km above the Arctic Circle. Most of the city is on a small island surrounded by the sea and beautiful mountains. The Arctic light and nature in Northern Norway give strong contrasts that provide intense experiences. During the summer the midnight sun shines and tempts you to stay up all night. The polar night arrives at the end of November and lasts until the end of January. During this time the contrasts are even more striking. We have a minimum of daylight but Tromsø is one of the best places to chase the aurora borealis during the winter. The idea for a Midnight Sun Marathon was born in 1989: running at night but in bright daylight. But it is far from an easy marathon. Many who come don’t realise what summer in the Arctic can be like. Cold, wet and challenging weather conditions demand everything from the runners. Picture: Marius Hansen

On the other hand, the spectacular landscape and Arctic setting compensate for sometimes hostile weather. Especially when the Midnight Sun shows itself during the race – for many this is a breath-taking experience and becomes an unforgettable Arctic memory.

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From the marathon start at 20.30 runners pass through the centre of Tromsø and over the iconic Tromsø Bridge. You pass monuments like the Arctic Cathedral while enjoying the fantastic views of snow-covered mountains and sea that surround you. Most runners cross the finish line around midnight in bright daylight and receive the well-deserved medal around their neck. Approximately 6000 runners take to the streets of Tromsø every year. “We love to welcome people from all around the world at the start of our race and to feel the excitement and energy buzzing through the town”, says race director Nils Haetta. “There are countless amazing stories from participants throughout the Midnight Sun Marathon’s 30-year history. Mostly they are about sharing a passion for running, friendship and happiness – but also sad stories where running contributed to a healing process. We are impressed by all our participants and their strength, endurance and willingness to challenge themselves,” says Haetta.

There is a distance for everyone at the Midnight Sun Marathon. You can choose between the Marathon, Mizuno Half Marathon, MSM Mila (10km), Co-op Mini Marathon (4.2km) and Kids marathon (800m). But you soon see that the race is not just for runners – the locals are an important part of the experience in creating the right atmosphere. They cheer you through the race and push you through the rough patches. Tromsø is situated in the far North but it is not difficult to get to. There are several flights each day from Oslo and Tromsø city centre is only 4km from the airport. Are you ready for your Arctic running experience? Join us on 19 June 2021 for the next Midnight Sun Marathon. info@msm.no n www.msm.no

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LookingRubric aheadheading | 27 June 2021 BMW Tangamanga Second International line thereof Marathon, Mexico

Awakening the senses

Mexico conjures up images of colour, music, fun, beautiful landscapes, delicious food and many other great things. Imagine all these in one place – with running central to them all. That place is San Luis Potosi, a beautiful city in the north of Mexico with amazing sporting destinations. The BMW company settled in the city and became part of our community – particularly the running community. They came together with the Maraton Internacional Tangamanga organisation and began a great journey together. The marathon has increased numbers year by year and impacted thousands of families in a very positive way, by promoting a healthy way of life through running. Running in San Luis Potosi offers inspiring spots to run, the nourishment of natural surroundings and a cultural experience. Over 35 years the event has developed a course that embraces dozens of historical monuments and awakens all your senses.

It is a flat course and compact enough to allow people to cheer runners on throughout its length. Relay participants start at different points along the course and keep company with the full marathon runners. Music stations and museums taking their art to the streets provide you with a distraction from the effort of racing as your mind keeps pace with music and art all along the way. Runners from all over Mexico participate in this traditional marathon together with foreign runners travelling from more than 20 different countries. Traditional, boutique, and five-star hotels all offer great prices for participants. San Luis Potosi offers many opportunities to shop for hand-made craft items from the different indigenous communities of the state. Santa Maria del Rio town is the home of the traditional “rebozo” and is about 30 minutes away. If you make the trip you can buy silk shawls and witness the traditional process by which these garments are created in the Rebozo Museum.

Inspiring surroundings to awaken all your senses

There are many first-class restaurants from different national cuisines in San Luis Potosi, but the most highly recommended is the “huasteca” food with the most delicious flavours imaginable. San Luis guarantees you the best vacation ever: you will run a first-class marathon, half marathon, 10km or 5km and enjoy one of the most beautiful cities in Mexico, with the second largest urban park in the country in which you can run trail and road surrounded by forest. You can extend your trip to take in nearby towns which present different kinds of scenery. The “huasteca potosina” offers waterfalls, river rapids and lagoons where you can dive, raft and hike; there are parks for running; there is the desert and the famous ghost town “Real de Catorce” where you can stay in ancient hostelries converted to boutique hotels. Visit San Luis Potosi to run, travel, eat and drink and experience the best running trip of your life. n www.maratontangamanga.com

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Looking ahead | 23 July 2021 Swissalpine, Switzerland

A high Alpine running spectacle Ultramarathon in a mountain paradise

Swissalpine Davos is Switzerland’s Mountain-Ultramarathon – but more than that – it is the focus of the mountainrunner community that meets for the annual running event – the “Swissalpine Spirit”. In the mid-1980s Andrea Tuffli, an orienteer and engineer from the town of Chur, wanted to organise something special in the Grisons. The result was the first Swissalpine Davos, held on 26 July 1986. At the time this first long-distance route, 67km long and with 2400m of cumulative elevation gain, was described as a “crazy challenge” although there were also shorter distances for not-so-crazy runners who increasingly took up the challenge. In December 1985 Tuffli had contacted Horst Milde, race director of the Berlin Marathon, to ask if he would be interested in partnering with Davos. Milde liked the idea and offered Tuffli the chance to promote his race in Berlin. On 12 April 1986 Tuffli stood in the Hotel InterContinental and launched his vision of the largest mountain ultramarathon in the world. In 1994, in what became the greatest media spectacle in Swissalpine’s 35-year history, three

guest runners from the Tarahumara tribe in northern Mexico were invited. They competed in colourful traditional clothing including their self-made sandals made from old car tyres and with leather laces. Performing demonstrations of their ancient running game Carreras de Bola and the alien culture – including the unfamiliar Swiss cuisine and the gruelling translations – were ultimately too much for the three runners who were used to running up to 800km a week. The 67km trail may have seemed like a sprint to them and the two of them who did compete – Cirildo Chacarito (39) and Victoriano Churo (56) – ended up 53rd and 142nd. From 2010 to 2019 an average of 4700 participants took part in the demanding highalpine running spectacle each year. The routes across alpine meadows and streams, over paths through larch and fir forests and on narrow rocky mountain trails make the Swissalpine a unique running event. There is a run for everyone: K68 (67.6 km, +/– 2606m) – a high-alpine route over four passes and through eight valleys K43 (42.7 km, +/– 1424 m) – the classic mountain marathon through the Dischma and Sertig valleys and over the Scaletta and Sertig passes.

train’ (Rhaetian Railway) makes an unforgettable experience. All participants benefit from a free return trip from a Swiss place of residence, border station or airport. The healthy climate was once the main attraction of Davos Klosters but it is now known for its variety of leisure, culture and above all sporting opportunities: hiking trails, bike routes, adventure parks and bathing facilities make it into a mountain paradise.

There are also children’s races of 500m–1400m according to age category.

With almost 2000 participants the Swissalpine was the first and latest mountain running event to be held during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. In October it became the first Swiss mountain running event to open registration for 2021. The positive feedback from 2020 motivates us all to set new goals. The runs are again spread over two days which reduces pressure on organisers and participants alike. If the Coronavirus forces cancellation entries will be re-booked to 2022 or 60% refunded. Swissalpine remains as exciting and challenging as it was back in 1986.

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K23 (23.4 km, +629 m / –282 m) – the trail leads through a wildly romantic gorge over the Wolfgang Pass and past the breath-taking Lake Davos. K10 (9.3 km, +/– 163 m) – an experience between the peaks

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Magic shoes Recent changes in shoe technology have led to wholesale revision of distance running records and made comparison with earlier performances meaningless, argues Hugh Jones The Nike Vaporfly racing shoe was made available for sale in 2017 to huge fanfare. The manufacturers knew it was a gamechanger. They had not only run the tests in their laboratory but had seen what athletes could do when wearing them in open competition. Shalaya Kipp was a researcher in the study published in 2017 in which athletes wearing the shoes were treadmill-tested and found to improve their running economy by anything from 2–6%. She recalls that “We were calling it ‘The Magic’ because we didn’t have a name for it and whenever we put someone in the shoe in the lab it seemed like a magical result was coming out.”

most important issues were weight, comfort and injury prevention with what was thought to be a trade-off between the first and last of these: that the lighter the shoe the less support or protection it gave. That was why Shalaya Kipp, herself an elite runner, was so surprised by the Vaporfly’s test results: energy return seemed to have become a reality. How?

The Vaporfly was noticeably taller than previous models. The Olympic Marathon front runners wearing the protoype in Rio had teetered around a U-turn before the final run-in in a way that drew attention to this. Competition footwear had long been called “racing flats” for a reason. Designers calculated that the higher heel, or what was now termed the “stack height,” would provide both more cushioning and greater energy return. A new, lighter midsole foam combined with a curved carbon fibre plate would assist the forward motion of the foot as it rolls off the ‘stack’, thereby increasing stride length. Or, according to later promotional literature put out after it went on the market, there is “A Built-In Secret Weapon: A full-length carbon-fibre plate underfoot provides a propulsive sensation to help you push the pace.”

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Eliud Kipchoge was among the very early wearers of the shoe, still only a prototype, when he won gold in the 2016 Olympic Marathon in Rio de Janeiro. Strange as it might seem it is only relatively recently that different designs of shoe have been rigorously tested to compare their efficiency in action. There were claims decades ago implicit in an earlier version of “Energy Return” (with promotional material which fancifully included images of springs and kangaroos), but shoes were perceived by athletes and coaches alike as “performance enabling” rather than performance enhancing. The assumption was that models were all very similar and that the Distance Running | 2021 Edition 1

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Opinion The combination of these features on average produced a 4% improvement on running economy compared to Nike’s previous fastest racing flat. Since the technology was first introduced all the major shoe companies have done treadmill tests with elite athletes. They run at a set speed for a fixed time (maybe five minutes) in a range of shoes and measure pulse and lactate levels after each trial. Each company knows how they compare although they are unlikely to publish the results. The general consensus seems to be that Nike have maintained a market lead but the other companies are at various stages of catch-up. To agents and coaches it might seem a Godsend: put a pair of these shoes on a runner and, without doing anything else, they will improve their performance by about 4%. The shoes do (part of) the work for you. It could be compared to the effect of blood doping: without anything else being done a runner’s current level of performance ratchets up a notch. Kipp confirms this with a vivid phrase in referring to what was happening in 2016 as “mechanical doping”. Now, “if [a company’s] shoe is not up to standard they will come under pressure from agents, coaches and the athletes themselves to let their contracted athletes run in the Vaporfly or they will be at a disadvantage. We know that the shoe is working well and that it’s creating all the results.” Results have more recently included Eliud Kipchoge’s “Sub2” Marathon in October 2019,

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in a paced time trial in which his entire team of pacers were kitted out in the same ‘magic’ shoes. Meanwhile his compatriot Brigid Kosgei broke the 17-year old world record for the women’s Marathon and other word road records also fell at 5km, 10km and Half Marathon. As on the road so too on the track: while there is not the same test data available the consensus is that the new ‘Dragonfly’ spikes also out-perform all previous models. Conducting a treadmill test is more problematic and the track world records broken in the women’s 5000m and men’s 10000m in October 2020,

while likely to have been shoe-aided, could also have been assisted by the ‘Wavelight’ pacing technology. As the sport’s governing body World Athletics were expected to bring clarity to the confusion and duly obliged with a rule change announced on 31 January 2020. The rule required that the shoe should have a sole that is no thicker than 40mm and contains no more than one rigid embedded plate or blade. It also disallowed the use of prototypes (as in the Rio Olympic Marathon) by specifying that for all competitions held after 30 April 2020 any shoes worn must have been available on the open market for at least four months. World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: “we don’t believe we can rule out shoes that have been generally available for a considerable period of time, but we can draw a line by prohibiting the use of shoes that go further than what is currently on the market.” But the rules only ban the shoes in competitions under World Athletics rules. The ‘Alphafly’ is billed as “A Racing Shoe For the Future of Fast. Best for: Long-distance races… our fastest racing shoe.” That sounds like they are expecting the rules to change again under the relentless pressure in pursuit of ever-faster times. And change they did, on 4 December. ‘Development’ (protoype) shoes can again be worn subject to approval of the shoe specifications by World Athletics. Only two days later in Valencia Kibiwott Kandie broke the men’s Half Marathon world record by 29 seconds and the first four finishers were inside the ‘old’ world record from 2018. After remaining unbeaten for eight years the record has been improved by 51 seconds in the last two years.

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Calendar AIMS member events for the forthcoming 12 months January 2021 – January 2022 For the latest dates visit aims-worldrunning.org/calendar.html

Please note: Due to the coronavirus pandemic many race events across the world have been cancelled, postponed or rescheduled, and further changes are likely to occur after Distance Running has gone to press. Please consult the AIMS calendar online and/or the races’ own websites for up-to-date information. Women’s Marathon 31 Osaka JPN M

January 2021

tbc Gammon China Coast Marathon

Neujahrsmarathon Zürich

& Half

Postponed until January 2022

HKG M,H

CNS Solapur Half Marathon

Sea of Galilee Tiberias Marathon

PolarNight Halfmarathon

IND H,R

Postponed until December 2021 NOR H,R

THA M,H,R

tbc Standard Chartered Taipei

Charity Marathon

MG Vadodara Int’l Marathon

10 IND M,H P

10K Valencia Ibercaja

CHN M

Postponed until April 2021

15 EGY M,H

Al Mouj Muscat Marathon

Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon and We Are Houston 5K

Postponed until November 2021

Postponed

Marathon 17 Kinmen TPE M,H,R

USA M,H,R

58 58

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon Postponed

Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon

Mitja Marato Int’l Vila de Santa Pola Postponed until January 2022

Marathon 24 Funchal POR M,H

RUNBANGLA Half Marathon Postponed until May 2021

30-31 Bangsaen10 THA R

30-31 Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon TPE M

Marathon & Semi Int’l de Marrakech Postponed until September 2021

Montepio Meia Maratona de Cascais

Marathon 28 Kilimanjaro TAN M RSA R

Hawassa Half Marathon

Maratona di San Valentino ITA M,H

Bank Jaipur Marathon 14 AU IND M,H,R

P P

Kyoto Marathon

58 49 51

Postponed Postponed

Marathon

FLK M

tbc Tashkent International Half

Marathon

UZB H,R

tbc Tokushima Marathon

JPN M

IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Marathon 51

April 2021

São Paulo Int’l Marathon

Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon

Tokyo Marathon

BRA M,R

RSA U

Postponed until October 2021

Zurich Marató de Barcelona

N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon TUR H 58

North Pole Marathon NPO M predicted date

Postponed until November 2021

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Nagoya Women’s Marathon

Pardubice Wine Half Marathon CZE H 18

14 JPN M

Freeway Marathon 14 Taipei TPE M,H,R

Antarctica Marathon & Half

19 ATA M,H P

MNP M,H,R

tbc Standard Chartered Stanley

Marathon, Half & 10k 12 Jerusalem ISR M,H,R 51

KOR H

tbc Saipan Marathon

IND M,H,R

KOR H

tbc Incheon Int’l Half Marathon

tbc Thai Sikh Run

CHN M,H,R

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Logicom Cyprus Marathon

Marathon 21 Seoul KOR M

Ohme-Hochi 30km Road Race & 10km

Taipei City Wan Jin Shi 21 New Marathon TPE M,R

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Key M Marathon H Half Marathon R Road Race U Ultradistance

Postponed until December 2021

IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon IND M,H 51

Postponed

tbc Gyeonggi Int’l Half Marathon

tbc Navi Mumbai Half Marathon

Ras al Khaimah Half 19 The Marathon Kochi Ryoma Marathon

UAE R

TUN H,R

Tel Aviv Samsung Marathon

19 ISR M,H,R

tbc Chongqing Int’l Marathon

tbc Tunisia Women’s Run Int’l Half

Zurich Maratón de Sevilla

14 ESP M

March 2021

Postponed until May 2021

tbc Abu Dhabi “Yes I Can” 10km Int’l

Nutrido por Granvita

CRO M,H,R

MEX H

Varadero Marathon and Half Marathon CUB M,H,R

tbc Giulietta & Romeo Half

THA H,R

Postponed until February 2022

Postponed until November 2021

Warsaw Half Marathon 28 15th POL H

tbc Split Marathon

tbc 27km for Freedom

IND H,R

Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon

UAE H

SEY M

Postponed until February 2022

Half Marathon 19 Dhaka BAN H

Postponed

Half Marathon 24 Rio BRA H

23-24 Buriram Marathon THA M,H,R

OPAP Limassol Marathon GSO

Sad Half Marathon 28 Novi SRB H

tbc 21k Guadalajara Electrolit

Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon

POR H

Eco-Friendly 28 Seychelles Marathon

ITA H

KUW M,H,R

planned date

Marathon

Gulf Bank 642 Marathon

Oceanfront Marathon, Half, 17 Maui 15K, 10K, 5K

Tata Mumbai Marathon

February 2021

Bahamas, Half & 17 Marathon Relay BAH M,H

tbc Xiamen Marathon

Egyptian Marathon

TPE M,H,R

TUN M,H,R

City Half Marathon 28 Napoli ITA H

Marathon

Marathon Championships

Int’l 10K 26 RUNBANGLA Biwa Mainichi Marathon 28 Lake BAN R 49 JPN M 53 Rock ’n’ Roll DC Half Marathon 27 USA H,R 28 The Carthage Race Int’l 58

tbc Mizuno Hong Kong HalfHKG H

Int’l Marathon

VIE M,H,R

28 IND M

tbc Merida Marathon

Great Ethiopian Run 10km

10 ETH R

tbc Marathon Int’l de Fes

MEX M,H,R

tbc Chombeung Marathon

MAR M,H,R

Sheikh Mujib 10 Bangabandhu Dhaka Marathon BAN M,H,R

26-28 Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City 53

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tbc Gunsan Saemangeum Int’l

Marathon, 10km & 5km

Polar Circle Marathon

10 GRN M,H

tbc Maratón de Montevideo

10-11 NN Marathon Rotterdam NED M

tbc Tunisia Women’s Run Int’l Half

tbc ORLEN Warsaw Marathon

Toronto Marathon

Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon

Almaty Half Marathon

11 KAZ H,R

Marathon 11 Almaty KAZ M,H,R

P 11 11

Postponed until August 2021

Wizz Air Cluj-Napoca Marathon ROU M,H,R 57 Movistar Medio Maratón de Madrid 57

Milano Marathon 11 Generali ITA M

Taishin Women Run Taipei

11 TPE H,R

Half Marathon

Marathon 18 Enschede NED M Hannover Marathon 18 HAJ GER M,H,R

51 55

AUDIREVI Lake Maggiore 18 NEXIA Half Marathon & 10K ITA H,R

Lisbon Eco Marathon

planned date

Marathon 18 Padova ITA M

SUI M,H,R

Leiden Marathon

PKO Bialystok Halfmarathon

NED M,H,R

55 55

POL H

Volkswagen Bucharest Half Marathon See race preview on page 11 ROU H,R

Hawassa Half Marathon 50

ETH H,R

EDP Lisbon Half Marathon

14-16 Salzburg Marathon

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Rhodes Marathon

City Running Day 15 Helsinki FIN M,H,R

18 ESP R

Vienna City Marathon

Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon NOR M,H,R 55 Zürich Marathon 22

Cracovia Marathon

25 POL M

Gifu Half Marathon

25 JPN H

Haspa Marathon Hamburg

25 GER M

tbc Maratón “Las Batallas de MEX M,H,R

tbc Crete Marathon GRE M,R

Copenhagen Marathon DEN M

Marathon 16 Pushkin RUS M,H,R

Marathon Wuerzburg 16 iWelt GER M

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

ECU R

FRO M,H,R

Cork City Marathon

KLM Aruba Marathon

Brisbane Marathon Festival

IRL M

ARU M,H,R

AUS M,H,R

Half Marathon 12 Helsinki FIN H,R

34 Gold Coast Marathon 49

12 MAD M,H

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

POL H

23-25 Swissalpine See race preview on page 23 SUI U Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon and Ottawa 10K Postponed

Outback Marathon 31 Australian AUS M 49 Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc Island Chill Suva Marathon

FIJ M,H,R

August 2021

Siberian Int’l Marathon

Manulife Danang Int’l Marathon VIE M,H,R 58

10km Int’l de Dakhla

The Khmer Empire Marathon

55 55

RUS M,H,R

MAR R

CAM M,H,R

Sunshine Coast Marathon

15 AUS M,H,R

20–21 Paavo Nurmi Marathon, Half and 10k

FIN M,H,R

Reykjavik 21 Islandsbanki Marathon 51

ISL M,H

Helsinki Marathon

21 FIN M,R

Adelaide Marathon Festival

22 AUS M,H,R

Generali Berlin Half Marathon

22 GER H

Sun Marathon 19 Midnight See race preview on page 19 26

International Peace 20 Kigali Marathon

La Ruta de las Iglesias

28 ECU R

Stavanger Marathon

28 NOR M,H,R

28-29 StraLugano

Telesia City Trophy Int’l Road Race 10k

SUI H,R

Midnight Sun Run 24 Suzuki ISL H,R

Viking Marathon 26 Waterford IRL M,H,R

hamburg halbmarathon 27 hella GER H 22

Marathon 29 BI KAZ M,H,R

Tangamanga Int’l 27 BMW Marathon

Half Marathon 29 Moonlight ITA H

See race preview on page 21 MEX M

Westlink M7 Blacktown Running Festival AUS M 49

The Big Five Marathon

ITA R

25 COL H 25

Tomsk International 13 Yarche Marathon

RWA M,H

media maratón de Bogotá

13 See race preview on page 17

NOR M,H

Beach Marathon Festival 18 Airlie AUS M,H,R 49

JCP Swansea Half Marathon

19 RSA M,H

RUS U,R Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Travel Rottnest Running 13 RunFun Festival

RUS M,H

Econet Victoria Falls Marathon ZIM M 49

SUI U,M,H

Penh Int’l Half Marathon 13 Phnom CAM H,R 49

AUS M,H,R

Gornergrat Zermatt Marathon

17-18 Golden Ring Ultra Trail 100

Madagascar Marathon & Half

20 Half Marathon 22 Göteborgsvarvet SWE H 58 Dragon Marathon 23 Thunder BHU M,H

Half Marathon 28 RUNBANGLA BAN H,R

tbc LG Dead Sea Ultra Marathon JOR U,H,R

16 See race preview on page 13

JPN U

July 2021

tbc Daegu Int’l Marathon KOR M

Atlantic Airways Tórshavn Marathon

16 RUS H,R

Celaya”

Quito Últimas Noticias 15k

GBR H

Moscow Half Marathon

See race preview on page 15 SWE M

15-16 Rimi Riga Marathon

16 SRB M

Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik Half Marathon)

25 SUI M

34th Belgrade Marathon

2425 Du Motion-Runners’ Days CRO H,R

Hearts Marathon 15 Three SLO M,H,R LAT M,H

Postponed until September 2021

ASICS Stockholm Marathon

NOR M,H,R

Marathon 13 Comrades RSA U

Great Wall Marathon 15 The CHN M

15-16 Int’l Marathon Alexander the GRE M,R

Marathon

Wroclaw Night Half 12 PKO Marathon

Postponed until September 2021

Great

10K Valencia Ibercaja

POR M,H,R Course not measurable to AIMS standards

13th PKO Poznan Half Marathon POL H 55

18 GRE M,R P

CZE M

AUT M,H,R

Unicef

Nagano Marathon

18 JPN M

Spitsbergen Marathon

50 53

LTU M,H,R

AUS M

89 Harmony Genève Marathon for

Chartered Hong Kong 18 Standard Marathon HKG M planned date

Volkswagen Prague Marathon

17-18 36th Telekom Vivicittá Spring HUN H,R

tbc Lake Saroma 100km Ultra

June 2021

23 Milton Keynes Marathon & Half See race feature on page 46+47 GBR M,H,R

Mendoza ARG M,H,R

Kazan Marathon See race preview on page 9 RUS M,H,R

tbc Kaunas Marathon

tbc Maratón Internacional de

Postponed until September 2021

Generali Berlin Half Marathon

ESP H

BOT M,H,R

CAN H,R

CRO H Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc Dalian Int’l Marathon CHN M

MAR R

tbc Hvar Half Marathon

tbc Diacore Gaborone Marathon

May 2021

Sihanoukville Int’l Half Marathon CAM H,R

POL M,R

tbc RAHAL Mémorial Casablanca

tbc Scotiabank Calgary Marathon CAN M

MAS M,H,R

Postponed until August 2021

Austrian Women’s Run 30 ASICS AUT R

TUN H,R

CSOB Bratislava Marathon

10 SVK M,H,R

URU M,H

The Great Batumi Night Race

10 GEO H

KOR M,R

tbc Borneo Marathon

StraLugano

Wizz Air Budapest Half 29 36th Marathon 51

HUN H

Abbott Longford Marathon

29 IRL M

tbc Maratón Int’l Asunción

PAR M,H,R

tbc Int’l Asunción Half Marathon

PAR H

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Calendar Rock ’n’ Roll Madrid 26 EDP Maratón & 1/2

Continued from page 31 tbc Maybank Bali Marathon INA M,H,R

ESP M,H

tbc Hokkaido Marathon

JPN M

tbc Airtel Hyderabad Marathon IND M,H,R

Route du Vin Half Marathon 26 ING LUX H 53 Berlin-Marathon 27 BMW GER M GER H,R

KAZ M,R

Int’l Half Marathon

IND H

tbc SPB Half Marathon. The

tbc McDonald’s Townsville Running

Festival

AUS M,H,R

CHN M,H

Maratón Medellín

Pila Int’l Half Marathon

JOR M,H COL M,H,R

USA M

49 58

THA H CHN M,H,R

10-12 Tallinna Maraton, Half & 10k

tbc Marathon Life Lima42k

10 Jungfrau-Marathon SUI M

tbc 20km & 10km Int’l de Marrakech

Marathon 11 Antwerp BEL M

tbc Santiago Marathon

Half Marathon 11 Stockholm SWE H

tbc Satara Hill Half Marathon

EST M,H,R

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Rimi Vilnius Marathon

12 LTU M,H

Lisbon Half Marathon 12 EDP POR H

53 28

12 Volksbank-Münster-Marathon GER M 28 City Marathon 12 Vienna AUT M,H,R Città di Udine 18 Maratonina ITA H Uster 18 Greifenseelauf SUI H,R

Half Marathon 19 Copenhagen DEN H tot Damloop 19 Dam NED R

53 58 55

Moscow Marathon 19 Absolute RUS M,R Half Marathon 19 Porto POR H Int’l WACHAUmarathon 19 24th AUT M,H

IND H,R

CRO M,R

GEO H,R

3 3

UKR M

Kosice Peace Marathon

León Guiar 26 Maratón MEX M,H,R

GER M,H

8th PZU Cracovia Royal Half Marathon

Maraton Varmex

17 MEX M,H,R

23-24 Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon

N Kolay Istanbul Marathon

Lake Maggiore Marathon - 33 KM - Half Marathon - 10 KM

3 3

Telesia Half Marathon

ITA H

36th SPAR Budapest Marathon Festival HUN M 51

OMA M,H,R

Wizz Air Skopje Marathon

Trento Half Marathon

5-6 Al Mouj Muscat Marathon

Zurich Marató de Barcelona

Lausanne Marathon

November 2021

Porto Marathon EDP

Silesia Marathon

ARM M,H,R

Maratón Valencia Trinidad 24 Medio Alfonso EDP

ITA H

Marathon

Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running GBR M 38

TRI H

Eva Air Marathon

MKD M,H,R

TPE H,R

3-Sjøersløpet (The 3 Lakes Race) NOR H 55

TUN H

tbc Tainan Half Marathon

EDP Medio Maratón de la Mujer de Madrid ESP H 57

POL M,H,R

BRA M

tbc Semi Marathon Int’l de Sfax

CAN M,H,R

ESP H

CAN M

tbc Rio de Janeiro City Marathon

See Running into History article on page 36+37 SVK M 57

Marathon

tbc UWI SPEC Int’l Half Marathon

SRI M

KEN M,H

tbc Yerevan Marathon and Half

Marathon 17 Tokyo JPN M

24 SUI M

Marathon

PKO Poznan Marathon 17 21st POL M

USA M

tbc SSQ Insurance Quebec City

Linker Oevert Marathon Antwerp BEL H,R 49

24 TPE M,H,R

JPN M

Int’l de Juarez 17 Maraton MEX M,H

UKR M,H,R

VIE M,H,R

tbc Kanazawa Marathon

Volkswagen Ljubljana Marathon SLO M 57

Int’l Marathon 26 Chisinau MDA M,H,R

Brussels Airport Marathon & Half Marathon

KOR M

tbc VPBank Hanoi Marathon

tbc Standard Chartered Nairobi

Toronto Waterfront 17 Scotiabank Marathon & Half Marathon & 5k

Bila Tserkva Marathon

LSR Colombo Marathon

Andersen Marathon 26 H.C. DEN M

Cape Town Marathon 17 Sanlam RSA M

POR M,H

Tartu City Marathon

Marathon

Lisbon Marathon | Luso Half 17 EDP Marathon

tbc Donga-A Ilbo Gyeongju

tbc Marine Corps Marathon

October 2021 EST M,H,R

eDreams Mitja Marató de Barcelona

tbc 39th Wroclaw Maraton

tbc KBC Dublin Marathon IRL M

POL H

KOR M

ESP H

CHN M,H,R

tbc Chuncheon Int’l Marathon

17 NED M

tbc 43rd PZU Warsaw Marathon

Vladivostok Marathon 25 Galaxy RUS M,H,R 57

TbilisiHalfMarathon

Generali Cologne Marathon

tbc HeidelbergCement

tbc Ston Wall Marathon

BEL M,H

& Semi Int’l de 19 Marathon Marrakech MAR M,H

CHI M

POL M

Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon GBR M

MAR R

POL M,R

BMW Oslo Maraton

18 NOR M,H,R

PER M,H,R

MAR M

FRA M

CRC M

tbc Changsha Int’l Marathon

TCS Amsterdam Marathon

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VEN R

Electric Marathon de 17 Schneider Paris

ALG H

GRE H,R

tbc River Kwai Int’l Half Marathon

de Béjaia

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Thessaloniki Night Half 16 Int’l Marathon

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tbc Marathon Int’l de Casablanca

CAN M

tbc Semi Marathon Int’l de la Ville

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Fitness Victoria 10 GoodLife Marathon

Palma Marathon 10 Zafiro ESP M,H,R

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tbc Maraton Cartago

Sad Marathon 10 Novi SRB M

10 BUL M,H,R

JOR M,H,R

München Marathon 10 Generali GER M,H,R

Guadalajara

CHN M,H,R

USA M planned date

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8-12 Ladakh Marathon & Ultra IND M,H,R,U

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MDV R

POL H

Marathon Festival 10 Melbourne AUS M 49

tbc Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race

September 2021

tbc B.A.A. Boston Marathon

ARG M

Petra Desert Marathon

Eindhoven 10 Marathon NED M

tbc Beijing Marathon

Northern Capital RUS H,R

GRE H,R

31 SUI M

tbc Athens Half Marathon

SwissCityMarathon Lucerne

of America Chicago 10 Bank Marathon

tbc Astana Marathon

tbc Dadi Prakashmani Mount Abu

TPE M,R

ROU M,H

tbc Halfmarathon Altötting

tbc Kuching Marathon MAS M,H,R

Sparkasse Marathon Frankfurt Marathon 10 3AUTCountry 31 Mainova M,H 49 GER M Bank Bucharest 10 Raiffeisen 31 Sun Moon Lake Marathon Marathon

40+41

24 Venicemarathon ITA M

Marathon 29 Erbil IRQ M,H,R

Circle Marathon 30 Polar GRN M,H

Aguascalientes 31 Maratón MEX M,H,R

Auckland Marathon 31 ASB NZL M,H,R

POR M

ESP M

TUR M

ITA M,H,R

TCS New York City Marathon

Sfax Marathon Olive Trees

USA M

TUN M,H

Athens Marathon The Authentic GRE M 51

Marathon City of Art 14 Ravenna ITA M,H 53 International Marathon 14 Beirut LIB M,H 53

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Continued from page 33 Garda Trentino 14 10k ITA H,R

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Marathon 21 Kobe JPN M

51 49

TPE M,R

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28 ITA M

KLM Curaçao Marathon

28 CUR M,H,R

French Riviera Marathon Nice-Cannes FRA M

30–6 World Marathon Challenge IRL M,H

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ANG R

THA H,R

tbc Tarblazer 42.2

tbc Marathon COMAR

IND M,H,R

BAR M,H,R

Marathon

tbc Fukuoka Int’l Open Marathon

Championship

JPN M

tbc Gran Maratón Pacifico Mazatlán MEX M

tbc Laguna Phuket Marathon THA M

tbc Tata Steel Kolkata 25k IND R

tbc El Corte Inglés São Silvestre de

Lisboa

POR R

Marathon

MAC M,H

tbc Penang Bridge International

ESP M

TPE M,H,R

tbc Kyoto Marathon

tbc Marathon & Semi Int’l de

JPN M

Neujahrsmarathon Zürich

PolarNight Halfmarathon

SUI M,H,R NOR H,R

MAR M,H MEX M,H,R

IND M

51 50

OMA M,H,R JPN M

tbc Rio Half Marathon BRA H

49 49

tbc KIX Senshu Int’l Marathon JPN M

tbc Siberian Ice Half Marathon RUS H Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc CNS Solapur Half Marathon IND H,R

tbc Standard Chartered Taipei

Charity Marathon TPE M,H,R

tbc MG Vadodara Int’l Marathon IND M,H

tbc 10K Valencia Ibercaja ESP R

tbc Xiamen Marathon

Relay

THA M,H,R

tbc Osaka Women’s Marathon

BAN H,R

tbc Marathon Bahamas, Half &

THA R

tbc RUNBANGLA Half Marathon

Marato Int’l Vila de Santa 23 Mitja Pola ESP H

tbc Al Mouj Muscat Marathon

Oceanfront Marathon, Half, 16 Maui 15K, 10K, 5K USA M,H,R

tbc Tata Mumbai Marathon

Sheikh Mujib 10 Bangabandhu Dhaka Marathon BAN M,H,R

tbc Merida Marathon

January 2022

Marrakech

tbc Zengwen Reservoir Marathon TPE M,H,R

tbc Kinmen Marathon

CHN M

49 58

February 2022

tbc Buriram Marathon

tbc Zurich Maratón Málaga

Marathon

TPE M

Marathon & 10km HKG H,R

tbc Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon

tbc Bangsaen10

Int’l Marathon

HKG M

tbc UNICEF Run for Every Child Half

BAH M,H

tbc Galaxy Entertainment Macao

TUN M,H,R

tbc Standard Chartered Hong Kong

Tunis - Carthage

58 58

POR M,H

tbc Taipei Marathon

tbc Funchal Marathon

tbc The St. Croix Int’l Marathon

TPE M,H,R

MAR M,H,R

Marathon SIN M,H,R

tbc Marathon Int’l de Fes

Marathon

ISV M

ETH R

tbc San José Costa Rica Half & CRC M,H

tbc Great Ethiopian Run 10km

tbc Cave Shepherd & Co Run

IND M,H,R

tbc Panama Int’l Marathon

MAS M,H

JOR H,R

tbc Shriram Properties Bengaluru

tbc Osaka Marathon

PAN M

HON M

tbc 21km Nuevo León

JPN M

UAE M,R

Barbados Marathon Weekend

tbc Nafplio Marathon

MEX H

Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon ESP M 40+41

Mumbai Half Marathon

GRE M,H

ITA M,H

EGY M,H

tbc Cetilar Maratona di Pisa

Reggae Marathon, Half & 10K JAM M,H,R

THA M

tbc Bangsaen21 Half Marathon

tbc IDBI Federal Life Insurance IND H,R

POR H

tbc Bangkok Midnight Marathon

tbc Mount Fuji Marathon JPN M

Discoveries Half Marathon

tbc Egyptian Marathon

tbc Nong Khai ASEAN Marathon

tbc Ayla Red Sea Half Marathon

tbc Marabana Marathon & Half CUB M,H

JPN M

THA M,H,R

tbc Nara Marathon

Logicom Cyprus Marathon CYP M,H,R

MEX M

tbc Maratón del Atlántico

tbc Longbien Marathon VIE M,H,R

HKG H

tbc Maratón Powerade Monterrey

tbc ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon

tbc Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune MAR H

Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon

tbc Chombeung Marathon

Marathon Championships

10km Errachidia 19 Tafilalet MAR R

tbc Hangzhou Marathon CHN M

HKG M,H

tbc Mizuno Hong Kong Half-

tbc Maratón Guadalajara MEX M

Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon CAM H,R 49

& Half

Ice Marathon & 100k 14 Antarctic ATA U,M 49

tbc Goa River Marathon IND M,H,R

MRI M,H,R

CAY M

tbc Gammon China Coast Marathon

tbc Mauritius Marathon

December 2021

tbc Airtel Delhi Half Marathon IND H

Midnight Marathon 11 Bengaluru IND M,H,R 51

tbc Chengdu Marathon CHN M,H,R

tbc Wuxi Marathon

tbc Borobudur Marathon INA M,H,R

tbc Standard Chartered Singapore

tbc TCS World 10K Bengaluru IND R

CHI M,H Course not measurable to AIMS standards

of Galilee Tiberias Marathon 10 Sea ISR M 51

tbc Bangsaen42 Chonburi Marathon THA M

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tbc São Silvestre de Luanda 10km

tbc Adani Ahmedabad Marathon IND M,H,R

& 10K

Donostia - San 28 Maratón Sebastián ESP M

USA M,H

CHN M,H,R

Serge Vigot La Rochelle Int’l Marathon FRA M,H

Marathon & 1/2

ITA M,H,R

Maratón Monumental Primer Santiago de América DOM M,H,R

tbc Humana Rock ’n’ Roll Las Vegas

27-28 OPAP Limassol Marathon GSO CYP M,H,R

tbc Verona Marathon, Half Marathon

Bagan Temple Marathon

27 MYA M,H,R

tbc Taichung Int’l Marathon

Eilat Desert Marathon

CHN M

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MLT M

KOR M

2628 Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon

26 ISR M,H,R

THA M,H,R

tbc JTBC Seoul Marathon

Blu Larnaka Int’l 21 Radisson Marathon CYP M,H,R

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Running Rubricinto heading history Košice Second Peace lineMarathon thereof

Europe’s oldest Marathon celebrates its very first edition A marathon dream transformed into reality By Buhuslav Matia The only witnesses to the occasion were Turna Castle, gnawed away by time, and one lone tree standing below it. Five hundred metres beyond Turňa village, beneath this tree and beside the high road, the photographer focused on eight runners and a handful of other figures. They had all become obsessed with the idea of transforming a marathon dream into reality. A trio of East Slovakian sports officials had returned from Paris to Košice with this dream in 1924. For it was on one hot summer’s day in the Colombes Stadium at the eighth Olympic Games that they became gripped by this most noble of all athletic disciplines.

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Those men, who remain to this day captured on that wonderful old yellowed photograph in their vests and shorts had a true baptism of fire awaiting them – even though it was 28 October and late in the year. It was a trial of as yet untested strengths and abilities. Ahead of them stretched more than 42 kilometres of road through the countryside all the way back to Košice. Halla, Tronka, Badonič and Kulcsár from the local Košice Athletics Club, Schuller from Slávia and the valiant soldiers Lenart, Zajič and Schmidt. There were no famous Olympic runners there that day, for it was only later on that they became charmed by the atmosphere of the Košice Marathon. In the propositions issued for this race by the Czechoslovak Amateur Athletic Union and

Running into history Košice Peace Marathon

area then called Gajdove kúpele (“Gajda Spa”). The crowds roared a joyful welcome to the be-whiskered and fresh-looking Halla. A garland of laurel rested on his shoulders, the military band played a march, and in recognition of his victory the sky thundered with several salvoes of gunfire. It was Tuesday, 28 October 1924, a little before half past three in the afternoon. Many years later, on the marble plinth beneath the sculpture of the marathon runner in the little park in front of the East Slovakian Museum, there appeared the name of the first hero of the Košice Marathon – Karol Halla. At the celebration dinner following the race the organizers praised Halla’s conscientious and thorough preparation. They set their minds not only on holding a marathon in Košice every year, but also on making sure that each time there would be international participation.

published in the local newspaper Kassai Napló, it was declared that the first across the finishing line would receive the title of ‘Winner of the Slovakian Marathon’ together with an honorary prize and a certificate.

through with the members of the jury who were ensuring the race rules were being kept, sarcastic comments rang out: “Why aren’t you running, you lot? Sitting in a car – anyone can do that!”

The crack of the starter’s pistol cut through the cold autumn air exactly twenty minutes after midday, and these eight marathon pioneers ran off on their adventure.

By the turn-off to Malá Ida cyclists were already waiting for the runners so that they could accompany them and race on ahead to announce their imminent approach to the Košice crowds. A large number of onlookers were lining both sides of Komenský Street, while others had occupied the best places they could find on the wooden grandstand of the sports-ground at the

At Čečejovce Halla had already built up a 300m lead and the spectators welcomed him with applause, but when the Tatra limousine came

The main ideas were presented by Vojtech Braun Bukovský. It was as if he had sensed back there in Paris that he would give up a good part of his life to the Marathon. He was not yet 30 years old when he congratulated Halla, but he already had vital experience in athletics, university studies, and work in his family’s retail business. The variety of his activities was remarkable. Apart from the Marathon he is recorded as being a tireless organiser of cycle races, fencing, skiing and wrestling competitions, as well as being a journalist. n www.kosicemarathon.com Next event: Sun 3 October 2021

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Marathon movers

Longest-serving race directors of AIMS events Part II · By Hugh Jones

Part I can be read at: https://bit.ly/3nVoOsa

This list of long-serving race directors of AIMS races appeared in the previous edition of Distance Running (2020 Edition 4) alongside three race and race director profiles giving an insight into how mass marathons first found their place on city streets. This second listing has been updated for all races held during 2020. The accompanying profiles look at how the city marathons expanded into areas of the world where distance running had not previously been considered as a mass participation sport and at those races which developed the phenomenon of “running tourism”. As the popularity of running increased during the 1980s every major city, and a lot of smaller ones, wanted to put on a marathon they could call their own. A Marathon became recognised as a badge of civic pride and for its appeal to a valuable part of the tourism market. Events were set up specifically to attract runners from foreign countries – who would most likely spend more Niels Jørgen Holdt is the longest-serving race director of an AIMS event. He has held his position since the very first Copenhagen Marathon was run in 1980. In the 1960s he was a regular member of the Sparta running club. After a trip to New York in the late 1970s, he became inspired to create a Marathon in Copenhagen and to date has been race director for 41 annual editions of the race. Not much later there followed the first women’s race in Denmark and then the 5 × 5 Relay now known as the DHL Relay. It is the world’s largest running event with 120,000 runners participating over five days.

and have a greater impact on the local economy than national or local participants would.

even for a single year, it would be a disaster” (see race profile).

Specialist tour companies in several European countries were already recruiting large groups of runners to take part in the New York City Marathon and were always on the lookout to add more destinations to their programmes. Some of them went a step further and set up ‘boutique’ races in selected destinations for trips they organised themselves. An early example of such an initiative was the Malta Challenge Marathon organised by a British tour operator, Barry Whitmore (see race profile).

As the years passed distance running reached to ever more distant places. Often these offered attractive locations to which runners could now travel with a purpose, but in some places running grew as an indigenous movement. There had long been a distance running culture in Asia, but largely confined to Korea and Japan. In 2003 a seed from the London Marathon was transplanted to Mumbai by Vivek and Anil Singh. They staged the inaugural Mumbai Marathon in January 2004 and then nurtured the race as a flag-bearer for a running movement that swept the sub-continent in the following decade (see race profile).

Foreign runners also helped to project an international image for the host city. This was important at a time when many European countries were experiencing radical geopolitical changes. After the establishment of the Belgrade Marathon in 1988 and a high-profile visit from New York Marathon race founder Fred Lebow in 1989, race director Dejan Nikolic proclaimed that “If the Belgrade Marathon ceases to be held as an international event,

Now, with pre-covid numbers standing at 470 AIMS member races spread throughout 125 countries, distance running has become a truly global sport through the efforts of race organisers, from Boston to Bhutan, from Venice to Vladivostok – and all points in between.

Despite having been the race director since the beginning Niels Jørgen is not showing any signs of slowing down and taking a back seat. He is still active in inventing clever new constructions for our race course, or leading the race on his bike. The current situation has also been keeping him busy maintaining our facilities in good order. Niels Jørgen regularly accompanies the different running groups that we have and he still keeps up a good steady pace.

Niels Jørgen Holdt (right) about to start out on a run. Photo by Jeanette Eskildsen/Sparta

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41 Niels Jørgen Holdt Copenhagen Marathon

DEN

1980–2020

11=

30 Carlos Moya

Lisbon Half Marathon

POR

1991–2020

37 Giancarlo Romiti

ITA

1984–2020

11=

30 Henryk Paskal

Pila Half Marathon

POL

1991–2020

36 Jiro Hashimoto

Lake Saroma 100km

JPN

1985–2020

11=

30 Tjeerd Scheffer

Leiden Marathon

NED

1991–2020

36 Mario Kadiks

Rotterdam Marathon

NED

1985–2020

11=

30 Barry Whitmore

Malta Challenge Mthn

MLT

1991–2020

35 Andrea Tuffli

Swissalpine Marathon

SUI

1986–2020

29 Gunther Vogel

Altötting Half Marathon

GER

1992–2020

34 Carlos Gattorno

Marabana

CUB

1987–2020

28 Rick Nealis

Marine Corps Marathon

USA

1993–2020

32 Wolfgang Konrad

Vienna City Marathon

AUT

1989–2020

20= 27 Jaime Morales

Tangamanga Marathon

MEX

1994–2020

Firenze Marathon

31 Alan Brookes

Toronto Waterfront Mthn

CAN

1990–2020

20= 27 Guillermo Saenz

Costa Rica Half Marathon

CRC

1994–2020

31 Dejan Nikolic

Belgrade Marathon

SRB

1990–2020

20= 27 Gasser Riad

Egyptian Marathon

EGY

1994–2020

31 Carey Pinkowski

Chicago Marathon

USA

1990–2020

23= 26 Carlo Capalbo

Prague Marathon

CZE

1995–2020

11=

30 Dave Cundy

Canberra Marathon

AUS

1980–2009

23= 26 Jay Glassman

Toronto Marathon

CAN

1995–2020

11=

30 Brano Koniar

Kosice Marathon

SVK

1991–2020

23= 26 Joël Laine

Marathon de Paris

FRA

1989–2014

11=

30 Horst Milde

Berlin Marathon

GER

1974–2003

26= 25 Robert Bruchez

Lausanne Marathon

SUI

1993–2017

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Persevering through adversity Dejan Nikolic, Belgrade Marathon, est. 1988 Belgrade is an ancient city located at the intersection of the Danube and Sava rivers which divide it into Old Belgrade (most hilly) and New Belgrade (completely flat).

Belgrade has survived more crises than most marathons. Troubled times generated troubled relationships and the Marathon had to deal with 16 Mayors of Belgrade and many other politicians, facing disputes with some of them.

The Belgrade marathon course was designed by Fred Lebow in 1989. and slightly modified in 2017. It starts and finishes in the centre of Old Belgrade but most of the race is run on the flat in New Belgrade.

In March 1999, after the start of NATO bombing operations against Serbia, a message was sent to NATO Headquarters in Brussels saying that the Belgrade Marathon was going ahead the next day on the streets of Belgrade with 15.000 people, including children, taking part. The Marathon stood up against war: that Sunday Belgrade was not bombed and more than 20.000 runners, facing a hard rain, completed the race under the banner “Stop the War, Run the World”. Thirteen Russian cities – from Murmansk to Vladivostok – organised Belgrade Marathons of their own in support

Throughout the 1990s just about the only good news to come out of war-torn Yugoslavia was the Belgrade Marathon. Against all the odds – UN sanctions, war in the region, closure of the airport, strict visa controls, raging inflation and general mayhem – the organisers kept the Belgrade Marathon on the road For 30 years the Belgrade Marathon has been one of Serbia’s largest sporting, social and humanitarian assets and officially became the event of special importance to the City of Belgrade and the biggest and most important sporting event in Serbia. An AIMS member from 1990 it was a pioneering event in the region, working closely with the city’s authorities.

The Marathon gave birth to other races in Belgrade from elite to popular mixed competition – fusing sport, history and culture. These included the hugely popular Belgrade Race Through History, the Belgrade Zoo Children’s Marathon and a dedicated Women’s race. There have been 1.2 million people who have finished

in all of the Belgrade Marathon races over the last 32 years. Since 1995 the Fred Lebow Trophy has been presented to the winners as a token of the friendship that Belgrade Marathon developed with the New York race founder and of thanks for his assistance. Fred helped to establish the Belgrade Marathon and send a message to the World that the marathon has no borders. In those turbulent times the Belgrade Marathon was the only international event of any kind to happen in Belgrade. Just as the Marathon has come through adversity it aims to support individuals who face problems. In 2018 the Belgrade Marathon received the AIMS Social Award in recognition of the “Heroes of the Belgrade Marathon” programme helping runners living with disabilities to finish the Belgrade Marathon. In a similar way the “Mama Fit” campaign promotes education for women about safe physical activity during and after pregnancy. n www.bgdmarathon.org/home.aspx Next event: tbc

26= 25 Nils Heatta

Midnight Sun Marathon

NOR

1996–2020

41= 20 Thom Gilligan

Antarctica Marathon

* ACA

1995–2020

26= 25 Arpad Kocsis

Budapest Marathon

HUN

1996–2020

41= 20 Dave McGillivray

Boston Marathon

USA

2001–2020

26= 25 Gojko Zalokar

Ljubljana Marathon

SLO

1996–2020

41= 20 Diego Maruri

Guayaquil Half Marathon

ECU

2001–2020

30= 24 Jim Aughney

Dublin Marathon

IRL

1997–2020

41= 20 Anders Olsson

Stockholm Marathon

SWE

1979–1998

30= 24 Al Boka

Las Vegas Marathon

USA

1981–2004

41= 20 Ulf Saletti

Stockholm Marathon

SWE

1999–2018

30= 24 William Ko

Hong Kong Marathon

HKG

1997–2020

41= 20 Wallace Williams

St Croix Int’l Marathon

VIR

2001–2020

33= 23 Fred Lebow

New York City Marathon

USA

1970–1992

47= 19 Michael Brinkmann

Muenster Marathon

GER

2002–2020

33= 23 Ev. Papapostolou

Athens Marathon

GRE

1998–2020

47= 19 Cees Pronk

TCS Amsterdam Marathon

NED

2000–2018

33= 23 Shui Tao

Beijing Marathon

` CHN

1998–2020

49= 19 Stefanie Eichel

Hannover Marathon

GER

2002–2020

33= 23 Joao Traven

Corrida Sao Sebastiao

BRA

1998–2020

49= 19 Jo Schindler

Frankfurt Marathon

GER

2002–2020

37= 22 Stavros Kakourides

Cyprus Marathon

CYP

1999–2020

49= 19 Malcolm Sutherland Baxters Loch Ness Mthn

GBR

2002–2020

37= 22 Konstnt Podbelskiy

Siberian Marathon

RUS

1998–2020*

52= 18 Thilak Weerasinghe

SRL

1998–2020

Colombo Marathon*

39= 21 Mati Lilliallik

Tallinn Marathon

EST

2000–2020

52= 18 John Addison

Kilimanjaro Marathon

TAN

2003–2020

39= 21 Gernot Weigl

Munich Marathon

GER

2000–2020

52= 18 Andrea Maggini

PisaMarathon

ITA

2003–2020

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Realising tourist potential Barry Whitmore, Malta Challenge Marathon, est.1990 As an established UK running sports tour operator I saw the opportunity to develop the “Challenge” as an event that would sell well in the UK. Coupled with the recession in Britain in 1990, the two combined to provide an opening. I had been taking clients to Malta to run the Malta Marathon since 1977. I knew the island well, Malta is English-speaking and I had invested in property there. I decided on a 3-day event to make it easier by breaking a Marathon down into three parts. I thought this would attract runners who could not train for the full distance. The concept was a world first and it worked.

Setting up such an event 2000km away was a challenge in itself. I met with the Maltese Federation: they loved the idea and were very helpful. I also met with the Ministry of Sport and Tourism who were supportive from the start – and still are now. During 1990 I sought out potential sponsors and support was forthcoming. For the Challenge stages I chose three of the most scenic parts of Malta: I met my wife to be in 1992 when she was working for me as a guide. It was a huge turning point in my life. Isabelle was a great asset in dealing with local councils and other government offices and gave me the confidence to continue. We faced some opposition from local Maltese races that saw my “Challenge” as competition to them rather than a boost to Maltese tourism and a Blue Riband quality event for the island. Thirty years on the “Challenge” remains a muchrespected event with a worldwide reputation. Organising an event like the “Challenge” often presents problems outside your control. On 7 September 2005 the Superintendent of Malta Traffic Police told me that if I staged the “Challenge” on its usual date I would have no police presence because of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. I was forced to put the “Challenge” back one week and because of this we lost 65% of the overseas clients who had booked their flights. It happened all over again in 2015 but this time, forewarned, I brought the race date back by a week at the very beginning of the year. Road works and reconstruction have been a major problem particularly on the final stage along the coast road to Valletta. I was faced with this for eight years but each year a solution was found and the “Challenge” never stopped.

I also changed the length and locations of each stage so that they are all standard distances. Stage 3 is now a half marathon on a beautiful circular course taking in some breath-taking sights in the north east of the Island. But the biggest challenge has been this year’s Covid crisis. Tourism is at a standstill. The 30th edition of the “Challenge” is postponed this year and will take place on 26, 27 & 28 November 2021. We had instead made plans for the 1st Malta Challenge “1/2” Marathon on 29 November 2020 but even this had to be cancelled due to concerns over Covid.. n www.maltachallengemarathon.com Next event: Fri 26 November 2021

55= 17 Sunny Chen

Taipei Marathon

TPE

2004–2020

64= 14 Reto Schorno

SwissCityMarathon

SUI

2007–2020

55= 17 Mark Milde

Berlin Marathon

GER

2004–2020

68= 13 Roque M. Alemañ

Mitja Marató Santa Pola

ESP

2006–2020*

55= 17 Vivek Singh

Tata Mumbai Marathon

IND

2004–2020

68= 13 Hugues Lelievre

French Riviera Marathon

FRA

2008–2020

55= 17 Jorge Teixeira

Porto Marathon

POR

2004–2020

68= 13 Hugo Ramos Sousa

São Silvestre de Lisboa

POR

2008–2020

59= 16 Bohdan Witwicki

Silesia Marathon

POL

2005–2020

68= 13 Giovanna Rousseau

Seychelles Marathon

SEY

2008–2020

60= 15 M Asimakopoulos

Athens Marathon

GRE

2006–2020

68= 13 Kire Sinadinovski

Skopje Marathon

MKD

2008–2020

60= 15 Cristian Llorens

Marató Barcelona

ESP

2006–2020

68= 13 Wissam Tero

Beirut Marathon

LIB

2008–2020 2008–2020

60= 15 Jan Willem Mijderwijk Dam tot Damloop

NED

2006–2020

68= 13 Jose–Luis Trujillo

Marathon Aguascalientes

MEX

60= 15 Rune Nortoft

Big Five Marathon

RSA

2005–2020

68= 13 Les Wright

Maui Oceanfront Marathon

USA

2008–2020

60= 15 Jozef Pukalovic

Bratislava Marathon

SVK

2006–2020

76= 12 Lars Fyhr

Polar Circle Marathon

GRL

2008–2020

64= 14 Serge Vigot

Marathon de la Rochelle

FRA

1991–2004

76= 12 Jean Marie Grall

Mauritius Marathon

MRU

2009–2020

64= 14 Mo. Mirhan Hassan

Dhiraagu Maldives 10km

MDV

2007–2020

76= 12 Eugène Kraus

Route du Vin Half

LUX

2000–2011

64= 14 Aigars Nords

Riga Marathon

LAT

2007–2020

76= 12 Andreas Müller

Lima42k Marathon

PER

2009–2020

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Marathon movers Longest serving race directors In establishing the Mumbai Marathon the overriding goal for my brother and myself was to bring people together across all socio-economic strata, onto a common platform. We believe that sport offers a panacea for society’s ills. We experienced an epiphany at the 2003 London Marathon*. Energy, zeal and the event’s inclusive nature moved us, firmed our resolve and drove our decision to bring a marathon to our home, Mumbai. We sowed the Marathon seed in 2004 and it has blossomed. There were trials and tribulations along the way. In a country dominated by spectator sports like cricket and football, growing a participatory sport like running seemed to be an enormous task. The challenge was to get the city and state civic authorities to work in sync. Setting up the infrastructure required, managing thousands of registrations and securing 42km of road closure was all previously unheard of. With the support of our partners, the vision of our sponsors and the ever-present sustenance of the Government and civic authorities we overcame, and realised a “Possible Dream”. If some wondered what was so special about the Marathon the deadly Mumbai terror attacks on 29 November 2008 showed them. Following just seven weeks later the Mumbai Marathon had the city standing in unison for the peace and safety of its people. Registrations for the event were over-subscribed as participants showed the “can do, will do” spirit of Mumbai. It is this sense of inspiration and belief that has brought people back year after year to this iconic event. The event’s journey over the past sixteen years has been transformational: it evoked a fitness revolution, spawned over 1700 road races in India and created an active running community of over two million runners. National performance standards improved and brought representation at the Olympics. The event created an entire ecosystem around the sport estimated at 400 million USD annually. Since inception the Tata

Taking distance running to new frontiers Vivek Singh, Mumbai Marathon, est. 2004 Mumbai Marathon has raised in excess of USD 55 million charitable funds as the single largest fund-raising platform in the country.

Adding its considerable weight to the movement is our title sponsor Tata Sons and Tata Consultancy Services, who are instrumental in propelling the sporting fabric of India. Our event partners, each a leader in their own industry, offer customised experiences to runners and bring a definite synergy to each race.

[* Note – much the same as the event’s founder, Chris Brasher, had experienced a generation earlier at the 1979 New York City Marathon]

The glorious UNESCO Heritage Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus serves as a pictureperfect backdrop for the start and finish of the race. Mumbai is a melting pot of cultures, vigour and dynamism. This uniqueness echoes in the spirit of the event displayed both by the participants and the citizens who are all smiles along the entire course - cheering the runners with motivational music, messages or offering biscuits and water to ensure the runners achieve their goal.

76= 12 Jim O’Donovan

Cork City Marathon

IRL

2007–2018

87= 9

Daniel Dukov

Wizz Air Sofia Marathon

BUL

2012–2020

76= 12 Frederic Robert

Mauritius Marathon

MRU

2009–2020

87= 9

Andrew Hully

Milton Keynes Marathon

GBR

2012–2020

82= 11 Krzysztof Kowal

Cracovia Maraton

POL

2010–2020

Masaharu Kaji

Kagawa–Marugame HM

JPN

2013–2020

82= 11 Mukesh Mishra

Jaipur Marathon

IND

2010–2020

Edouard Cassignol

Marathon de Pairs

FRA

2014–2020

84= 10 Rainer Biemans

Kuala Lumpur Marathon

MAS

2011–2020

92= 6

Pawan Rai

Vadodara Marathon

IND

2015–2020

84= 10 Horatiu Morar

WizzAir Cluj–Napoca Mthn

MKD

2011–2020

92= 6

Ivan Tretiakov

Kyiv Half Marathon

UKR

2015–2020

84= 10 Abdulsattar Younis

Erbil Marathon

IRQ

2011–2020

Marco Gerosa

Stralugano

SUI

2017–2020

87= 9

Waterford Viking Marathon

IRL

2012–2020

Rules – Limited to existing AIMS member races – Race Directors who have been directors of multiple races for many years just have their longest event included. – Longevity calculated as of 31.12.2020; will be updated for 2021 races on 31.12.2021. – Events must be trackable as the “same” event even though distances may have been added or dropped and title sponsors changed. – Directors are given credit for cancelled events or events held as virtual events assuming they handled the terms of the cancellation – Co–Directors are eligible

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Siberian: not including 2012 Antarctica held on ‘odd’ years only until 2007 Colombo not held in 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2019 Santa Pola not held in 2018, 2019 Some races not counted in 2020

The team at Procam put in herculean efforts year after year. Consistently innovating, we are always striving to give our participants an experience that they can treasure. n tatamumbaimarathon.procam.in

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A virtual marathon All was going to plan for the Rightmove Milton Keynes Marathon in the south of England until the coronavirus struck just two months before race day. Race director Andy Hully explains We had record year-to-date entries at the beginning of March 2020 of over 8000 runners. Then Covid came.. Our first thought was to postpone until autumn, but we hire a football stadium as the Marathon venue. Football fixtures are not released until late June so we didn’t know when or where they would be playing matches. Other venues and routes were first explored and then ruled out but luckily the stadium came up with a new date of 6-7 September. We kept our runners informed of the changes and moved all entries to the new September date unless they chose one of six options, which included running a virtual marathon In May, a full refund or deferring their entry to the provisional date in May 2021. Over 1000 opted to run virtually, another 1000 requested a refund, and 3000 deferred their entry to 2021, leaving about 3000 entries transferred to the September event. Running virtually simply involved entrants running at a time and place to suit themselves and then uploading a screen shot or photo of their result. Over the summer it started to look more and more unlikely that large running events would be able to resume in September, so we started to explore alternative Covid-safe race options. As race director and the founder of the event I knew we had to think outside the box. This was what evolved, over many weeks, into the “reimagined” race. The initial idea was to design new running routes with chip timing and allow the runner to take part at any time over a two-week period from 6–19 September, with us providing results and a leaderboard. But how could this be done? The team looked at commissioning a wooden start gantry with a locked metal box containing the timing equipment. This would need to be

A re-imagined race safely secured so that it couldn’t hurt anyone and couldn’t be stolen. Permission was granted from The Parks Trust, a local charity who manage all of the green spaces of Milton Keynes to have this installed at Willen Lake using power from the local Splash N Play park. The chip timing technology could start and stop a runner, but there was no way of checking to see if they had completed the full route and distance. We then looked into adding timing points along the route but were not able to find the right technology or get permission for a power source. We switched our attention to GPS tracking and found an app called RunGo, which seemed to offer everything that was necessary. The app worked well during testing and also had the benefit of custom motivational and sponsor messages. Runners could simply upload their result when they had finished their race. All new routes had to be designed using the many cycle paths and parklands in Milton Keynes to minimise road crossings. We decided that it would be simpler to have a

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two-lap marathon route. All routes were then measured to the AIMS worldwide standard. Runners would be allowed two weeks in which to complete their race(s) and urged to follow social distancing. This was a unique opportunity for entrants to take part in every distance we offered, and a lot of runners did.

A virtual marathon

runners and the feedback and stories have been inspiring. The 2020 Rightmove MK Marathon Reimagined was not a virtual race, but a race route measured and certified according to international standards which took in the beautiful lakes and scenery of Milton Keynes. A total of six routes had to be measured for the Brioche Superhero Fun Run, Rightmove Rocket 5k, Turing 10k, Half Marathon and Marathon and also the BMI Marathon Relay. This was possible because of the many cycle paths and footpaths that go under or over roads. A progressive web app (PWA) was commissioned showing the routes, entry list, results, prizes, sponsors, etc. The runner could access the RunGo route directly from the MK Marathon app to make it a seamless experience. We chose the PWA rather than a traditional app as we didn’t think we had enough time to get one approved for the App Store.

The self-supported races featured GPS timing technology with built-in turn-by-turn voice navigation using the RunGo app for round-the-clock service between 6–19 September. Performances were valid for gaining good-for-age qualification for the London Marathon and the Abbott World Marathon Majors Wanda Age Group World Championships.

We knew that traditional direction signs wouldn’t work. They would likely disappear over the two-week period or be moved to point in a different direction. Instead we decided to use small way marker discs in plastic. Over 150 posts were photographed so that we could get permission from the relevant owners before getting them made and put in place.

The timing team downloaded the results every evening and checked to make sure that runners had completed the correct course. The results were then uploaded to the MK Marathon app. Any runner who didn’t follow the route was not included in the results but was still sent their rewards.

As soon as the Reimagined Race was announced we got over 1500 new entries and decided to buy branded running belts as an added bonus for our runners. The courses were accessible whenever the runner wanted to race — any time of the day or night. No weather concerns, no early bus rides, no long waits at the start line… no hassle. We also chose the beautiful Willen Lake event lawn to start all races, as it offered good parking, toilets and a cafe. It has been great to put on a different option for our

The 1000 runners who took part in the Reimagined event ran the same course, with GPS timing, a daily updated leaderboard and were able to earn the cash and prizes that would have been given out at the originally-scheduled May event. The feedback from runners was gratifying: “The app was great. Didn’t feel like I was on my own at all” – “I’ve not been a fan of virtual races. They are just not the same as being surrounded by hundreds of other runners but I’m so glad I entered as it gave me focus and something to aim for. The routes were well thought-out and signed.” Three and a half thousand entrants also decided to run virtually over the same twoweek period on a route of their own choice. The Rightmove MK Marathon Weekend 2021 has been set for 2–3 May when we will be back at the MK Dons stadium. n www.mkmarathon.com Distance Running | 2021 Edition 1

World’s fastest times 2020 These lists give the current standings in the world of road racing, and are believed accurate at 21 December 2020. For a deeper listing and the most up-to-date times consult the AIMS World Leading Times page online at http://aims-worldrunning.org/statistics.html

Marathon Men Time

Athlete

2:03:00 Evans CHEBET 2:03:04 Lawrence CHERONO 2:03:16 Birhanu LEGESE 2:03:33 Amos KIPRUTO 2:04:12 Reuben KERIO 2:04:15 Birhanu LEGESE 2:04:46 Mekuant AYENEW 2:04:49 Bashir ABDI 2:04:51 Sisay LEMMA 2:04:53 Chalu DESO GELMISA 2:05:05 Barnabas KIPTUM 2:05:05 Abel KIRUI 2:05:15 Abebe NEGEWO 2:05:29 Suguru OSAKO 2:05:29 Leul GEBRESELASIE 2:05:37 Philemon RONO 2:05:41 Shura KITATA 2:05:42 Vincent KIPCHUMBA 2:05:45 LEMMA 2:05:53 Oqbe KIBROM 2:06:04 Mosinet GEREMEW 2:06:08 Mile WASIHUN 2:06:15 Olika ADUGNA 2:06:15 Bedan KAROKI 2:06:17 Eric KIPTANUI 2:06:18 Tsedat ABEJE 2:06:18 Lencho TESFAYE 2:06:21 Yitayal ATNAFU 2:06:22 Yihunilign ADANE 2:06:22 El Hassan El ABBASHI 2:06:23 Aychew BANTIE

Women

Present world record: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN); 2:01:39; Berlin, 16 SEP 2018 Nation Rank Venue

KEN 1 KEN 2 ETH 3 KEN 4 KEN 5 ETH 1 ETH 1 BEL 2 ETH 3 ETH 6 KEN 2 KEN 7 ETH 8 JPN 4 ETH 9 KEN 10 ETH 1 KEN 2 ETH 3 ERI 11 ETH 4 ETH 5 ETH 1 KEN 5 KEN 2 ETH 3 ETH 4 ETH 5 ETH 6 BRN 6 ETH 7

Date

Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia Tokyo Sevilla Tokyo Tokyo Valencia Sevilla Valencia Valencia Tokyo Valencia Valencia London London London Valencia London London Dubai Tokyo Dubai Dubai Dubai Dubai Dubai Tokyo Dubai

06 DEC 06 DEC 06 DEC 06 DEC 06 DEC 01 MAR 23 FEB 01 MAR 01 MAR 06 DEC 23 FEB 06 DEC 06 DEC 01 MAR 06 DEC 06 DEC 04 OCT 04 OCT 04 OCT 06 DEC 04 OCT 04 OCT 24 JAN 01 MAR 24 JAN 24 JAN 24 JAN 24 JAN 24 JAN 01 MAR 24 JAN

Time

Athlete

Nation Rank Venue

2:06:23 Asefa MENGSTU 2:06:24 Regasa BEJIGA 2:06:26 Seifu TURA 2:06:27 Workneh TESFA 2:06:29 Chalu DESO 2:06:31 Zewudu HAILU 2:06:32 Hicham LAQOUAHI 2:06:34 Beshah YERSSIE 2:06:35 Ayad LAMDASSEM 2:06:41 Tamirat TOLA 2:06:42 Benson KIPRUTO 2:06:43 Michael KANYUGO 2:06:45 Ryu TAKAKU 2:06:47 Bazu WORKU 2:06:47 Felix KANDIE 2:06:49 Eliud KIPCHOGE 2:06:54 Daisuke UEKADO 2:07:03 Hamid BEN DAOUD 2:07:05 Toshiki SADAKATA 2:07:05 Yuya YOSHIDA 2:07:09 Zelalem BACHA 2:07:09 Abdi NAGEEYE 2:07:16 Jacob KENDAGOR 2:07:18 Amanal PETROS 2:07:19 Eyob FANIEL 2:07:20 Maru TEFERI 2:07:20 Shin KIMURA 2:07:23 Yusuke OGURA 2:07:23 Alemayehu MEKONEN 2:07:26 Balew YIHUNLE 2:07:26 Lucas ROTICH

ETH 7 ETH 3 ETH 8 ETH 4 ETH 9 ETH 10 MAR 1 ETH 11 ESP 12 ETH 6 KEN 7 KEN 5 JPN 8 ETH 6 KEN 13 KEN 8 JPN 9 ESP 14 JPN 10 JPN 1 BRN 12 NED 15 KEN 2 GER 16 ITA 7 ISR 8 JPN 11 JPN 12 ETH 9 ETH 13 KEN 17

Tokyo Sevilla Dubai Sevilla Dubai Dubai Marrakech Dubai Valencia London London Sevilla Tokyo Sevilla Valencia London Tokyo Valencia Tokyo Fukuoka Dubai Valencia Marrakech Valencia Sevilla Sevilla Tokyo Tokyo Sevilla Dubai Valencia

Present world record (mixed competition): Brigid Kosgei (KEN), 2:14:04, Chicago, 13 OCT 2019 World record (women-only race) Mary Keitany (KEN); 2:17:01, London, 23 APR 2017

Date

01 MAR 23 FEB 24 JAN 23 FEB 24 JAN 24 JAN 26 JAN 24 JAN 06 DEC 04 OCT 04 OCT 23 FEB 01 MAR 23 FEB 06 DEC 04 OCT 01 MAR 06 DEC 01 MAR 06 DEC 24 JAN 06 DEC 26 JAN 06 DEC 23 FEB 23 FEB 01 MAR 01 MAR 23 FEB 24 JAN 06 DEC

Time

Athlete

2:17:16 2:17:45 2:18:35 2:18:40 2:18:58 2:19:38 2:19:52 2:19:54 2:19:56 2:19:56 2:20:05 2:20:11 2:20:29 2:20:30 2:20:32 2:20:57 2:21:42 2:21:47 2:21:55 2:21:56 2:22:01 2:22:05 2:22:06 2:22:40 2:22:41 2:22:45 2:22:51 2:22:52 2:22:56 2:22:56 2:22:58

Peres JEPCHIRCHIR Lonah Chemtai SALPETER Birhane DIBABA Joyciline JEPKOSGEI Brigid KOSGEI Worknesh DEGEFA Helalia JOHANNES Zeineba YIMER Degitu AZEMIRAW Tigist GIRMA Ruti AGA Guteni SHONE Mao ICHIYAMA Asefa KEBEDE Sara HALL Joan CHELIMO Selly CHEPYEGO Mizuki MATSUDA Bedatu HIRPA Tigist GIRMA Sara HALL Ruth CHEPNGETICH Diana Chemtai KIPYOKEI Mimi BELETE Yuka ANDO Tigist ABAYECHEW Ashete BEKERE Dera DIDA Purity RIONORIPO Keira DAMATO Azmera GEBRU

Nation Rank Venue

KEN ISR ETH KEN KEN ETH NAM ETH ETH ETH ETH ETH JPN ETH USA KEN KEN JPN ETH ETH USA KEN KEN BRN JPN ETH ETH ETH KEN USA ETH

1 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 5 6 7 2 1 3 1 8 4 1 3 5 2 3 1 2 2 4 4 5 3 2 6

Date

Valencia Tokyo Tokyo Valencia London Dubai Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia Dubai Nagoya Tokyo Chandler Valencia Tokyo Osaka Dubai Tokyo London London Istanbul Osaka Nagoya Dubai London Dubai Nagoya Chandler Tokyo

06 DEC 01 MAR 01 MAR 06 DEC 04 OCT 24 JAN 06 DEC 06 DEC 06 DEC 06 DEC 06 DEC 24 JAN 08 MAR 01 MAR 20 DEC 06 DEC 01 MAR 26 JAN 24 JAN 01 MAR 04 OCT 04 OCT 08 NOV 26 JAN 08 MAR 24 JAN 04 OCT 24 JAN 08 MAR 20 DEC 01 MAR

Time

Athlete

2:23:03 2:23:07 2:23:13 2:23:17 2:23:29 2:23:31 2:23:36 2:23:37 2:23:39 2:23:49 2:23:52 2:24:14 2:24:23 2:24:27 2:24:30 2:24:30 2:24:47 2:24:50 2:24:51 2:24:54 2:25:08 2:25:13 2:25:22 2:25:22 2:25:40 2:26:02 2:26:12 2:26:24 2:26:28 2:26:34 2:26:35

Sintayehu LEWETEGN Birhane DIBABA Juliet CHEKWEL Hirut Tiberu DAMTE Askale MERACHI Meskerem ASSEFA Hawi FEYSA Sayaka SATO Gada BONTU Sifan MELAKU Helen TOLA Josephine CHEPKOECH Alemu MEGERTU Fancy CHEMUTAI Purity CHANGWONY Hiwot GEBREKIDAN Biruktayit DEGEFA Malindi ELMORE Amane BERISO Meseret BELETE Birke DEBELE Molly SEIDEL Senbere TEFERI Kellyn TAYLOR Emma BATES Lisa WEIGHTMAN Medina Deme ARMINO Bornes JEPKURUI Mesera HUSSEN Ai HOSODA Haruka YAMAGUCHI

Nation Rank Venue

ETH 3 ETH 9 UGA 1 ETH 4 ETH 1 ETH 4 ETH 6 JPN 5 ETH 2 ETH 3 ETH 6 KEN 4 ETH 5 KEN 10 KEN 5 ETH 2 ETH 2 CAN 3 ETH 1 ETH 4 ETH 7 USA 6 ETH 7 USA 3 USA 4 AUS 5 ETH 1 KEN 6 ETH 2 JPN 8 JPN 7

Osaka Valencia Sevilla Nagoya Houston Osaka Dubai Nagoya Sevilla Sevilla Nagoya Sevilla London Valencia Sevilla Istanbul Houston Houston Mumbai Houston Nagoya London Tokyo Chandler Chandler Osaka Xiamen Osaka Xiamen Nagoya Osaka

Date

26 JAN 06 DEC 23 FEB 08 MAR 19 JAN 26 JAN 24 JAN 08 MAR 23 FEB 23 FEB 08 MAR 23 FEB 04 OCT 06 DEC 23 FEB 08 NOV 19 JAN 19 JAN 19 JAN 19 JAN 08 MAR 04 OCT 01 MAR 20 DEC 20 DEC 26 JAN 05 JAN 26 JAN 05 JAN 08 MAR 26 JAN

Half Marathon New world record (pending ratification): Kibiwott Kandie (KEN), 57:32,Valencia, 06 Dec 2020 Present world record: Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN); 58:01; Copenhagen, 15 Sep 2019

Men Time

Athlete

57:32 57:37 57:49 57:59 58:11 58:38 58:42 58:49 58:53 58:54 58:54 58:58 58:56 59:04 59:04 59:09 59:10 59:16 59:21 59:22 59:25 59:26 59:26

Kibiwott KANDIE Jacob KIPLIMO Rhonex KIPRUTO Alexader MUTISO Philemon KIPLIMO KANDIE Kelvin KIPTUM KIPLIMO Amdework WALELEGN KANDIE Andamlak BELIHU KANDIE Stephen KISSA WALELEGN Muktar EDRIS Alexander MUTISO Leonard BARSOTON MUTISO Joshua CHEPTEGEI Tesfahun AKALNEW Jemal YIMER Bernard NGENO Victor KIPLANGAT

Nation Rank Venue

KEN UGA KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN UGA ETH KEN ETH KEN UGA ETH ETH KEN KEN KEN UGA ETH ETH KEN KEN

1 2 3 4 5 1 6 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 1 5 2 4 6 1 2 7

Date

Valencia 06 DEC Valencia 06 DEC Valencia 06 DEC Valencia 06 DEC Valencia 06 DEC Prague 05 SEP Valencia 06 DEC Gdynia 17 OCT Delhi 29 NOV Gdynia 17 OCT Delhi 29 NOV Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Delhi 29 NOV Gdynia 17 OCT Delhi 29 NOV Santa Pola 19 JAN Delhi 29 NOV Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Gdynia 17 OCT Delhi 29 NOV Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Delhi 29 NOV

Time

Athlete

59:27 59:28 59:32 59:34 59:35 59:36 59:36 59:37 59:40 59:42 59:42 59:45 59:47 59:47 59:49 59:51 59:51 59:52 59:55 59:56 59:56 59:57 59:58

Shadrack KIMINING Philemon KIPLIMO Andamlak BELIHU Leonard BARSOSTON Abel KIPCHUMBA Geoffrey KOECH Stephen MOKOKA Bravin KIPKOGEI KIPTOO Morhad AMDOUNI Gabriel Gerald GEAY Benard KIMELI Leul GEBRESILASE Shura KITATA Mule WASIHUN Alfred Chelal BARKACH Vincent Kibor RAIMOI Shadrack KIMINING Andamlak BELIHU Julien WANDERS Geofrey KUSURU Philemon KIPLIMO Brett ROBINSON Victor CHUMO

Nation Rank Venue

KEN 3 KEN 4 ETH 5 KEN 6 KEN 5 KEN 6 RSA 7 KEN 7 FRA 8 TAN 7 KEN 9 ETH 10 ETH 8 ETH 3 KEN 4 KEN 5 KEN 8 ETH 9 SUI 8 UGA 2 KEN 2 AUS 1 KEN 2

Women Date

Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Gdynia 17 OCT Gdynia 17 OCT Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Gdynia 17 OCT Valencia 06 DEC Gdynia 17 OCT Houston 19 JAN Gdynia 17 OCT Gdynia 17 OCT Houston 19 JAN Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Delhi 29 NOV Houston 19 JAN Valencia 06 DEC Santa Pola 19 JAN Prague 05 SEP Marugame 02 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB

World record (mixed competition): Abebel Yeshaneh (ETH), 1:04:31, Ras Al Khaimah, 21 FEB 2020; New world record, pending ratification (women-only race): Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) 1:05:16, Gdynia 17 OCT 2020 World record (women-only race): Netsanet Gudeta (ETH); 1:06:11,Valencia, 24 MAR 2018

Time

Athlete

1:04:31 1:04:46 1:04:48 1:05:06 1:05:16 1:05:18 1:05:18 1:05:19 1:05:21 1:05:34 1:05:34 1:05:39 1:05:39 1:05:41 1:05:51 1:05:58 1:06:01 1:06:16 1:06:20 1:06:35 1:06:37 1:06:37 1:06:38

Ababel YESHANEH Yalemzerf YEHUALAW Brigid KOSGEI Ruth CHEPNGETICH Peres JEPCHIRCHIR Melat Yisak KEJETA Genzebe DIBABA YEHUALAW YESHANEH Rosemary WANJIRU JEPCHIRCHIR Zeineba YIMER Shiela CHEPKIRUI YESHANEH Senbere TEFERI Joyciline JEPKOSGEI Evaline CHIRCHIR Joan Chelimo MELLY Yasemin CAN Yalemzerf YELAHUN Ashete BEKERE Magdalena SHAURI Hitomi NIIYA

Nation Rank Venue

ETH ETH KEN KEN KEN GER ETH ETH ETH KEN KEN ETH KEN ETH ETH KEN KEN KEN TUR ETH ETH TAN JPN

1 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 5 7 6 1 7 1

Date

Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Delhi 29 NOV Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Delhi 29 NOV Gdynia 17 OCT Gdynia 17 OCT Valencia 06 DEC Gdynia 17 OCT Delhi 29 NOV Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Prague 05 SEP Gdynia 17 OCT Valencia 06 DEC Gdynia 17 OCT Valencia 06 DEC Gdynia 17 OCT Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Gdynia 17 OCT Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Houston 19 JAN

Time

Athlete

1:06:38 1:06:42 1:06:46 1:06:47 1:06:56 1:07:02 1:07:04 1:07:07 1:07:10 1:07:10 1:07:14 1:07:16 1:07:16 1:07:18 1:07:19 1:07:26 1:07:37 1:07:55 1:07:57 1:08:02 1:08:06 1:08:10 1:08:13

Vivian Jerono KIPLAGAT Irene CHEPTAI Netsanet GUDETA Viola CHEPTOO Brillian KIPKOECH Degitu Azimeraw ASIRES Asnakech AWOKE Brenda JEPLETING Dorcas KIMELI Rosemary WANJIRU Dorcas Jepchumba KIMELI Edith CHELIMO Tsehay GEMECHU Dorcas TUITOEK Eva CHERONO Emily SISSO Sheila CHEPKIRUI Dorcas JEPCHUMBA Gidey ADHENA Fancy CHEMUTAI Brillian JEPKORIR Helalia JOHANNES Caroline KIPKIRUI

Nation Rank Venue

KEN 8 KEN 4 ETH 8 KEN 1 KEN 9 ETH 9 ETH 2 KEN 2 KEN 3 KEN 10 KEN 3 KEN 4 ETH 5 KEN 4 KEN 6 USA 5 KEN 5 KEN 11 ETH 2 KEN 10 KEN 2 NAM 1 KEN 3

Date

Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Delhi 29 NOV Gdynia 17 OCT Napoli 23 FEB Gdynia 17 OCT Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Prague 05 SEP Barcelona 16 FEB Gdynia 17 OCT Prague 05 SEP Prague 05 SEP Delhi 29 NOV Valencia 06 DEC Delhi 29 NOV Valencia 06 DEC Prague 05 SEP Gdynia 17 OCT Napoli 23 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Houston 19 JAN Marugame 02 FEB Houston 19 JAN

10km Present world record: Rhonex Kipruto (KEN), 26:24,Valencia 12 JAN 2020

Men Time

Athlete

26:24 27:13 27:13 27:18 27:30

Rhonex KIPRUTO Benard KIMELI Julien WANDERS Daniel EBENYO Jacob KIROP

Nation Rank Venue

KEN KEN SUI KEN KEN

1 2 3 1 4

Valencia Valencia Valencia Berlin Valencia

Date

12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 26 SEP 12 JAN

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Time

Athlete

27:32 27:47 27:50 27:53 28:00

Shadrack KOECH Stephen KISSA Djilali BEDRANI Alex KORIO Chala Regasa KETEMA

Nation Rank Venue

KEN UGA FRA KEN ETH

5 6 7 8 9

Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia

Present world record (mixed competition): Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN); 29:43, Prague, 09 SEP 2017 Present world record (women-only race): Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR); 30:29, New York, 8 Jun 2002

Women Date

12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN

Time

Athlete

29:46 29:50 29:51 30:32 30:50

Sheila CHEPKIRUI Rosemary WANJIRU Norah JERUTO Karoline GRØVDAL Bosena MULATE

Nation Rank Venue

KEN KEN KEN NOR ETH

1 2 3 1 4

Valencia Valencia Valencia Hole Valencia

Date

12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 17 OCT 12 JAN

Time

Athlete

30:59 31:09 31:23 31:26 31:49

Helen TOLA Lonah Chemtai SALPETER Selamawit DAGNACHEW Alina REH Yelena KOROBKINA

Nation Rank Venue

ETH ISR ETH GER RUS

1 5 1 1 1

Berlin Valencia Tiberias Berlin Moscow

Date

26 SEP 12 JAN 03 JAN 07 JUN 20 SEP

Race contact details Race Directors: Send updated race contact details to update@aims-worldrunning.org * Associate member

ALGERIA Semi Marathon Int’l de la Ville de Béjaia Oct Haddad Fatsah E: fatsahmarathon@hotmail.fr W: www.semimarathondebejaia.com fb: m.facebook.com/ semimarathondebejaia

Australian Outback Marathon JuL Michael Walton E: sales@australianoutbackmarathon. com W: www.australianoutbackmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ outbackmarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Int’l WAcHAumarathon Sep Michael Buchleitner E: office@wachaumarathon.com W: www.wachaumarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ wachaumarathon

BAHAMAS

Sahara Marathon FeB James E. B. Carney E: saharamarathon@aol.com W: www.saharamarathon.org fb: facebook.com/saharamarathonorg

Brisbane Marathon Festival Jun Jason Crowther E: info@atlasmultisports.com.au W: www.brisbanemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/brisbanemarathon

Marathon Bahamas, Half & relayJAn Pamela Richardson E: info@marathonbahamas.com W: www.marathonbahamas.com fb: www.facebook.com/marathon242

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

gold coast Marathon JuL Cameron Hart E: info@goldcoastmarathon. com.au W: www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/gcmarathon

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Dhaka JAn Marathon Sabik Rahman E: sabikrahman@networld-bd.com W: www.dhakamarathon.com.bd

ANGOLA São Silvestre de Luanda 10km Dec Carlos Rosa de Souza E: crabreluz@gmail.com W: www.saosilvestreangola.co.ao fb: facebook.com/saosilvestreangola

ANTARCTICA Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k Richard Donovan E: rd@npmarathon.com W: www.icemarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ AntarcticIceMarathon

Dec

Antarctica Marathon & Half MAr Thom Gilligan E: info@marathontours.com W: www.antarcticamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ AntarcticaMarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Int’l Marathon Sep Luis Vinker E: info@maratondebuenosaires. com W: www.maratondebuenosaires.com fb: facebook.com/ maratonbuenosaires Maratón Internacional de Mendoza MAy Enrique Eiras E: e@maratondemendoza.com W: www.maratondemendoza.com fb: facebook.com/ MaratondeMendoza/

ARMENIA yerevan Marathon and Half Marathon Oct Anahit Adamyan E: anahit.adamyan@ armeniamarathon.org W: www.armeniamarathon.org fb: facebook.com/Yerevanmarathon/

ARUBA KLM Aruba Marathon Jun Kees van Muiswinkel E: info@arubainternationalmarathon. com W: www.arubainternationalmarathon. com fb: facebook.com/MarathonAruba

AUSTRALIA

Melbourne Marathon Festival Oct Marcus Gale E: enquiries@ melbournemarathon.com.au W: www.melbournemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/ melbournemarathonfestival runFun travel rottnest running Festival Jun Raymond Lampard E: wamc@wamc.org.au W: www.wamc.org.au fb: bit.ly/2pbsPuK Sunshine coast Marathon Aug Jason Crowther E: jason@atlasmultisports.com.au W: www.sunshinecoastmarathon.com. au fb: facebook.com/ SunshineCoastMarathon McDonald’s townsville running Festival Aug Scott Piper E: admin@townsvillerunningfestival. com W: www.townsvillerunningfestival. com fb: facebook.com/townsvillerunningfest Westlink M7 Blacktown running Festival JuL Tanya Bigeni E: events.team@blacktown. nsw.gov.au W: www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/ runningfestival fb: facebook.com/ BlacktownCityCouncil

AUSTRIA 3 country Sparkasse Marathon Günter Ernst E: info@sparkasse-3laender-marathon.at W: www.sparkasse-3-laendermarathon.at fb: facebook.com/ Sparkasse3LaenderMarathon

Oct

ASIcS Austrian Women’s run MAy Ilse Dippmann, Andreas Schnabl E: office@oesterreichischerfrauenlauf.at W: www.austrianwomensrun.com

Adelaide Marathon Festival Aug Jeremy Zieseniss E: office@sarrc.asn.au W: www.adelaidemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/ SARoadRunnersClub

Salzburg Marathon MAy Johannes Langer E: office@salzburg-marathon.at W: www.salzburg-marathon.at fb: www.facebook.com/salzburg. marathon

Airlie Beach Marathon Festival JuL Tim McQuoid-Mason E: president@ whitsundayrunningclub.com.au W: www.runairlie.com.au fb: facebook.com/runairlie

Vienna city Marathon Apr Wolfgang Konrad E: office@vienna-marathon.com W: www.vienna-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/vienna.city. marathon

BANGLADESH

*runBAngLA Int’l 10K Jon Michael Boka E: jon@run-bangla.com W: www.Run-Bangla.com fb: facebook.com/ RunBanglaInternational

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MAy

BARBADOS

BELGIUM Sep

Brussels Airport Marathon & Half Marathon Oct Thomas Huyberechts E: info@golazo.com W: www.brusselsairportmarathon.be/en/ fb: facebook.com/brusselsmarathon

Apr

Linker Oevert Marathon Antwerp Oct Kid Van Thienen E: kvth@telenet.be W: www.linkeroevertmarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/ZPKj2k

BHUTAN thunder Dragon Marathon MAy Mike Gratton E: mike@209events.com W: www.thunderdragonmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ thunderdragonmarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

BOTSWANA Diacore gaborone Marathon MAy Danny Blumberg E: info@ diacoregaboronemarathon.com W: www.diacoregaboronemarathon. com fb: facebook.com/ Diacoregaboronemarathon

Oct

CAMBODIA

the Khmer empire Marathon Aug Sem Phalla E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.cambodia-events.org fb: facebook.com/ khmerempiremarathon phnom penh Int’l Half Marathon Jun Sem Phalla E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.cambodia-events.org fb: facebook.com/ cambodiaamazingevents/ Sihanoukville Int’l Half MarathonApr Sem Phalla E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.cambodia-events.org fb: facebook.com/ sihanoukvillemarathon

CANADA MAy

toronto Marathon Jay Glassman E: info@torontomarathon.com W: www.torontomarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ torontomarathon

Santiago Marathon Fernando Jamarne E: fjamarne@alessandri.cl W: www.maratondesantiago.com fb: www.facebook.com/ maratondesantiago Volcano Marathon Richard Donovan E: npmarathon@gmail.com W: www.volcanomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ thevolcanomarathon

Oct

Apr

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Course not measurable to AIMS standards

CHINA Beijing Marathon Sep Wang Dawei E: oc@beijing-marathon.com W: www.beijing-marathon.com/en changsha Int’l Marathon Oct Ren Longxiang E: lijiazhuo9@vip.qq.com W: www.changsha-marathon.com chengdu Marathon Liu Yue E: liuyue98@wanda.cn W: www.chengdu-marathon.org chongqing Int’l Marathon Guo Liya E: 569065820@qq.com W: www.cqmarathon.com Dalian Int’l Marathon Sun Xinsheng E: kouzhengjie@sina.com W: www.dlmls.org

Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon and Ottawa 10K MAy Ian Fraser E: questions@runottawa.ca W: www.runottawa.ca fb: www.facebook.com/ OttawaMarathon SSQ Insurance Quebec city Marathon Patrice Gagnon E: info@jecoursqc.com W: jecoursqc.com fb: facebook.com/jecoursqc

CAYMAN ISLANDS Intertrust cayman Islands Marathon Dec Rhonda Kelly E: info@caymanislandsmarathon. com W: www.caymanislandsmarathon. com fb: facebook.com/CaymanMarathon

CHILE

Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon Dec Sem Phalla E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.cambodia-events.org fb: facebook.com/ angkorwathalfmarathon

Scotiabank calgary Marathon Jon Bird E: racedirector@ calgarymarathon.com W: www.calgarymarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWyk7c

Oct

Cathy Noel E: info@runvictoriamarathon.com W: www.runvictoriamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/Victoria.Marathon/

São paulo Int’l Marathon Thadeus Gilberto Kassabian E: tgk@yescom.com.br W: www.saopaulomarathonbrazil. com fb: facebook.com/ maratonadesaopaulo/

Wizz Air Sofia Marathon Daniel Hristov Dukov E: ddukov@abv.bg W: www.marathonsofia.com

Scotiabank toronto Waterfront Marathon & Half Marathon & 5k Oct Alan Brookes E: info@canadarunningseries.com W: www.torontowaterfrontmarathon. com/ fb: facebook.com/TOwaterfront42k/ goodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon

rio Half Marathon Thadeus Gilberto Kassabian E: tgk@yescom.com.br W: www.riohalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/meiadorio/

BULGARIA

cave Shepherd & co run Barbados Marathon Weekend Dec Island Races (Zary Evelyn & Kristina Evelyn) E: runbarbados@gmail.com W: www.runbarbados.org fb: facebook.com/RunBarbadosSeries/

Antwerp Marathon Thomas Huyberechts E: info@golazo.com W: www.antwerpmarathon.be fb: www.facebook.com/ antwerpmarathon

Jun

MAr

Dhaka Half Marathon FeB Afnan Ahmad E: dhakahalfmarathon@gmail.com W: www.dhakahalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/DhakaHalf/ runBAngLA Half Marathon Jon Michael Boka E: jon@run-bangla.com W: www.Run-Bangla.com fb: facebook.com/ RunBanglaInternational

BRAZIL rio de Janeiro city Marathon Joao Traven E: maratonadorio@ maratonadorio.com.br W: www.maratonadorio.com.br fb: www.facebook.com/ maratonadoriodejaneiro

nOV

MAr

MAy

the great Wall Marathon MAy Dave Cundy E: gwm_booking@263.net.cn W: www.great-wall-marathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ greatwallmarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

great Hakka Marathon nOV Dave Cundy E: great-hakkamarathon@263.net W: www.great-hakka-marathon.com Course not measurable to AIMS standards

MAy

Hangzhou Marathon Long Jiang E: marathon@hzim.org W: www.hzim.org fb: facebook.com/hangzhou. marathon

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Hengshui Lake Int’l Marathon Ping Rongfeng E: hsmarathon@163.com W: www.hengshuimalasong.com Lanzhou Int’l Marathon Wang Zhengxuan E: Lzmarathon@sina.cn W: www.lzmarathon.com Shanghai Int’l Marathon Jenny Zhou E: general@shmarathon.com W: www.shang-ma.com Wuxi Marathon Tianwen Hu E: tianwen@ihuipao.com W: www.wuximarathon.com

Sep

nOV

CHINESE TAIPEI

Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon Huang Yu E: khmskhms@kcg.gov.tw W: www.khm.com.tw fb: facebook.com/khmarathon/ Kinmen Marathon Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw

Oct

JAn

taichung Int’l Marathon nOV Chen Ching Lung E: fuludun@gmail.com W: lohasnet.tw/Floraexpo20190224

taipei Marathon Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw taipei Freeway Marathon Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw

Oct

Dec

MAr

Aug

new taipei city Wan Jin Shi Marathon MAr Ching-Cheng Wang E: tpe@mf.worldathletics.org W: www.wanjinshi-marathon.com.tw fb: on.fb.me/1bWyj3d

Maratón Medellín Sep Gustavo Orozco Posada E: direccion@ maratonmedellin.com W: www.maratonmedellin.co fb: facebook.com/maratonmedellin

COSTA RICA Maraton cartago Rodolfo Villalobos E: rvillalobos@ grupopublicitariocr.net W: www.grupopublicitariocr.net fb: bit.ly/2UL3AyJ

Oct

San José costa rica Half & Dec Marathon Guillermo Sáenz E: marathoncostarica@gmail.com W: www.marathoncostarica.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWyj3p

CROATIA Du Motion-runners’ Days Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik Half Apr Marathon) Alen Bošković E: alen.boskovic@du-motion.com W: www.du-motion.com/en/home/ fb: facebook.com/dumotion Hvar Half Marathon Boris Reinic E: info@hvarmarathon.com W: www.hvarmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ HvarHalfMarathon

Jun

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Split Marathon Kristijan Sindik E: info@splitmarathon.com W: www.splitmarathon.com fb: web.facebook.com/ splithalfmarathon/

FeB

Ston Wall Marathon Sep Zeljko Konosic E: stonwallmarathon@gmail.com W: www.ston-wall-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/StonWallMarathon

Marabana Marathon & Half nOV Carlos R. Gattorno Correa E: gattorno.marabana@gmail.com W: www.maratondelahabana.com fb: bit.ly/2z4m0Fu Varadero Marathon and Half MAr Marathon Juan Pedro Pineda de la Losa E: info@varadero-marathon.com W: varadero-marathon.com

CURAÇAO KLM curaçao Marathon nOV Kees van Muiswinkel E: kees@curacaomarathon.com W: www.curacaomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ klmcuracaomarathon

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CYPRUS Logicom cyprus Marathon Stavros Kakourides E: run@cyprusmarathon.com W: www.cyprusmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ CyprusMarathonOfficial radisson Blu Larnaka Int’l Marathon Costas Daltas E: info@larnakamarathon.com W: larnakamarathon.com fb: bit.ly/2N9jBeH

MAr

nOV

OpAp Limassol Marathon gSO MAr Spyros Spyrou E: info@limassolmarathon.com W: www.limassolmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/limassolmarathon/

pardubice Wine Half Marathon Apr Oldřich Bujnoch E: oldrichbujnoch@seznam.cz W: www. pardubickyvinarskypulmaraton.cz fb: on.fb.me/1HWsAYy Volkswagen prague Marathon Carlo Capalbo E: info@runczech.com W: www.runczech.com fb: facebook.com/runczech

pharaonic race 100km Gasser Riad E: info@egyptianmarathon.net W: www.egyptianmarathon.com fb: bit.ly/2zZkuod

nOV

MAy

tallinna Maraton, Half & 10k Sep Mati Lilliallik E: info@tallinnmarathon.ee W: www.tallinnamaraton.ee fb: facebook.com/TallinnaMaraton/ tartu city Marathon Indrek Kelk E: kristina@tartumaraton.ee W: www.tartumaraton.ee fb: facebook.com/tartumaraton

Oct

Schneider electric Marathon de Oct paris Edouard Cassignol E: parismarathon@aso.fr W: www. schneiderelectricparismarathon.com fb: facebook.com/parismarathon Serge Vigot La rochelle Int’l Marathon Mauny Nicolas E: info@marathondelarochelle.com W: marathondelarochelle.com fb: facebook.com/marathonLR

ETHIOPIA great ethiopian run 10km Ermias Ayele E: ermias@ethiopianrun.org W: www.ethiopianrun.org fb: www.facebook.com/ GreatEthiopianRun

FRANCE French riviera Marathon nOV nice-cannes Hugues Lelievre E: communication@azur-sport.org W: www.frenchrivieramarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWymMt

ESTONIA

CZECH REPUBLIC

CUBA

Standard chartered taipei charity Marathon JAn Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw fb: facebook.com/ scbmarathon?fref=ts taishin Women run taipei Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw

media maratón de Bogotá JuL Martha Santos E: msantos@ correcaminoscolombia.com W: www.mediamaratonbogota.com fb: facebook.com/ mediamaratonbogota/

JAn

Sun Moon Lake Marathon Oct Jerry Chen E: sunmoonlake.marathon@ gmail.com W: www.sunmoonlakemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ sunmoonlakemarathon/

tainan Half Marathon Wang Ching-Cheng E: tpe@mf.worldathletics.org W: fb: facebook.com/ tainanhalfmarathon/

Dec

COLOMBIA

Xiamen Marathon JAn Ruan Dunliang E: xmmarathon@xmim. org,ealin_zhuo@126.com W: www.xmim.org/homes/static/ home.html?locale=en fb: facebook.com/xiamenmarathon

*eva Air Marathon Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw

Zengwen reservoir Marathon Wang, Ching-Cheng E: tpe@mf.worldathletics.org W: www.athletics.org.tw fb: bit.ly/2rRvU6G

JAn

Hawassa Half Marathon FeB Ermias Ayele E: ermias@ethiopianrun.org W: www.ethiopianrun.org fb: facebook.com/GreatEthiopianRun

nOV

GEORGIA the great Batumi night race Apr Peter Gottwald E: info@batumi-marathon.com W: batumi-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/BatumiMarathon/ Heidelbergcement tbilisiHalfMarathon Peter Gottwald E: info@tbilisimarathon.ge W: www.tbilisimarathon.ge fb: facebook.com/Tbilisimarathon

Sep

FALKLAND ISLANDS DENMARK H.c. Andersen Marathon Erik J. Mogensen E: info@hcamarathon.dk W: hcamarathon.dk/-1 fb: facebook.com/hcamarathon

Sep

copenhagen Marathon MAy Dorte Vibjerg E: sparta@sparta.dk W: www.copenhagenmarathon.dk fb: facebook.com/cphmarathon copenhagen Half Marathon Dorte Vibjerg E: sparta@sparta.dk W: cphhalf.dk fb: facebook.com/cphhalf

Sep

FAROE ISLANDS Atlantic Airways tórshavn Jun Marathon Katrin Thorsvig Hansen E: bragdid@bragdid.fo W: www.torshavnmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/torshavnmaraton/

FIJI

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Maratón Monumental primer Santiago de América nOV Emilio Martínez E: maratonmonumental@ gmail.com W: www.maratonsantiago.com.do fb: facebook.com/maratonsantiagord

ECUADOR Quito Últimas noticias 15k Jun Pablo Gonzalez Peña E: pabloarturogonzalez@ gmail.com W: www.quitoultimasnoticias15k.ec fb: facebook.com/UN15K La ruta de las Iglesias Aug Samia Solah, Nina Solah E: samia@tventasec.com, nsolah@tventasec.com W: www.rutadelasiglesias.com fb: www.facebook.com/rutaiglesias

EGYPT egyptian Marathon Gasser Riad E: Info@egyptianmarathon.net W: www.egyptianmarathon.com fb: bit.ly/2zZkuod

Standard chartered Stanley MAr Marathon Simon Fenton E: bank.info@sc.com W: www.standardchartered.com/fk/ events/marathon

JAn

Island chill Suva Marathon JuL Brian Hennessy E: president@suvamarathon.org W: www.suvamarathon.org fb: facebook.com/suvamarathon/

FINLAND Helsinki city running Day Harri Hänninen E: maraton@sul.fi W: www.helsinkicityrunningday.fi fb: facebook.com/ HelsinkiCityMarathon

MAy

Helsinki Half Marathon Jun Tapani Virtanen E: info@helsinkihalfmarathon.fi W: www.helsinkihalfmarathon.fi fb: facebook.com/ helsinkihalfmarathon Helsinki Marathon Aug Tapani Virtanen E: info@helsinkimarathon.fi W: www.helsinkimarathon.fi fb: facebook.com/helsinkimarathon/ paavo nurmi Marathon, Half and Aug 10k Kari Ahonen E: info@paavonurmisports.fi W: www.paavonurmimarathon.fi fb: on.fb.me/1SlsUaQ

GERMANY Halfmarathon Altötting Guenther Vogl E: halbmarathon@gmx.de W: www.halbmarathon.de fb: bit.ly/2DtxBhf generali Berlin Half Marathon Mark Milde W: www.generali-berlinerhalbmarathon.de fb: facebook.com/ berlinerhalbmarathon

Sep

Aug

BMW Berlin-Marathon Sep Mark Milde W: www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ berlinmarathon generali cologne Marathon Markus Frisch E: info@koeln-marathon.de W: www.cologne-marathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ koelnmarathon

Oct

Mainova Frankfurt Marathon Oct Jo Schindler E: mail@frankfurt-marathon.com W: www.frankfurt-marathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ffmmarathon Haspa Marathon Hamburg Apr Frank Thaleiser E: service@marathonhamburg.de W: www.haspa-marathon-hamburg.de fb: facebook.com/ haspamarathonhamburg hella hamburg halbmarathon Jun Karsten Schölermann E: info@hamburghalbmarathon.de W: www.hamburg-halbmarathon.de fb: facebook.com/ events/477005246176233/ HAJ Hannover Marathon Stefanie Eichel E: kontakt@marathonhannover.de W: www.marathon-hannover.de fb: www.facebook.com/ MarathonHannover

Apr

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generali München Marathon Oct Gernot Weigl E: service@ generalimuenchenmarathon.de W: www.generalimuenchenmarathon. de fb: facebook.com/ generalimuenchenmarathon Volksbank-Münster-Marathon Michael Brinkmann E: info@volksbankmuenster-marathon.de W: www.volksbank-muenstermarathon.de fb: on.fb.me/1bWylIv

Sep

GREAT BRITAIN Deep riverrock Belfast city Marathon Sep Claire O Neill E: info@belfastcitymarathon.org W: www.belfastcitymarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWynjv Baxters Loch ness Marathon & Festival of running Oct Malcolm Sutherland E: info@lochnessmarathon.com W: www.lochnessmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ lochnessmarathon Milton Keynes Marathon & Half MAy Andrew Hully E: run@miltonkeynesmarathon. co.uk W: www.mkmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ MiltonKeynesMarathon Jcp Swansea Half Marathon Jun David Martin-Jewell E: david@frontrunnerevents.co.uk W: swanseahalfmarathon.co.uk fb: facebook.com/SwanseaHalf

GREECE Int’l Marathon Alexander the great Apr

Drosos Christopoulos E: info@atgm.gr, info@ alexanderthegreatmarathon.org W: atgm.gr/?lang=en fb: on.fb.me/1bWylYY Athens Marathon the Authentic nOV Evangelos Papapostolou E: info@ athensauthenticmarathon.gr W: www.athensauthenticmarathon.gr fb: www.facebook.com/ athensclassicmarathon

crete Marathon Giorgos Alogdianakis E: headquarters@ crete-marathon.gr W: crete-marathon.gr fb: facebook.com/cretemarathon/ nafplio Marathon Evangelos Papapostolou E: info@nafpliomarathon.gr W: www.nafpliomarathon.gr fb: facebook.com/ NafplioMarathonGR/

Int’l thessaloniki night Half Marathon Drosos Christopoulos E: info@thesshalfmarathon.org W: www.thesshalfmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/1bWynjE

Apr

Jóna Hildur Bjarnadóttir E: marathon@marathon.is W: www.rmi.is/en/ fb: facebook.com/Reykjavikurmarathon Oct

Sep

Apr

MAr

HONDURAS Maratón del Atlántico Dec Sergio Erick Guevara Pinto E: Sergio.guevara@yandex.com W: maratondelatlantico.run fb: facebook.com/ MaratonDelAtlantico

HONG KONG, CHINA gammon china coast Marathon & JAn Half David Smith E: chinacoast@avohk.org W: www.avohk.org Standard chartered Hong Kong JAn Marathon William Ko E: inquiry@hkaaa.com W: www.hkmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/hkmarathon Mizuno Hong Kong Half-Marathon Dec championships Alan Wong Kim Lun E: inquiry@hkaaa.com W: www.hkaaa.com fb: facebook.com/ilovehkaaa Dec

HUNGARY Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon Aug

Árpád Kocsis E: registration@ budapestmarathon.com W: halfmarathon.runinbudapest.com fb: facebook.com/runinbudapest/ SpAr Budapest Marathon Festival Oct

Árpád Kocsis E: registration@ budapestmarathon.com W: marathon.runinbudapest.com fb: facebook.com/runinbudapest/ telekom Vivicittá Spring Half Marathon Árpád Kocsis E: registration@ budapestmarathon.com W: springhalfmarathon. runinbudapest.com fb: facebook.com/runinbudapest/

Apr

ICELAND Suzuki Midnight Sun run Hrefna Hlín Sveinbjörnsdóttir E: marathon@marathon.is W: midnightrun.is fb: facebook.com/midnightrunis

INDIA Adani Ahmedabad Marathon nOV Ravindra Das E: Rabindra.Das@adani.com W: www.ahmedabadmarathon.com

polar circle Marathon Apr Lars Fyhr E: lf@albatros-adventure.com W: www.polar-circle-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/ polarcirclemarathon/

unIceF run for every child Half Marathon & 10km Lando Cheung E: lando.cheung@unicef.org.hk W: run.unicef.org.hk fb: facebook.com/unicef. runforeverychild/

Islandsbanki reykjavik Marathon Aug

GREENLAND

iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg MAy Guenter Herrmann E: g.herrmann@wuerzburgmarathon.de W: www.wuerzburg-marathon.de fb: www.facebook.com/Wuerzburg. Marathon

Athens Half Marathon Evangelos Papapostolou E: info@athinahalfmarathon.gr W: www.athinahalfmarathon.gr fb: bit.ly/2bvGYfV

rhodes Marathon Nikolaos Polias E: info@rhodesmarathon.gr W: www.rhodesmarathon.gr fb: facebook.com/roads2rhodes

Jun

tcS World 10K Bengaluru Hugh Jones E: tcsworld10k@procam.in W: tcsworld10k.procam.in fb: facebook.com/tcsw10k

nOV

Bengaluru Midnight Marathon Dec Gul Mohamed Akbar E: rungulrun@gmail.com W: midnightmarathon.in fb: facebook.com/midnightmarathon. in Shriram properties Bengaluru Marathon Nagaraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.bengalurumarathon.in fb: facebook.com/ marathonbengaluru/

Dec

Airtel Delhi Half Marathon nOV Hugh Jones E: adhm@procam.in, arati@procam.in W: airteldelhihalfmarathon.procam.in fb: www.facebook.com/ runadhm?fref=ts goa river Marathon nOV Nitin Bandekar E: nbandekar@nrbgroup.biz W: www.goarivermarathon.com fb: facebook.com/goarivermarathon Airtel Hyderabad Marathon Aug Prashant Morparia E: info@marathonhyderabad.com W: www.airtelhyderabadmarathon. com Au Bank Jaipur Marathon FeB Mukesh Mishra E: jaipurmarathon@gmail.com W: www.marathonjaipur.com fb: facebook.com/jaipurmarathon/ tata Steel Kolkata 25k Hugh Jones E: tsk25@procam.in, aimssec@aol.com W: tsk25.procamrunning.in fb: facebook.com/TSKolkata25

Dec

IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata MAr Marathon Nagraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.kolkatafullmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ kolkatafullmarathon/

IDBI Federal Life Insurance nOV Mumbai Half Marathon Nagaraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.mumbaihalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/MumbaiHM/ navi Mumbai Half Marathon FeB Siddarth Gupta E: sid@sportsunited.in W: www.navimumbaihalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ Navimumbaimarathon IDBI Federal Life Insurance new FeB Delhi Marathon Nagaraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.newdelhimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/newdelhimarathon/ Satara Hill Half Marathon Sep Pallavi Pisal E: contact@runsatara.com W: www.runsatara.com fb: facebook.com/SataraHillMarathon cnS Solapur Half Marathon JAn Vikram Dabade E: vikramdabade40@gmail.com W: www.solapurmarathon.com tarblazer 42.2 S. Shashidhar E: shashi@sportman.in W: www.sportman.in/tarblazer/ fb: facebook.com/hellosportman/

Dec

INDONESIA Aug

Borobudur Marathon nOV Andreas Kansil E: andreas@pandarasports.com W: borobudurmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ BorobudurMarathon2020/

IRAQ erbil Marathon Abdulsattar Younus E: erbilmarathon@yahoo.com W: www.erbilmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/JifjR5

ISRAEL eilat Desert Marathon Ofer Padan E: info@marathonisrael.co.il W: www.desertrun.co.il fb: facebook.com/desertrun.co.il/

nOV

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Jerusalem Marathon, Half & 10kMAr Simon Avraham E: JEM@target-market.co.il W: www.jerusalem-marathon.com fb: on.fb.me/WCyXOj tel Aviv Samsung Marathon FeB Ofer Shytrit “Kapaim” E: marathon@kapaim.co.il W: www.tlvmarathon.co.il fb: facebook.com/TelAvivMarathon Sea of galilee tiberias Marathon Dec Doron Amir E: dorona88@gmail.com W: www.tiberiasmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ TiberiasMarathonIL

ITALY

Mg Vadodara Int’l Marathon JAn Sameer Khera E: samkhera@gmail.com W: www.vadodaramarathon.com fb: facebook.com/VadodaraMarathon Maybank Bali Marathon Deniawan Rachmatialevi E: info@balimarathon.com W: www.balimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/BaliMarathon

World Marathon challenge nOV Richard Donovan E: rd@worldmarathonchallenge. com W: www.worldmarathonchallenge. com

Oct

IRELAND cork city Marathon Jun Adrienne Rodgers E: info@corkcitymarathon.ie W: www.corkcitymarathon.ie fb: facebook.com/corkcitymarathon/

Ladakh Marathon & ultra Sep Chewang Motup Goba E: info@ladakhmarathon.com W: www.ladakhmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ladakhmarathon

KBc Dublin Marathon Jim Aughney E: office@dublinmarathon.ie W: kbcdublinmarathon.ie fb: www.facebook.com/ dublinmarathon

Dadi prakashmani Mount Abu Int’l Half Marathon Aug Mukesh Mishra E: jaipurmarathon@gmail.com W: www.abumarathon.com

Abbott Longford Marathon Aug Ciaran McGovern E: info@longfordmarathon.com W: longfordmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/longfordmarathon

tata Mumbai Marathon FeB Hugh Jones E: tatamumbaimarathon@ procam.in, arati@procam.in W: tatamumbaimarathon.procam.in fb: facebook.com/ TataMumMarathon/

Waterford Viking Marathon Jun Joe Cawley E: info@waterfordvikingmarathon. com W: www.waterfordvikingmarathon. com fb: on.fb.me/1HWuFDI

Oct

Firenze Marathon Giancarlo Romiti E: staff@firenzemarathon.it W: www.firenzemarathon.it fb: on.fb.me/1lpsOz8 10k garda trentino Sandro Poli E: polisandro@hotmail.com W: www.trentinoeventi.it

nOV

giulietta & romeo Half Marathon FeB Claudio Arduini E: matteo@veronamarathon.it W: www. giuliettaeromeohalfmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/veronamarathon Lake Maggiore Marathon - 33 KM Half Marathon - 10 KM nOV Paolo Ottone E: LMM@pro-motion.it W: www.lagomaggioremarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ lagomaggiore.marathon neXIA AuDIreVI Lake Maggiore Half Marathon & 10K Paolo Ottone E: LMHM@pro-motion.it W: www.LMHM.it fb: facebook.com/ lagomaggiorehalfmarathon/

Apr

generali Milano Marathon Apr Andrea Trabuio E: info@milanomarathon.it W: www.milanomarathon.it fb: facebook.com/MilanoMarathon Moonlight Half Marathon MAy Piero Rosa Salva E: info@venicemarathon.it W: www.moonlighthalfmarathon.it fb: on.fb.me/1zhSboz napoli city Half Marathon Luigi Varriale E: info@napolirunning.com W: www.napolirunning.com fb: facebook.com/napolirunning padova Marathon Leopoldo Destro E: info@padovamarathon.com W: www.padovamarathon.com fb: bit.ly/2h0vdjZ

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cetilar Maratona di pisa Sergio Costanzo E: info@1063ad.it W: www.maratonadipisa.com fb: facebook.com/PisaMarathon

Dec

gifu Half Marathon Apr Tetsuya “Teddy” Okamura E: jtbss@jtb.com W: www.gifu-marathon.jp/index.html fb: facebook.com/gifu.marathon

ravenna Marathon – city of Art nOV Stefano Righini E: info@maratonadiravenna.com W: www.maratonadiravenna.com fb: facebook.com/maratonaravenna/

Hokkaido Marathon Aug Natsuki Hasegawa E: hasegank@hokkaido-np.co.jp W: hokkaido-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/hokkaidomarathon

telesia city trophy Int’l road race Jun 10k Viscusi Diego E: info@trofeotelesia.it W: www.trofeotelesia.it fb: www.facebook.com/trofeotelese

Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon Masaharu Kaji E: marugame-half@ aroma.ocn.ne.jp W: www.km-half.com fb: bit.ly/2mrsm5x

telesia Half Marathon Diego Viscusi E: info@telesiahalfmarathon.it W: www.telesiahalfmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/ telesiahalfmarathon/ trento Half Marathon Ferruccio Demadonna E: demadonna@inwind.it W: www.trentorunningfestival.it fb: facebook.com/ trentorunningfestival Maratonina città di udine Paolo Bordon E: info@maratoninadiudine.it W: www.maratoninadiudine.it fb: facebook.com/ asdmaratoninaudinese

Oct

Sep

Maratona di San Valentino FeB Marcello Vettese E: info@maratonadisanvalentino.it W: www.maratonadisanvalentino.it fb: facebook.com/maratona. disanvalentino Venicemarathon Piero Rosa Salva E: info@venicemarathon.it W: www.venicemarathon.it fb: facebook.com/ ASDVenicemarathon?fref=ts

Oct

Verona Marathon, Half Marathon & nOV 10K Claudio Arduini E: claudio@veronamarathon.it W: veronamarathon.it fb: facebook.com/veronamarathon

JAMAICA reggae Marathon, Half & 10K Dec Alfred Francis E: racedirector@ reggaemarathon.com W: www.reggaemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ReggaeMarathon

JAPAN Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon Yoshihisa Deki E: deki-y@mainichi.co.jp W: www.betsudai.com Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon Rieko Kumagai E: jigyoubu@pearl.ocn.ne.jp W: www.lakebiwa-marathon.com ehime Marathon Katsutsugu Sekiya E: info@ehimemarathon.jp W: ehimemarathon.jp

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Fukuoka Int’l Open Marathon Dec championship Takanori Saito E: s-marathon@asahi.com W: www.fukuoka-marathon.com/en/

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Kanazawa Marathon Oct Yukiyoshi Yamano E: marathon@city.kanazawa.lg.jp W: www.kanazawa-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/kanazawa. marathon.soshiki Kitakyushu Marathon Kenji Kitahashi E: toiawase@kitakyushumarathon.jp W: kitakyushu-marathon.jp fb: on.fb.me/VyPKjJ

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Kobe Marathon nOV Mutsuo Kitanaka E: Kobemarathon2@ shirt.ocn.ne.jp W: www.kobe-marathon.net fb: facebook.com/Kobe.Marathon. Office Kochi ryoma Marathon Masanao Ozaki E: ryomamarathon@ ken.kochi.lg.jp W: ryoma-marathon.jp

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Kyoto Marathon JAn Masayoshi Sakoda E: isono@runners.co.jp W: www.kyoto-marathon.com/en/ fb: facebook.com/kyoto. marathon.2021/ Mount Fuji Marathon nOV Nikkan Sports Press E: m.koike@sports-info.co.jp W: fujisan-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/fujisanmarathon nagano Marathon Kouta Furuuchi E: info@naganomarathon.gr.jp W: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp fb: www.facebook.com/ naganomarathon

Apr

nara Marathon Dec Shogo Arai E: athletic@nara-marathon.jp W: www.nara-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/naramarathon.jp

Osaka Women’s Marathon Junji Sawada E: j-sawada@ktv.co.jp W: www.osaka-marathon.jp fb: m.facebook.com/ osakawomensmarathon/

Lake Saroma 100km ultra Marathon Jiro Hashimoto E: saroma@runners.co.jp W: saromanblue.jp/index.shtml fb: www.facebook.com/ saroma100km KIX Senshu Int’l Marathon Hideki Nagafuji E: jimukyoku@senshumarathon.jp W: www.senshu-marathon.jp

Jun

JAn

tokushima Marathon MAr Kamon Iizumi E: hashiru_ahoo@circus.ocn.ne.jp W: www.tokushima-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/tokushima. marathon tokyo Marathon MAr Tad Hayano E: tm-entrydesk@or.knt.co.jp W: www.marathon.tokyo/en/ fb: www.facebook.com/tokyo42195. org

JORDAN Samsung Amman Int’l Marathon Oct Lina El Kurd E: l.kurd@runjordan.com W: www.runjordan.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9ilRz Ayla red Sea Half Marathon Lina El Kurd E: l.kurd@runjordan.com W: www.runjordan.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9ilRz Lg Dead Sea ultra Marathon Lina El Kurd E: l.kurd@runjordan.com W: www.runjordan.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9ilRz

Dec

Apr

petra Desert Marathon Sep Lars Fyhr E: lf@albatros-adventure.com W: www.petra-desert-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/petramarathon

KAZAKHSTAN Almaty Marathon Apr Saltanat Kazybayeva E: saltanat@almaty-marathon.kz W: www.almaty-marathon.kz fb: facebook.com/almatymarathon

nagoya Women’s Marathon MAr Tetsuya “Teddy” Okamura E: nagoyawm2020@gmt.jtb.jp W: womens-marathon.nagoya fb: facebook.com/nagoya.womens. marathon

Ohme-Hochi 30km road race & 10km Daijiro Asahara E: info@ohme-marathon.jp W: www.ohme-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/ohme.marathon

Osaka Marathon nOV Mr. Keiji Ashihara E: support@osaka-marathon.com W: www.osaka-marathon.com/ index_en.html fb: on.fb.me/IR9M2y

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Almaty Half Marathon Apr Saltanat Kazybayeva E: saltanat@almaty-marathon.kz W: www.almaty-marathon.kz/en/ Astana Marathon Gauhar Bramley-Fenton E: info@astana42k.com W: www.astana42k.com fb: bit.ly/2NWYlZx BI Marathon Alex Sidorenko E: aleksey.sidorenko. kz@gmail.com W: bi-marathon.kz

Sep

MAy

JAn

Oct

MACAU, CHINA

Daegu Int’l Marathon Apr TaeKyu Kang E: ktk1203@gmail.com W: marathon.daegusports.or.kr fb: facebook.com/daegumarathon gunsan Saemangeum Int’l Marathon, 10km & 5km Kim Bockju E: kaaf5066@gmail.com W: www.smgmara.com gyeonggi Int’l Half Marathon We Jang Ryang E: artwjr@empas.com W: www.ggimarathon.com

Apr

MADAGASCAR Madagascar Marathon & Half Jun Thom Gilligan E: info@marathontours.com W: www.madagascarmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ MadagascarMarathon

MALAYSIA MAr

Oct

Hyun Jin Park E: joong4n2@donga.com W: www.gyeongjumarathon.com Incheon Int’l Half Marathon Kim Bockju E: kaaf5066@gmail.com W: www.incheonmarathon.co.kr

galaxy entertainment Macao Int’l Marathon Dec Pun Weng Kun E: macaomarathon@sport.gov.mo W: www.macaumarathon.com

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MAr

Seoul Marathon MAr Hyun Jin Park E: joong4n2@donga.com W: www.seoul-marathon.kr fb: facebook.com/dongamarathon JtBc Seoul Marathon nOV E: marathon@jtbc.co.kr W: marathon.jtbc.com fb: facebook. com/2018JTBCSEOULMARATHON/

Borneo Marathon Jun Datuk Dr Heng Aik Cheng E: info@borneomarathon.com W: www.borneomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/borneomarathon Kuching Marathon Liew Tang Chieh E: kchmarathon@gmail.com W: www.marathonkuching.com fb: on.fb.me/1OhT46J

Aug

penang Bridge International Marathon nOV Yeoh Soon Hin E: info@penangmarathon.gov.my W: www.penangmarathon.gov.my fb: facebook.com/ penangbridgemarathon

MALDIVES Dhiraagu Maldives road race Mirshan Hassan E: mirshan@dhiraagu.com.mv W: www.dmrr.mv fb: facebook.com/dhiraagufans/

Sep

MALTA

KUWAIT gulf Bank 642 Marathon FeB Ahmed Almajed E: cs@pro-vision.com W: www.gulfbank642marathon.com fb: facebook.com/GB642/

Malta Int’l challenge Marathon nOV Barry M. Whitmore E: bmw120348@gmail.com W: www.maltachallengemarathon.com

MAURITIUS LATVIA rimi riga Marathon MAy Aigars Nords E: marathon@necom.lv W: rimirigamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/RimiRigaMarathon

nOV

LITHUANIA Kaunas Marathon Apr Regimantas Tarasevičius E: info@kaunasmarathon.lt W: www.kaunasmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/KaunoMaratonas Sep

LUXEMBOURG Ing route du Vin Half Marathon E: routeduvin.info@fla.lu W: www.ingrouteduvin.lu fb: bit.ly/2YYR4xV

Mauritius Marathon Jean Marie Grall E: eventsip@gmail.com W: www.mauritiusmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ mauritiusmarathon/

Dec

MEXICO

LEBANON Beirut International Marathon Wissam Terro E: wissam.terro@ beirutmarathon.org W: www.beirutmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/beirutmarathon

rimi Vilnius Marathon Algirdas Purkėnas E: info@vilniausmaratonas.lt W: www.vilniusmarathon.lt fb: www.facebook.com/ vilniusmarathon

KENYA Standard chartered nairobi Marathon Dennis Sitieney E: Dennis.Sitieney@sc.com W: www.nairobimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ StandardCharteredKE

KOREA chuncheon Int’l Marathon Oct Hyungsuk Kim E: marathon@chosun.com W: www.chuncheonmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ChosunMarathon

Sep

Maratón Aguascalientes Oct Jose Luis Trujillo Alcala E: maratonaguascalientes@ hotmail.com W: www.maratonaguascalientes. com.mx fb: facebook.com/maratonaguascalientes Maratón “Las Batallas de celaya” Fernando Gabriel García Carrillo E: fgarcia@fecodi.com.mx W: www.maratoncelaya.com fb: facebook.com/MaratonCelaya

Apr

gran Maratón pacifico Mazatlán Dec Karla Angelica Camacho Guzman E: paisajismo_karlac@hotmail.com W: www.maraton.org fb: www.facebook.com/gran. maratonpacifico 21k guadalajara electrolit nutrido por granvita FeB Elena Aguilar Fuentes E: elena.aguilar@ comudeguadalajara.gob.mx W: medio.maratonguadalajara.org fb: facebook.com/MaratonGDL

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Medio Maratón Atlas de guadalajara Sep Saúl Figueroa E: medio.maraton@ atlascolomos.com.mx W: www.mediomaraton.atlas.com.mx fb: facebook.com/ AtlasMedioMaraton/ Maratón guadalajara nOV Elena Aguilar Fuentes E: elena.aguilar@ comudeguadalajara.gob.mx W: www.maratonguadalajara.org fb: www.facebook.com/MaratonGDL Maraton Int’l de Juarez Federico Mendoza E: fmendoza@ maratondejuarez.com W: www.maratondejuarez.com fb: bit.ly/2JdBw6H

Oct

Maratón León guiar Sep Lic. Roberto José Elías Orozco E: roberto.elias@ comudeleon.gob.mx W: www.maratonleon.mx fb: facebook.com/MaratonLeonMX/ Merida Marathon Pablo Suinaga Sainz E: psuinaga@asdeporte.com W: marathonmerida.com Maratón powerade Monterrey Edilberto González Serna E: edilbertogonzalez. accnl@gmail.com W: www.maratonmonterrey.com fb: facebook.com/Maratonmty

JAn

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tafilalet 10km errachidia Lamhamdi Alaoui Moulay Chrif E: alaoui802003@hotmail.com W: www.rbmsports.com fb: facebook.com/Tafilalet10K Marathon Int’l de Fes Lakhdar Abdellah E: marathondefes@gmail.com W: www.marathonfes.ma Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune Abdellah Jeddad E: ajeddad@gmail.com W: www.running.ma

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MYANMAR Bagan temple Marathon nOV Rune Nortoft E: rn@albatros-adventure.com W: www.bagan-temple-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/ bagantemplemarathon

NETHERLANDS

21km nuevo León nOV Luciano Ramirez Gallardo E: atletismonuevoleon@gmail.com W: www.asociaciondeatletismonl. com fb: facebook.com/21knl

tcS Amsterdam Marathon Oct Rene Wit E: info@tcsamsterdammarathon. nl W: www.tcsamsterdammarathon.nl fb: www.facebook.com/ TCSAmsterdamMarathon

BMW tangamanga Int’l Marathon Jun Jaime Eduardo Morales Reyes E: maratontangamanga@ gmail.com W: www.maratontangamanga.com fb: facebook.com/ maratontangamanga

Dam tot Damloop Jan Willem Mijderwijk E: leonie.van.der.meer@ lechampion.nl W: www.damloop.nl fb: www.facebook.com/ damtotdamloop

Maraton Varmex Carlos Vargas Rosas E: carlosvargasrosas@ hotmail.com W: www.maratonvarmex.com fb: facebook.com/maratonvarmex

Marathon eindhoven Edgar de Veer E: edgar.deveer@golazo.com W: www.marathoneindhoven.nl fb: facebook.com/marathon. eindhoven

MOLDOVA chisinau Int’l Marathon Dmitri Voloshin E: event@sporter.md W: www.marathon.md fb: facebook.com/ chisinaumarathon/?fref=ts

Sep

MOROCCO Marathon Int’l de casablanca Oct Mohamed Jouahri E: contact@casaevents.ma W: www.casablanca-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/casamarathon/ rAHAL Mémorial casablanca Jun Abdelwahed Rahal E: info@2cras.com W: www.running.ma fb: facebook.com/marrakech10km 10km Int’l de Dakhla Sidi Ahmed Hormatoallah E: info@2cras.com W: www.rbmsports.com

Aug

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Saipan Marathon Edward Diaz E: ediaz@mymarianas.com W: mymarianas.com fb: bit.ly/2BWDSTk

MAr

NORWAY Fjordkraft Bergen city Marathon Apr Janne Jensen E: post@bergencitymarathon.no W: www.bergencitymarathon.no fb: facebook.com/ BergenCityMarathon/

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Oct

north pole Marathon Apr Richard Donovan E: rd@npmarathon.com W: www.npmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/npmarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Sep

Midnight Sun Marathon Nils I. Haetta E: info@msm.no W: www.msm.no fb: on.fb.me/18FhPtw

Jun

BMW Oslo Maraton Cecilie L’Orsa Tveit E: cecilie@oslomaraton.no W: www.oslomaraton.no/en fb: facebook.com/oslomaraton polarnight Halfmarathon Nils I. Haetta E: info@msm.no W: www.msm.no fb: bit.ly/2UPOUhQ

Sep

JAn

3-Sjøersløpet (the 3 Lakes race) nOV

Johannes Økland E: lop@gti-friidrett.no W: www.3sjoers.no fb: facebook.com/3sjoers Oct

enschede Marathon Apr Sandra Melief E: sandra@enschedemarathon.nl W: www.enschedemarathon.nl fb: nl-nl.facebook.com/ EnschedeMarathon Leiden Marathon MAy Tjeerd Scheffer E: info@marathon.nl W: www.marathon.nl fb: facebook.com/Leidenmarathon nn Marathon rotterdam Apr Mario J Kadiks E: info@marathonrotterdam.nl W: www.nnmarathonrotterdam.org/home fb: www.facebook.com/ MarathonRdam

Spitsbergen Marathon Jun Merethe Stiberg E: post@spitsbergenmarathon.no W: www.spitsbergenmarathon.no Stavanger Marathon Johannes Økland E: lop@gti-friidrett.no W: www.stavangermarathon.no fb: facebook.com/ StavangerMarathon/

Aug

OMAN Al Mouj Muscat Marathon JAn Joe Rafferty E: info@muscatmarathon.om W: muscatmarathon.om fb: facebook.com/MuscatMarathon/

PANAMA panama Int’l Marathon nOV Rodrigo Espinosa E: rodriespinosa@gmail.com W: www. maratoninternacionaldepanama. com/en/ fb: on.fb.me/19tYlKX

NEW ZEALAND ASB Auckland Marathon Oct Adam McDonald E: aucklandmarathon@ ironman.com W: www.aucklandmarathon.co.nz fb: facebook.com/aucklandmarathon

Int’l Asunción Half Marathon Aug Marcelo Ithurralde E: marcelo@runningtime.org W: www.pmcpy.org fb: facebook.com/PyMarathonClub

PERU NORTH POLE

Marathon & Semi Int’l de Marrakech Sep Mohamed Knidiri E: marathonmarrakech@gmail.com W: www.marathonmarrakech.ma fb: facebook.com/ marathon2marrakech 20km & 10km Int’l de Marrakech Rachid Ben Meziane E: info@2cras.com W: www.rbmsports.com fb: facebook.com/ marrakech10km/?fref=ts

NORTH MACEDONIA Wizz Air Skopje Marathon Oct Kire Sinadinovski E: kire@skopskimaraton.com.mk W: www.skopjemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/skopskimaraton

PARAGUAY Maratón Int’l Asunción Aug Myrta Doldan Roman E: pmc.paraguay@gmail.com W: www.pmcpy.org fb: facebook.com/PyMarathonClub

Marathon Life Lima42k MAy Andreas Müller E: info@zmsports.org W: www.lima42k.com fb: facebook.com/maratonlima42k/

POLAND pKO Bialystok Halfmarathon Grzegorz Kuczynski E: fundacja@bialystokbiega.pl W: www.bialystokpolmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/ bialystokpolmaraton/

MAy

cracovia Marathon Apr Krzysztof Kowal E: marathon@cracoviamaraton.pl W: www.cracoviamaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/CracoviaMaraton pZu cracovia royal Oct Half Marathon Krzysztof Kowal E: marathon@cracoviamaraton.pl W: www.pzucracoviapolmaraton.pl pila Int’l Half Marathon Sep Henryk Paskal E: info@pila.halfmarathon.pl W: www.pila.halfmarathon.pl fb: www.facebook.com/polmaraton. pila pKO poznań Half Marathon Apr Łukasz Miadziołko E: info@halfmarathon.poznan.pl W: www.halfmarathon.poznan.pl fb: facebook.com/PoznanMaraton pKO poznań Marathon Lukasz Miadziolko E: info@marathon.poznan.pl W: www.marathon.poznan.pl fb: facebook.com/PoznanMaraton Silesia Marathon Bohdan Witwicki E: info@silesiaproactive.pl W: www.silesiamarathon.pl/en/ fb: on.fb.me/18FdJS0

Oct

Discoveries Half Marathon Dec António Campos E: geral@xistarca.pt W: discoverieshalfmarathon.weebly. com fb: bit.ly/2oReipd Funchal Marathon JAn Policarpo Gouveia E: geral@atletismomadeira.pt W: www.madeiramarathon.com fb: facebook.com/funchalmarathon/ el corte Inglés São Silvestre de Dec Lisboa Hugo Miguel Ramos Sousa E: info@saosilvestredelisboa.com W: www.saosilvestredelisboa.com fb: facebook.com/ saosilvestredelisboa eDp Lisbon Half Marathon MAy Carlos Moya E: geral@maratonaportugal.com W: www.meiamaratonadelisboa.com fb: www.facebook.com/ MeiaMaratonaLisboa eDp Lisbon Marathon | Luso Half Oct Marathon Carlos Moya E: geral@maratonaportugal.com W: www.maratonaclubedeportugal. com fb: facebook.com/ MaratonaDeLisboa/ Lisbon eco Marathon António Queiroz E: lisbonecomarathon@ clubechronos.com W: lisbonmarathon.pt/en/ fb: facebook.com/ LisbonECOMarathon/

MAy

Course not measurable to AIMS standards Oct

pZu Warsaw Marathon Sep Marek Tronina E: info@warsawmarathon.com W: pzumaratonwarszawski.com/en/ fb: facebook.com/WarsawMarathon OrLen Warsaw Marathon Apr Marcin Fudalej E: marcin.fudalej@ orlenmarathon.pl W: www.orlenmarathon.pl fb: facebook.com/ORLENMarathon Warsaw Half Marathon MAr Marek Tronina E: info@warsawmarathon.com W: www.warsawhalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/WarsawMarathon Wrocław Maraton Wojciech Gestwa E: biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl W: www.wroclawmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/maraton. wroclawski

PORTUGAL Montepio Meia Maratona de FeB cascais Hugo Miguel Ramos Sousa E: geral@hmssports.pt W: www.meiamaratonadecascais.pt fb: facebook.com/ meiamaratonadecascais/

Sep

pKO Wroclaw night Half Marathon Jun Wojciech Gestwa E: wojciech.gestwa@mcs.wroc. pl, biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl W: pol.wroclawmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/maraton. wroclawski

porto Half Marathon Sep Jorge Teixeira E: gera@runporto.com W: www.meiamaratonadoporto.com fb: facebook.com/ meiamaratonadoporto/ porto Marathon eDp Jorge Teixeira E: geral@runporto.com W: www.maratonadoporto.com fb: on.fb.me/19tXqKC

nOV

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA the Big Five Marathon Jun Rune Nortoft E: rn@albatros-adventure.com W: www.big-five-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/bigfivemarathon Sanlam cape town Marathon Oct Renee Jordaan E: raceoffice@ capetownmarathon.com W: www.capetownmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/CTMarathon comrades Marathon Jun Rowyn James E: info@comrades.com W: www.comrades.com fb: facebook.com/ComradesMarathon 27km for Freedom FeB Kevin Lodge E: info@topevents.co.za W: www.27forfreedomrace.co.za fb: facebook.com/27FORFREEDOM

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Old Mutual two Oceans Marathon Apr Sue Forge E: stefanie@twooceansmarathon. org.za W: www.twooceansmarathon.org.za fb: www.facebook.com/ TwoOceansMarathon

ROMANIA raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Oct Marathon Paolo Ottone E: info@abrc.ro W: www.bucharest-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/ BucharestMarathon Volkswagen Bucharest Half MAy Marathon Paolo Ottone E: info@abrc.ro W: www.bucuresti21km.ro fb: facebook.com/Bucharest21km Wizz Air cluj-napoca Marathon Horatiu Morar E: office@runnersclub.ro W: www.maraton-cluj.ro/en fb: bit.ly/2fUJuR1

Apr

RUSSIA golden ring ultra trail 100 JuL Michael Dolgy E: info@goldenultra.ru W: www.goldenultra.ru fb: facebook.com/GoldenRingUltraTrail/ Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Kazan Marathon MAy Vadim Yangirov E: vadim@youngirov.ru W: www.kazanmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/kazanmarathon/ Absolute Moscow Marathon Sep Dmitry Tarasov E: tarasov@runc.run W: moscowmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/moscowmarathon Moscow Half Marathon Dmitry Tarasov E: tarasov@runc.run W: moscowhalf.org fb: facebook.com/runcomrun/

MAy

Siberian Ice Half Marathon Konstantin Podbelski E: tour@runsim.ru W: www.runsim.ru fb: on.fb.me/1zzM9nj

galaxy Vladivostok Marathon Sep Olga Gaeva E: info@vladivostokmarathon.ru W: www.galaxymarathon.com fb: facebook.com/RunDnsRun/

RWANDA

SpB Half Marathon. the northern capital Aug Dmitry Tarasov E: tarasov@runc.run W: spbhalf.org fb: facebook.com/runcomrun/ pushkin Marathon Dmitriy Pavlov E: info@pushkin-run.com W: pushkin-run.ru

yarche tomsk International Marathon Jun Alexander Gordievskikh E: info@tomskmarathon.ru W: tomskmarathon.ru fb: facebook.com/tomskmarathon

MAy

JAn

Kigali International peace Marathon Jean Pierre Ndacyayisenga E: coach2020a@gmail.com W: www.kigalimarathon.org fb: bit.ly/2llV4W3

Jun

SERBIA Belgrade Marathon MAy Dejan Nikolic E: office@bgdmarathon.org W: www.bgdmarathon.org/home.aspx fb: www.facebook.com/Belgrade. Marathon

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

novi Sad Half Marathon MAr Dimitrije Dolga E: marathon@sbb.rs W: www.marathon.org.rs fb: facebook.com/novisad.marathon

Siberian Int’l Marathon Konstantin Podbelski E: tour@runsim.ru W: www.runsim.ru fb: on.fb.me/1lttnsK

novi Sad Marathon Oct Milan Dolga E: marathon@sbb.rs W: www.marathon.org.rs fb: facebook.com/novisad.marathon

Aug

SEYCHELLES Seychelles eco-Friendly FeB Marathon Giovanna Rousseau E: seymarathon@seychelles.net W: www.runseychelles.com fb: facebook.com/ecofriendlymarathon/

SINGAPORE Standard chartered Singapore Dec Marathon Carl Smith E: carl.smith@ironman.com W: www.singaporemarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/MarathonSG

SLOVAKIA ČSOB Bratislava Marathon Apr Jozef Pukalovič E: info@becool.sk W: www.bratislavamarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/bratislava. marathon Košice peace Marathon Oct Branislav Koniar E: info@kosicemarathon.com W: www.kosicemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/kosicemarathon/

SLOVENIA Volkswagen Ljubljana Marathon Oct Gojko Zalokar E: info@timingljubljana.si W: www.vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si fb: facebook.com/ljmaraton

three Hearts Marathon MAy Marko Pintaric E: info@maraton-radenci.si W: www.maraton-radenci.si fb: facebook.com/MaratonTrehSrc

SPAIN Zurich Marató de Barcelona nOV Cristian Llorens E: cllorens@ghcsports.com W: www.zurichmaratobarcelona.es fb: www.facebook.com/ ZURICHMARATODEBARCELONA eDreams Mitja Marató de Barcelona Cristian Llorens E: cllorens@ghcsports.com W: edreamsmitjabarcelona.com fb: facebook.com/ mitjamaratobarcelona

Oct

Movistar Medio Maratón de Madrid Apr José Parra Maestre E: info@mediomaratonmadrid.es W: www.mediomaratonmadrid.es fb: facebook.com/mediomaratonmadrid/ eDp rock ’n’ roll Madrid Maratón & 1/2 Sep Pedro Rumbao E: drumbao@mapoma.es W: www.edprocknrollmadrid.com fb: facebook.com/RnRMadrid eDp Medio Maratón de la Mujer de Madrid Oct Francisco Javier Gavela Rodríguez E: fjgavela@mpib.es W: www.edpmediomaratondelamujer.es fb: facebook.com/MedioMaratonMujer/

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Zurich Maratón Málaga Dec Pablo Gálvez Martín E: info@zurichmaratonmalaga.es W: www.maratonmalaga.com fb: facebook.com/maratondemalaga/ Zafiro palma Marathon Oct David Thompson Foronda E: info@zafiropalmamarathon.com W: www.zafiropalmamarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1RZOiR8 Maratón Donostia - San Sebastián nOV Patxi Larrea Perurena E: gafatletismo@gmail.com (sport questions), maraton@ flygroupnet.com (registrations and general questions) W: www.zurichmaratondonostia.com fb: facebook.com/ maratonsansebastian Mitja Marato Int’l Vila de Santa pola JAn Roque M. Alemañ Bonet E: atletismosantapola@gmail.com W: www.mitjasantapola.com fb: facebook.com/ MitjaMaratoSantaPola Zurich Maratón de Sevilla FeB Francisco Javier Gavela Rodríguez E: fjgavela@mpib.es W: www.zurichmaratonsevilla.es fb: facebook.com/MaratonDeSevilla Medio Maratón Valencia trinidad Alfonso eDp Oct Paco Borao E: gerencia@correcaminos.org W: www.valenciaciudaddelrunning. com/medio-maraton fb: www.facebook.com/ mediomaratonvalencia

SWITZERLAND Harmony genève Marathon for MAy unicef Benjamin Chandelier E: info@genevemarathon.org W: www.harmonygenevemarathon. com/how-to-enter fb: facebook.com/GeneveMarathon greifenseelauf uster Sep Markus Ryffel E: greifenseelauf@ markusryffels.ch W: www.greifenseelauf.ch fb: facebook.com/greifenseelauf Jungfrau-Marathon Sep Patrick Wieser E: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch W: www.jungfrau-marathon.ch fb: facebook.com/JungfrauMarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Lausanne Marathon Oct Josette Bruchez E: info@lausanne-marathon.com W: www.lausanne-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/LausanneMarathon neujahrsmarathon Zürich JAn Roger Kaufmann E: info@neujahrsmarathon.ch W: www.neujahrsmarathon.ch fb: www.facebook.com/ neujahrsmarathon StraLugano Richi Umberg E: richi@stralugano.ch W: www.stralugano.ch

MAy

Bangsaen10 Rut Jiroajvanichakorn E: rut@mice.co.th W: www.bangsaen10.com fb: facebook.com/Bangsaen10K Buriram Marathon Tanaisiri Chanvitayarom E: brrmarathon@gmail.com W: www.burirammarathon.com fb: facebook.com/bru.marathon/

JAn

TURKEY

chombeung Marathon JAn Akom Chareonsuk E: Akom_ch@hotmail.com W: www.chombuengmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ chombuengmarathon Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon JAn Piansak Pakdee E: info@khonkaenmarathon.com W: www.khonkaenmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ khonkaenmarathon river Kwai Int’l Half Marathon Sep Mallika Polanan E: mpolanan@gmail.com W: amazingfield.net/event-detail-EN/ RIVER-KWAI-INTERNATIONALHALF-MARATHON-2020 Laguna phuket Marathon Roman Floesser E: info1@phuketmarathon.com W: www.phuketmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ phuketmarathon

Dec

SwisscityMarathon – Lucerne Oct Reto Schorno E: info@swisscitymarathon.ch W: www.swisscitymarathon.ch fb: facebook.com/SwissCityMarathon

nong Khai ASeAn Marathon Dec Veerathorn Earsakul E: mpolanan@gmail.com W: amazingfield.net/event-detail-EN/ NONGKHAI-ASEAN-MARATHON2020

Valencia trinidad Alfonso eDp Marathon Dec Paco Borao E: gerencia@correcaminos.org W: www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com fb: facebook.com/maratonvalencia

Swissalpine JuL Andrea Tuffli E: info@swissalpine.ch W: www.swissalpine.ch fb: facebook.com/swissalpinedavos

phukethon Boonperm Intanapasat E: pom@moveasia.co.th W: www.phukethon.com fb: facebook.com/Phukethon/

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

10K Valencia Ibercaja Alex Aparicio E: alex@10kvalencia.com W: www.10kvalencia.com fb: facebook.com/10KValencia/

gornergrat Zermatt Marathon Andrea Schneider E: info@zermattmarathon.ch W: www.zermattmarathon.ch fb: www.facebook.com/ zermattmarathon

thai Sikh run Mr. Jasvinder Sachdev E: mpolanan@gmail.com W: www.thaisikhrun.com

JAn

SRI LANKA LSr colombo Marathon P.T. Weerasinghe E: colombomarathon@ LSR-srilanka.com, LSRtilak@sltnet.lk W: www.colombomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ LSRColomboMarathon

Oct

MAy

ASIcS Stockholm Marathon Jun David Fridell E: info@stockholmmarathon.se W: www.stockholmmarathon.se fb: www.facebook.com/ stockholmmarathon.se Stockholm Half Marathon Sep Ulf Saletti E: info@stockholmhalvmarathon.se W: www.stockholmhalvmarathon.se fb: facebook.com/ stockholmhalfmarathon

Apr

THAILAND Bangkok Midnight Marathon Dec Boonperm Intanapasat E: pom@moveasia.co.th W: www.bangkokmidnightmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ Bangkokmidnightmarathon/ Dec

Bangsaen42 chonburi Marathon nOV Rut Jiroajvanichakorn E: info@BANGSAEN42.com W: www.bangsaen42.com fb: facebook.com/BANGSAEN42

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uWI Spec Int’l Half Marathon Grace Jackson E: specinfo@sta.uwi.edu W: sta.uwi.edu/spec/marathon fb: facebook.com/UWISPEC

Oct

the carthage race Int’l Marathon FeB Naamen Bouhamed E: info@the-carthage-race.com W: www.carthage-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/ThecarthageRace Sfax Marathon Olive trees Naamen Bouhamed E: contact@sportsmed-events.com W: sfaxmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ MarathondesoliviersSfax Semi Marathon Int’l de Sfax Mounir ben Belguith E: contact@smisfax.com W: www.smisfax.com

n Kolay İstanbul Marathon I. Renay Onur E: renay.onur@spor.istanbul W: www.maraton.istanbul fb: on.fb.me/IRa8pQ

nOV

n Kolay İstanbul Half Marathon Apr I. Renay Onur E: renay.onur@spor.istanbul W: www.istanbulyarimaratonu.com fb: on.fb.me/1OYHCP2

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS the St. croix Int’l Marathon Wallace Williams E: wallacewilliams@msn.com W: virginislandspace.org/ stxmarathon2019.html

Dec

UKRAINE Bila tserkva Marathon Sergey Bocharov E: org@bc-marathon.org.ua W: www.bc-marathon.org.ua fb: on.fb.me/1oWXmp8

Oct

Wizz Air Kyiv city Marathon Oct Dmytro Chernitskyi E: veremiienko@runukraine.org W: www.kyivmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/kyivmarathon/

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Dhabi “yes I can” 10km Int’l Rachid Ben Meziane E: info@2cras.com W: www.running.ma

nOV

Apr

Marathon cOMAr tunis - carthage Dec M. Lotfi Ben Haj Kacem E: dg@comar.tn, marathon@ comar.tn, marketing@comar.tn W: www.marathon.comar.tn fb: facebook.com/comarmarathon/

Maui Oceanfront Marathon, Half, JAn 15K, 10K, 5K Les Wright E: RunMaui@gmail.com W: www.MauiOceanfrontMarathon.com fb: facebook.com/runmaui/ tcS new york city Marathon Jim Heim E: nyrrevents@nyrr.org W: www.tcsnycmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/nycmarathon

nOV

rock ’n’ roll Dc Marathon MAr & Half Marathon Kevin Buffalino E: rnrdc@competitorgroup.com W: www.runrocknroll.com/DC fb: facebook.com/RocknRollDC Humana rock ’n’ roll Las Vegas nOV Marathon & 1/2 Nicole Keilman E: rnrvegas@runrocknroll.com W: runrocknroll.com/las-vegas fb: facebook.com/RnRVegas/

URUGUAY Maratón de Montevideo Apr Marcos Melazzi E: secretariacau2016@gmail.com W: www.maratonmontevideo.com.uy fb: facebook.com/ maratonmontevideo42km

UZBEKISTAN

ADnOc Abu Dhabi Marathon Dec Andrea Trabuio E: andrea.trabuio@rcs.it W: www.adnocabudhabimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ ADNOCADmarathon/ the ras al Khaimah Half Marathon FeB Andrea Trabuio E: andrea.trabuio@rcs.it W: therakhalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/therakhalfmarathon Big Sur Int’l Marathon Doug Thurston E: info@bsim.org W: www.bigsurmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/1f9jxV9

Marine corps Marathon Oct Rick Nealis E: mcmcustomerservice@ usmc-mccs.org W: www.marinemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/MarineCorpsMarathon

MAr

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TUNISIA

Kilimanjaro Marathon FeB John Addison E: info@kilimanjaromarathon.com W: www.kilimanjaromarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ kilimanjaromarathon/

Bangsaen21 Half Marathon Rut Jiroajvanichakorn E: info@Bangsaen21.com W: www.Bangsaen21.com/en fb: facebook.com/bangsaen21/

nOV

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

TANZANIA

SWEDEN göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon Annika Knutsson E: info@goteborgsvarvet.se W: www.goteborgsvarvet.se fb: www.facebook.com/ goteborgsvarvet

Zürich Marathon E: info@zuerichmarathon.ch W: www.zuerichmarathon.ch fb: facebook.com/zurichmarathon

JuL

*tunisia Women’s run Int’l Half MAr Naamen Bouhamed E: contact@sportsmed-events.com W: tunisiawomenrun.com/ fb: facebook.com/tunisiawomenrun

Apr

Monterey Bay Half Marathon nOV Doug Thurston E: doug@bsim.org W: www.montereybayhalfmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/IRalcA

tashkent International Half Marathon Mamadaliyev Ulugbek E: m-ulugbek@bk.ru W: uzmarathon.uz

MAr

VENEZUELA XIX gatorade ccS rock 10K Sonia Rosales E: srosales@hipereventos.com W: www.hipereventos.com fb: on.fb.me/IRe3mA

Oct

VIETNAM Manulife Danang Int’l Marathon Aug Bady Pham E: info@pulse.vn W: www.manulifedanangmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ dananginternationalmarathon *VpBank Hanoi Marathon Nguyen Manh Hung E: vie@mf.iaaf.org W: hanoiheritagemarathon.com

Oct

B.A.A. Boston Marathon Apr Dave McGillivray E: info@baa.org W: www.baa.org fb: www.facebook.com/TheBostonMarathon

techcombank Ho chi Minh city Int’l FeB Marathon Duy Do Huynh Khanh E: duy@sunriseevents.com.vn W: marathonhcmc.com fb: bit.ly/2z9Rcjt

Bank of America chicago Marathon Oct Carey Pinkowski E: office@chicagomarathon.com W: chicagomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ChicagoMarathon/

Longbien Marathon nOV Pham Thanh Tung E: race@longbienmarathon.com W: www.longbienmarathon.com/en

chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon and We Are Houston 5K JAn Brant Kotch E: marathon@houstonmarathon.com W: www.houstonmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/houstonmarathon

econet Victoria Falls Marathon JuL John Addison E: info@kilimanjaromarathon.com W: www.vicfallsmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ VictoriaFallsMarathon

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