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Bucharest Marathon, Romania

News

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Looking ahead Creating connections through technology

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Running into history

America

Keeping on track Some of the races who have been AIMS members since the beginning trace their pathways from the early days up to the present time.

Gentle hills and scenic views

Running rings

ASML Marathon Eindhoven, Netherlands Running a fast course in a city of the future

Ring Running Series, Germany

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Surprise yourself

Maratón Monumental Primer Santiago de América, Dominican Republic

Magic in the air Venicemarathon, Italy Cry tears of joy in fascinating Venice

Porto’s specialities

Our hometown marathon

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A warm welcome Generali Maratón Málaga, Spain

Calendar Official listings for AIMS events

World leading times

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The top times for men and women at Marathon, 45 Half Marathon and 10km

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Brasov is a city in the Transylvania region of Romania known for its medieval Saxon walls and bastions, the towering Gothic-style Black Church and lively cafes. Getting there is easy. Brasov is a major railway hub and is only two hours’ drive from Bucharest Otopeni Airport.

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The event is set to become the iconic road running event of Romania, with elite, popular and children’s races, concerts, conferences, and other running related activities. The elite 10km race is expected to enjoy the participation of world class runners on a very fast course. Our vision is that, in a few years’ time, a European or world record will be run on the streets of Brasov. The race organisers, Comparty Sports, is a multinational sports management company specialising in athletics with activities in the field of athlete representation, communication, marketing, and event organising. We aim to become a main player on the global running scene by developing world-class professionals and inspiring amateur runners through high-class events.

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Saquib Rizvi Memorial Cancer Awareness Half Marathon IND After a two-year break Saquib Memorial Cancer Awareness Half Marathon is returning with a message to spread the word of cancer awareness in Indian society. It is an initiative by Dr. Akhtar Hasan Rizvi and Adv. (Mrs) Rubina Akhtar Hasan Rizvi, founders of the Help Yourself Foundation & Rumi Care.

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Running brings people together and we can garnish the desire to run with supporting the cause of cancer awareness. Shorter distances also on offer motivate many people to participate and lead an active lifestyle. In addition to the Half Marathon we have a 10km, 5km and 3km Rizvi Run. Since 2018 the start and finish have been located at the BKC Mumbai in the city centre. There is plenty of entertainment along the route and at the venue on 19 June, making it an extra festive edition for everyone: runners, volunteers and spectators. We are expecting India’s leading runners and running communities to participate in the Half Marathon. www.helpyourselffoundation.in Next event June 2023 The next edition of Distance Running will be published in October 2022. The advertising and editorial deadlines will be on 2 September.

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Running into history 40 years of AIMS

Keeping on track In the last edition of Distance Running (2022/2) a few of the race directors who came together to form AIMS in the early 1980s gave their recollections of how this came about. A significant proportion of the 28 founding members (see table) remain members today but keeping the race going through the intervening 40 years has often presented severe challenges. Below some of the races being held today trace their pathways from the early days up to the present time.

Barcelona Ramón Oliu became a runner when he was in the US in the 1970s and ran the breakthrough ‘Five Borough’ race in 1976 celebrating the American Bicentenary. On his return to Barcelona in 1977 he realised that there were practically no road races in Catalonia, or even in Spain.

After a decade of using the point-to-point Olympic course from 2001 the Barcelona Sports Council decided to return to running the race entirely within the City of Barcelona. Josep Antentas worked as race director. The name of Marathon Catalunya changed to Marató de Catalunya – Barcelona and finally took the current name of Marató de Barcelona.

From the 2006 edition the race was organised on a different basis. The number of participants had increased only very slowly since the 1980s and the objective was to attract far more runners, especially by promoting it as a major tourism event.

Barcelona authorities refused permission for the race to be held in the City, but a small town on the Costa Brava called Palafrugell was receptive to the idea. The first Marathon Catalunya was held in 1978 with 185 runners entering and 138 finishers. This was the first popular marathon in Spain, pre-dating the Madrid Marathon that same year and being held the following year with increased numbers (302 registered, 224 finished).

The partners in this new project were RPM Racing and ASO (the organisers of the Paris Marathon). A new course was designed entirely within the city and passing by the main monuments and avenues and the old town. The start and finish line in Montjuic was the same as for the first marathon held entirely within Barcelona. The new Barcelona Marathon began with 4636 runners and grew steadily to over 20,000 participants in 2017. During this period the race directors were Bep Solé (2006–2011), Cristian Llorens (2012–2021) and Mauro Llorens (current).

The third edition in 1980 was the first to be held in Barcelona itself but retained the name Marathon Catalunya. The start and finish were at Montjuïc, where the Olympic Marathon was to finish in the Olympic Stadium in 1992. The course ran through the industrial area and several outlying towns.

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Because of the impending 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona became a city of interest and participants came to run from all around the world. The race start moved to Mataró, where the Olympic Marathon was to start, and the finishing line was in the Olympic Stadium. Adolf Torruella and Domingo Catalan were the presidents of the Comissió Marathon Catalunya and race directors. (XIII Marathon Catalunya to XXIV Marathon). The World Congress of AIMS was held in Barcelona in 1996.

The name changes were symptomatic of the City asserting its grip on the right to hold races on the city streets within its jurisdiction and under what conditions those rights would be granted. This came to a head in 2005 with a big crisis between the original organisers and the Barcelona Sports Council which resulted in the cancellation of the 2005 edition of Barcelona Marathon. In response the traditional organisers put on a different event called the Marató del Mediterrani just outside Barcelona itself.

He contacted the city authorities and the athletics federation but never received any responses from them. So he put together an enthusiastic team, the “Comissió Marathon Catalunya” “dedicated to recreational long distance running” and with the aim of setting up a Marathon in Barcelona.

The running movement in Barcelona kept increasing in numbers and popularity. Some towns and running clubs began to organise their own road races (10km, 15km, and half marathons) and a regular calendar was established.

races within Catalunya. In the 1980s fields of more than 3000 participants were common.

For the 2019 race the marathon course was changed again and subsequently both male and female course records were broken. active role in promoting road racing both among citizens and with the city authorities. It published a specialised running magazine and oversaw the organisational quality of races. Raimon Vancells was the race director between 1984–1989. He headed an amateur organisation working to improve the marathon and road

The 2020 edition of the race was first postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and later cancelled. The 2021 race was run on 7 November and the 2022 race only six months later on 8 May. In 2023 it is expected that the race will return to the traditional date in mid-March (19 March 2023). Distance Running | 2022 Edition 3

Running into history 40 years of AIMS The Berlin Marathon start (since 2003)

1998 that there was a new record number of participants with 27,621 from 71 countries. The anniversary was crowned with Ronaldo da Costa’s world record of 2:06:05 The Berlin Marathon made major changes in 2003. It became a two-day event with all its supporting events, and the Marathon course was altered so that the start and finish were at the Brandenburg Gate with the last 1500m run on the spectacular boulevard Unter den Linden before passing through the Gate.

Berlin Horst Milde writes: The “40 Years of AIMS” story is the history of the development of the running movement worldwide, but one forgets when you were there from the beginning. It was very fortunate that at that time there were innovative and decisive colleagues who drove the development forward with vision. Berlin, the city, was traditionally a running powerhouse. At the SCC Berlin (Sport-Club Charlottenburg founded in 1902), there was already a large group of runners in the 1970s who participated in West Berlin. At that time I was chairman of the athletics section of the SCC and developed new running formats like the 1st Berlin cross-country in 1964, a “people’s march” over 20km and a “people’s hike” over 25km. What was new was that people who were not members of the club could pay a fee and participate. This was the background to the first “Berlin Volks Marathon” held on roads near the Grunewald forest on 13 October 1974 with 286 participants. Anyone could take part – there was no need to belong to a club as had previously been required. New running publications informed the public about marathons held abroad, with huge numbers of participants, that went through the very heart of the city. Berlin running tourists flew to the New York City Marathon in 1980 optimistically promoting the Berlin Marathon as passing through downtown Berlin (starting from 1981). In March 1981 I sent three “spies” to London to see how Chris Brasher and John Disley had organised the inaugural London Marathon. In 1979 they had themselves been on just such a mission to the New York City Marathon. The Berlin Marathon team in London delivered a report which allowed us to learn a lot from the London experience. But it took a lot more effort to convince the Berlin police to allow runners to use the streets. I invited Berlin’s Chief of Police to the Stockholm Marathon. Stockholm police colleagues were able to explain everything to him. They told him that everyone wants to be on duty because the marathon brings so much fun and joy for everyone. That same evening in the hotel in Stockholm, the Berlin police chief gave his permission for the Marathon to be run through the centre of Berlin on 27 September 1981. This was the breakthrough we needed.

In 1977 Christa Vahlensieck (GER) had run the first official world’s best time for women in Berlin with 2:34:48 on the occasion of the German Championships within the 4th Berlin Marathon. Berlin’s world record-breaking reputation began from there but started to take off after Ronaldo da Costa’s 1998 win. Tegla Loroupe (KEN) ran 2:20:43 in 1999 while in 2001 Naoko Takahashi (JPN) improved this time to 2:19:46 to become the first woman to run under 2:20.

That first city race attracted 3486 participants from 30 nations.

Two years later, in 2003, Paul Tergat (KEN) was the first man to run under 2:05 with a win in 2:04:55. Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) improved this time to 2:04:26 in 2007 – and one year later to 2:03:59. In 2011 Patrick Makau (KEN) set a new world record of 2:03:38 which lasted until he ran 2:03:23 in the 2013 race. One year later Dennis Kimetto (KEN) undercut the 2:03 mark with 2:02:57. The most recent highlight of Berlin as a world record race was provided by Eliud Kipchoge’s magnificent 2:01:39 on 16 September 2018.

AIMS was founded in 1982, as an association of race organisers, which addressed their main concerns such as accurate timing and measurement of the course.

The Berlin Marathon has become a sporting, sporting-political – and also economic power in Germany, which goes far beyond the winning times.

Fred Lebow, the New York City Marathon race director and mentor to many other races, ran the Berlin Marathon on 25 September 1983. He was in Berlin to attend the 3rd World Congress of AIMS held in connection with the Berlin Marathon under AIMS President Chris Brasher.

40 years of AIMS should be a time and reason to say thank you to all the men and women who, with their knowledge, skill and commitment, have developed the organisation to this level of importance.

London Marathon co-founder John Disley (in black) talks to New York Marathon race founder Fred Lebow at the Berlin Marathon expo 1983

Berlin was the largest German marathon and by 1985 could already boast 11,814 participants from 58 nations, and the course records regularly improved. Berlin had arrived among the big races of the world. On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall fell – a global sensation. On 1 January 1990, we organised the Berlin New Year’s Run starting in West Berlin and passing through the Brandenburg Gate, for the first time in almost 30 years, to East Berlin and then back to the West. The race attracted well over 20,000 runners from all over the world and worldwide TV coverage. The 17th Berlin Marathon on 30 September 1990 – three days before official German reunification – was similarly spectacular. With a cap of 25,000 participants from all over the world, Steve Moneghetti (AUS) triumphed in the fastest time of the year and Uta Pippig gave Germany a home win. But in 1991 there was a decline in participants: 18,909 registered from 61 nations, and this continued in 1992 until 1997. It was not until the 25th anniversary race on 20 September

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Running into history 40 years of AIMS The first Chicago Marathon was run on 23 September 1905 but was discontinued during the difficult years of the early 1920s.

Finish of the 1978 Chicago Marathon

It was not until Frank Shorter’s triumph in the 1972 Olympic Games Marathon that the American public’s interest returned to the Marathon. It continued with the rivalry between Shorter and Bill Rodgers on the domestic scene. New York City capitalised on the popularity of the Marathon as a spectacle by establishing a city-wide event to celebrate the American Bicentennial in 1976 with the course passing through all five of the city’s Boroughs. The New York City Marathon grew rapidly in the late 1970s but even before the first race was run in Chicago the Parks’ Superintendent Ed Kelly refused permission for the Marathon to use the parks or the Lake Michigan waterfront. Lee Flaherty, the founder of the Marathon, managed to win the support of Mayor Richard Daley. Mayor Daley died but his successor Michael Bilandic approved the race and managed to win Kelly over. Bilandic was a runner and he and his wife handed out medals when the first edition, called the Mayor Daley Marathon, was run on 25 September 1977. The race had no sponsors and Flaherty had to put up his own money for it to go ahead. Although the race attracted 4200 entries and had 2128 finishers the second edition went ahead again only thanks to the race founder’s deep pockets. Beatrice Foods became the Marathon’s first sponsor in 1979 but it wasn’t until the 1982 race that there was enough prize money to attract elite runners. That year Greg Meyer set a benchmark course record of 2:10:59. Chicago was one of the first races to pay appearance money to elite athletes and this quickly generated quality fields in both men’s and women’s divisions. Many of the top finishers in the 1983 World Championships and 1984 Olympic Games went on to compete in “America’s Marathon Chicago” as it was known in the mid-1980s. The 1984 Olympic women’s Marathon winner Joan Benoit described Chicago around this time as “The World’s Marathon”.

Chicago the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. This turned out to be a momentous change. Major Events Inc had bought the rights to the race from Lee Flaherty in 1993 but in 1996 LaSalle Bank bought the race from Major Events to effectively bring it ‘in house’. In 2007, after 10 years with a steady sponsorship arrangement, the Bank of America took over LaSalle Bank’s parent company ABN AMRO and the race took the name by which it is still known: the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Khalid Khannouchi set a world record of 2:05:42 in the 1999 race, and when Catherine Ndereba broke the women’s world record with 2:18:47 in the 2001 Chicago Marathon both men’s and women’s then current world records had been set at Chicago. The race grew rapidly in the period following its acquisition by LaSalle Bank. The year before

In 1984 Beatrice raised the prize money to more than New York offered and a sharp rivalry ensued. In 1985 Steve Jones broke his own course record (which at the time he set it was the world record). He ran just two seconds short of the world record and Joan Benoit Samuelson, the 1984 Olympic Champion, set a course record that stood for nearly a generation. At that time Chicago was rated as the most competitive marathon in the United States and perhaps in the world. In 1986 the race had world-class runners among the 8000 participants but the winning times were significantly slower. Beatrice Foods dropped out as a sponsor in 1987 and only a half-marathon race was held that year. The marathon was moved to the spring of 1988 and attracted Heileman Brewing Company as a new sponsor of what was now called the Old Style Chicago Marathon. This lasted until 1991 after which diminished prize money led to slower winning times. In 1992 the race was again without a title sponsor but in 1994 it became

Chicago Marathon start line

(1995) 9000 people registered but by 1999 there were over 29,000 entries. A cap of 37,500 was imposed in 2001 after the 2000 edition attracted 33,171 registrations. From 2003–2006 there was a cap of 40,000 entries which was reached before the entry deadline. When the New York City Marathon was cancelled in 2012 Chicago was the world’s biggest (based on finisher numbers) with 37,437 finishers. Since then it has been among the three or four races in the world with more than 40,000 participants. Apart from coming under the Bank of America flag the 2007 race was a landmark event for another reason: the excessive heat experienced on race day when temperatures hit 31ºC and the course had to be closed after only three and a half hours. Nearly 11,000 runners failed to finish. In common with many other races throughout the world the 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. There were over 26,000 finishers in the comeback race in 2021.

Steve Jones in the 1985 Chicago Marathon

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Looking ahead | 8 October 2022 ASML Marathon Eindhoven, Netherlands Running a fast course in a city of the future

Creating connections through technology The 38th edition of Marathon Eindhoven – the largest two-day sports event in North-Brabant – will be held on 8-9 October 2022. Eindhoven is known as the Brainport of the Netherlands. The government, knowledge institutions and businesses all collaborate to improve life in the city. Eindhoven is famous for new ideas, infrastructure, ICT and design. Suiting this creative city, the Marathon Eindhoven is a sports event showcasing innovation. The first edition was held in 1959 with a total of only 60 participants – all of them men. It was not then accepted for women to compete in long distance races. This has completely

changed. ASML Marathon Eindhoven has become an event that welcomes everyone. People of all ages and identities nowadays experience the supportive atmosphere of the event. Supporters cheer you on and there are signs on both sides of the road with kind words encouraging everyone to keep going. Over the years the event has also put an emphasis on becoming more sustainable and protecting the environment. This objective is implemented in the programme as the Renewi Plogging Run in which participants clean the streets of litter while running. The marathon is known for its fast and attractive course. It has led to many fast finish times and

a very good experience for running enthusiasts. While running the course you can see landmarks like the Markt, Catharinaplein, Stratumseind and Geldropseweg. In the supporting events on Saturday you run over Strijp-S, Strijp-T and Strijp R in the former Philips industrial park. Since 2000 creative companies and housing have been established in the former industrial buildings. Envision yourself running through vibrant and busy streets, with nature’s beauty and modern infrastructure. Last year over 18,000 runners crossed the finish line at the famous Vestdijk in the centre of the city. Joyful supporters gave running participants all the energy they needed to complete the final metres of the challenging course. Something for which the event stands out are the different music venues of the Marathon Festival, which make an important contribution to the atmosphere in the city. The combination of the energetic local ambience of Brabant and the international allure give the event a unique appeal.

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Looking ahead | 8 October 2022 ASML Marathon Eindhoven, Netherlands The organisation wishes to make the event accessible for everyone. If the Marathon and Half Marathon seem too much for you, there are plenty of other options to choose from. For example, the Walking 12km, Walking 18km and Your Marathon Challenge are scheduled on the Saturday. ‘Your Marathon Challenge’ walkers complete the last 1.195km of their marathon during the event. They will have already completed the first 41km at a time and pace of their own choosing. The Challenge enables athletes to experience the unique feeling of being cheered on while finishing their course. The Mini Marathon is organised specially for young athletes. There will also be a 5km and 1/4 Jumbo Marathon.

ASML Marathon Eindhoven supports the Dutch Cancer Society using the motto “Running for life and against cancer”. The goal is to unite people and improve life for people with cancer. The title sponsor is the international technology company ASML and is also all about giving back to the community and shining a light on people’s physical and mental well-being. The event and its partner are defined by a focus on community engagement, fun and making people move. The city, its inhabitants, volunteers and athletes are all brought into very close connection during this special weekend. ■ www.marathoneindhoven.nl

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Looking ahead | 8 October 2022 Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon, Romania The capital of Romania is one of the most surprising cities in Central and Eastern Europe. Runners eager to discover 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 with top-quality museums, intricately carved churches and neoclassical palaces. Through its geographical position Bucharest emerged as the region’s largest city. Although different cultures and civilizations passed over its territory the city built its own unique identity. The culture 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”.

Surprise yourself Run with your heart in the City of Joy

For more than 50 years after World War II the entire country became a prisoner of communism and was subjected to massive transformations. Earthquakes, fire and the two World Wars have destroyed a large part of the city’s heritage. Few of the city’s constructions are over 200 years old but as a result Bucharest is a young, fast-developing and dynamic city. The City’s 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! Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon starts and finishes in front of the Parliament Palace. Construction 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 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, the Romanian Athenaeum; and through large parks and along green boulevards. In the oldest part of the city lie the remains of a fortress where Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Dracula) lived in the 15th century. Through these sights you feel the power of a vibrant and eclectic city and enjoy a once in a lifetime running experience. The event incorporates the Romanian National Marathon Championships. The first edition back in 2008 attracted 800 runners from 10 countries; the 2019 edition hosted over 19,000 runners from more than 85 countries. The race has enjoyed one of the highest year-by-year increases in participation anywhere in Europe. Apart from the Marathon and children’s races, 10km, Half Marathon and Relay (teams of 4) races are available. The Kids Races are Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon’s proudest achievement. They had around 8500 participants in 2019, and are one of the biggest non-competitive running events for children throughout Europe. Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon is the largest mass sports event in Romania. It supports over 30 social causes. Awareness of the event is used to create a beneficial social and economic impact on the local community. Apart from sightseeing the flat and fast course offers runners a good chance to achieve new personal best times. Come, see, discover the city of Bucharest and celebrate Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon’s 15th Anniversary. ■ www.bucharest-marathon.com Distance Running | 2022 Edition 3

Looking ahead | 23 October 2022 Venicemarathon, Italy

Magic in the air Cry tears of joy in fascinating Venice

It is said that the Marathon is run for 30km with the legs, 10km with the head, 2km with the heart and 195 metres with tears in the eyes. In Venice the tears are of true joy. Every runner, at least once in their lifetime, should experience the magic of running the Venicemarathon, where fatigue dissolves in the face of the eternal beauty of this city that lies on water and where time seems to have stopped. The Venicemarathon is one of the most fascinating marathons in the world. Every kilometre is rich in art, history and culture making it an incomparable experience. The race starts from in front the of Villa Pisani in Stresa, a mansion that over the centuries has hosted doges, kings and emperors. On the occasion of the marathon it opens its gates to accommodate the runners up until the moment they enter the starting corrals.

surface evokes the sensation of running on water. Runners make their entrance into St. Mark’s Square by passing between the columns of Saints Mark and Tòdaro, crossing what was once the monumental gateway to the Serenissima. The ‘lap of honor’, in the shadow of the Campanile and St. Mark’s Basilica, is one of the most anticipated moments of the marathon. The athletes then return to the basin along the Doge’s Palace and cross the Ponte della Paglia from which they can admire the Bridge of Sighs. The course continues along the Riva degli Schiavoni, skirting the San Marco basin, and reaches the finish line in Riva Sette Martiri. The “Giardini della Biennale” is nearby, which hosts the various pavilions of the biennial exhibition

The first part of the route runs along the Riviera del Brenta with its eighteenth-century villas built by Venetian nobles. Runners then pass through Marghera and continue to the centre of Mestre. The race gives exclusive passage within the brand-new multimedia museum and then runs for over 2km through San Giuliano Park. The Park overlooks the lagoon and leads on to Venice via the Ponte della Libertà. The athletes run along the panoramic Fondamenta delle Zattere, admiring Giudecca Island and skimming the majestic Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute up to the Punta della Dogana. From here runners use the 166m-long pontoon bridge, specially set up for the event, which connects the Punta della Dogana to the Royal Gardens of San Marco. The floating Distance Running | 2022 Edition 3

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of Art and Architecture and is where all the post-race services are set up. This year a new distance will be added to the Marathon and 10km. The Venice Half Marathon will start from Piazza Ferretto, the cosy square in the heart of Mestre, and will then join the marathon route. The VM10km will start from the San Giuliano Park and will cover the final enchanting 10km of the Venicemarathon route. The finish line for all

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three distances will be Riva Sette Martiri, which will welcome the succession of arriving runners uninterruptedly from 9 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. Thousands of enthusiasts from all over the world come to Venice every year to run its marathon (or a shorter distance) and discover the charm of this magical city. ■ www.venicemarathon.it

Looking ahead | 6 November 2022 Porto Marathon EDP, Portugal

Come for the run, stay for the food

Porto’s specialities

EDP Porto Marathon – a stunning course in a city with delicious food, friendly people and great wine. The EDP Porto Marathon is an iconic event that hosts thousands of runners from around the world. Held since 2004, usually in November, the race combines seaside and riverside, a flat

and fast course and passage through three neighbouring cities: Porto, Matosinhos and Vila Nova de Gaia. The EDP Porto Marathon course shows the best of this region. It takes runners through an amazing landscape and the historic centre: Ribeira do Porto, Luís I Bridge and the famous wine cellars of Porto.

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Looking ahead | 6 November 2022 Porto Marathon EDP, Portugal some of the reasons to visit this city. There is a lot to see and do in Porto for runners, families and friends. Don’t forget to try the famous Porto speciality dish, the Francesinha and, of course, the outstanding port wine. Port is a fortified wine produced exclusively in the Douro Demarcated Region. It stands out from ordinary wines thanks to its range of varieties and the incomparable richness and intensity of its aroma and flavour. For lunch or dinner we advise you to visit Matosinhos, the ‘World’s Best City for Fish’. The gastronomy of Matosinhos, increasingly appreciated and praised nationally and internationally, is considered one of the main tourist products of the country.

Since the first edition with just 317 athletes the EDP Porto Marathon has seen an increase in the number of participants who, each at their own pace, fill the beautiful Atlantic seafront. The race record was set at 2:08:58 in 2021 by Zablon Chumba from Kenya. In 2017 Kenya’s Monica Jepkoech set the women’s record of 2:26:58. Recent editions have attracted more than 6000 athletes from 75 different countries making the race one of the largest marathons in Portugal.

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Alongside the Marathon there is also a 10km Family Race and a Mini Marathon of 6km with over 15.000 runners. We welcome you to Porto, one of the oldest European destinations, which was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1996 and three times voted the Best European Destination in 2012, 2014 and 2017. Its wealth of monumental and artistic heritage, open-air leisure spaces and cultural life are just

Take the opportunity to spend a few days in the city and enjoy the weather at the beach, by the Douro river or even in one of the city’s public gardens. You can also take a boat ride on the traditional Barcos Rabelos and discover the six bridges that connect Porto to Vila Nova de Gaia. Join us to celebrate the 18th edition of the EDP Porto Marathon – the best Marathon in Portugal – and enjoy this amazing city. ■ www.maratonadoporto.com

Looking ahead | 13 November 2022 Taiwan’s Rice Heaven Tianzhong Marathon, Chinese Taipei

Experience the fragrance of paddy fields in ‘rice heaven’

Our hometown marathon Running in a marathon elsewhere the race may be for the runners but in Tianzhong it is an event for our whole township. It is the most hospitable marathon in Taiwan, with the most typical Taiwanese village characteristics – a marathon in Rice Heaven. The township motivates 6000 villagers to demonstrate the friendliness and enthusiasm of Tianzhong, all helping to cheer the runners along the way. We invite runners from all across the country to support Taiwan’s smart farming with their legs. With each step they will experience the fragrance of paddy fields and rice, and our hometown compassion. Tianzhong townships’ volunteers use their absolute joy in cherishing the land to create a friendly, enthusiastic race. This is what makes Taiwan’s Rice Heaven Tianzhong Marathon world-renowned and beloved by local and over-

seas runners. It is rated as one of the top three classic races in Taiwan. The Tianzhong Marathon won first prize at the Taiwan Brand International and became “the” marathon event in Taiwan for both local and overseas runners.

In this year’s event there are 42k, 21k, and 10k categories. In response to the Covid epidemic an online version of the race will be available so that those who cannot be with us can still participate.

The Tianzhong Marathon made something out of nothing. We started with 100 volunteers and today 6000 villagers are contributing their efforts. The first race had around 4000 runners but the 15,000 registrations now available are snapped up within seconds.

Runners can find souvenirs of the event from among Tianzhong’s local specialties. The medals and trophies are designed in the shape of rice grains, demonstrating the characteristics of Taiwan Rice Tianzhong and Golden Rice Waves.

This has brought about local business opportunities and an upsurge of youth returning to their hometown. Tourism trends such as bicycle mini-tours, farming experiences, group sports training, and international experience tours were developed. This led to the people of Tianzhong finding confidence and pride. Tianzhong, once just a small town, has now turned into the hometown of thousands of runners every year.

Sustainability is very important in Tianzhong and in the light of this all clothing is made with S.Café® technology. This is an environmentally friendly material, using the remains of coffee grounds as the raw material of the yarn, and is created through a patented process of low temperature and high pressure. Road running is not limited to the Tianzhong Marathon in November. Come to visit or walk in Tianzhong on any day of the year. In 2018 Tianzhong HSR Sports Hot-zone was established to help runners in their preparation and wellbeing (join on Facebook – Tianzhong HSR Sports Hot-zone). Every week of every season before the Tianzhong Marathon different running and training classes are offered, inviting fellow runners from everywhere to run together. There are some other competitions and classes that are available throughout the year including the Tianzhong Night-run, the Road-Run Instructional Class, the Love to Run Class, a Sports seminar series. the Official Marathon Training Camp, the Family run summer camp and the Family mini-marathon. ■ www.tianzhongmarathon.com Distance Running | 2022 Edition 3

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Looking ahead | 13 November 2022 Monterey Bay Half Marathon, USA Gentle hills and scenic views

California coastal The Monterey Bay Half Marathon returns on 13 November after three years away due to the pandemic. Excitement is building with strong early registration numbers. The race was created in 2003 by the same nonprofit organization that owns and operates the Big Sur International Marathon on the central coast of California. The new race was half the distance, in the fall instead of the spring, and featured a different course and experience through downtown Monterey and alongside the beautiful Monterey Bay. The race was cancelled in 2018 only one day before due to poor air quality from a massive wildfire more than 250km away. With cancellations in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, this year will be the 17th event. The course features gentle hills and scenic views of Monterey Bay, Cannery Row, Asilomar State Beach and quick tours of parts of the downtown areas of Monterey Bay and Pacific Grove. It is

the only race to go through a road tunnel in downtown Monterey near Fisherman’s Wharf. On race day the lights in the tunnel are dimmer and a DJ blasts techno music and laser lights to help get the runners moving and grooving. Eight to 10 other bands are featured along the course, about half of which is out-and-back to allow runners to see their friends and competitors. The race was popular right from the start and reached sell-out attendance of 9000 runners by year 10, reflecting the strong growth of half marathons in the US in the mid-to-late 2000s. With accompanying 5km and 3km races the day before the event continues to attract more than 10,000 total entrants, which fills all the space available at the start, on the course, and in the finish village. The Big Sur Marathon Foundation Board decided to redirect all prize money from the namesake race to the half marathon when it was started. As a result the half continues to draw elite runners. The current course records of 1:02 for men and 1:08 for women indicate the

potential for fast times. In 2016 the race began the “Equalizer Challenge” bonus pool. In this program, the elite women begin the race 9:05 in front of the elite men. The top three athletes of either gender to reach the finish line receive additional bonuses of USD 3,000, USD 1,500 and USD 500 on top of the eight-deep purse for each gender. This means the first person across the line receives USD 7,000. To date the elite men have caught the elite women in two of the three challenge races. With its scenic course and quality organization the race attracts outstanding age group runners from throughout the San Francisco Bay area and northern California. Runners come from all 50 US states and more than two dozen countries. Many combine the race with a visit to other local attractions featured on the course including the famous Cannery Row and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. More than 1400 volunteers are recruited from 80 local non-profit organizations to support the race. The Big Sur Marathon Foundation regularly returns more than USD 125,000 from race proceeds back into the local community and for youth fitness programs. ■ www.montereybayhalfmarathon.org Distance Running | 2022 Edition 3

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Looking ahead | 27 November 2022 Ring Running Series, Germany

Running rings Run on a track designed for motor racing It is one of the world’s most famous places for motorsports: the Hockenheimring in Germany. The circuit was built in 1932 as a race course for motorsports and became one of the world’s most famous and popular race courses for motorcycling, GT sport – and Formula 1. It is also a venue for big concerts featuring international superstars. Given its 120.000 spectator capacity a thrilling atmosphere is guaranteed. Several motorsports speed records have been set at the Hockenheimring and the course is ideal for running too. The race organisers proposed the idea of a marathon and half marathon race at this fantastic venue and celebrated their first edition on 17 October 2021. The motorsport course is truly special as a race course for runners. You can feel the adrenaline when passing all the famous Formula 1 landmarks: the “Parabolika”, the “Bernie-Ecclestonecurve”, the hairpin or the Motodrome, and you

can fill up with energy at the aid station in the pit lane. An emotional finish is guaranteed. As you cross the original Grand-Prix-finish line you will be celebrated with the waving of the chequered flag. The flat 4.4 km lap on the Hockenheimring is officially measured and ideal for fast race times – not only for motorsports. In 2021 more than 1100 runners ran the first edition of the Ring Running Series and the organisers welcomed many overjoyed athletes at the finish line celebrating new personal best times. Sabrina Mockenhaupt, one of Germany’s most successful top runners and a multiple national and international championship medal winner, ran the second edition in March 2022 at the half marathon distance and was surprised by her fast time when she crossed the finish line as the female winner. Besides the fast course and the historic venue having a special atmosphere spectators also get a great chance to follow the race. Supporters can cheer on you several times along the course – either by having a seat in the big grandstand at the Motodrome or directly along the course. Located just one hour away from Frankfurt and Stuttgart airports the Hockenheimring also offers perfect logistics for runners and spectators. It’s not only the ideal geographical position of the venue but also being able to park so close to the finish line, an integrated hotel giving a direct view of the course and the finish line, and entertainment along the whole length of the course. Spectators and runners can also combine their race participation with a Hockenheimring sightseeing tour or enjoy an e-cart tour at the venue.

The next Ring Running Series edition is scheduled for 27 November 2022, where you can sign up either for the marathon or half marathon distance. Being on a lap course you will never run alone and can always be cheered on and motivated, either by spectators or other runners. Yet the course will never be too crowded and you can focus on your race from the start until reaching the legendary finish line, where you will be presented with your well-deserved medal. Registration for the third edition is already open. ■ www.ringrunningseries.com Distance Running | 2022 Edition 3

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Looking ahead | 27 November 2022 Maratón Monumental Primer Santiago de América, Dominican Republic

Run in Heart City

Caribbean race attracts runners from all over the world Since 2016 the Maratón Monumental Primer Santiago de América has stood out in offering runners an event of international standards. There is a choice of three certified distances: Marathon, Half Marathon and 10km. The event has the approval of the foremost running institutions in the world and large cash prizes are awarded for the first five places in each of the competitive distances. For the sixth consecutive year the race will be held at the Jardines del Gran Teatro del Cibao, Santiago. Every year we continue to reinvent ourselves with the consistent purpose of making each version a unique experience full of emotions, adrenaline and of joy for lovers of this discipline. The Dominican Republic is a country known for its biodiversity. Thanks to its position in the Caribbean there is a pleasant climate throughout the year, varying from warm to cooler in the winter season. The country’s landscapes range between mountainous and coastal areas; it has

the highest peak and the largest lake in the Caribbean. Santiago de los Caballeros is also known as the “Heart City” or “Capital of Cibao” and is the second most important city in the country. It has a population of 1.5 million inhabitants. Its main economic resources are tobacco, the production of goods in Free Zones, services, and agro-industries. The annual average temperature is 25˚C (77°F). Our race has the only single-circuit marathon route in the country, which is attractive for those looking to run a route with the best landscapes and scenic points. Our country offers a very pleasant climate for the month of November, which allows participants to run with greater comfort and better performance. The race routes include tourist points in the city such as the Monument of the Heroes of the Restoration, Santiago Central Park, the City’s Historic Centre, the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, the Metropolitan Hospital of Santiago and the Great Theatre of the Cibao, among other sights. Our race is the only one in the country that is internationally certified. Our last edition attracted 1400 runners: 169 in the marathon, 444 in the half marathon and 787 in the 10km race. The event has grown through the years thanks to the support of the public, the city, the sponsors and volunteers. Outstanding runners have come to compete, such as the Dominican national record holder Álvaro Abreu. The biggest names among the international participants in the marathon have been the Ethiopian runners Amare Shewarge Alene and Gezahegn Abera Hunde who hold the women’s and men’s course records.

The race has allowed us the opportunity to share with runners from all over the world In 2021 we had participants from Mexico, United States, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Ethiopia, Kenya, Russia and South Korea. Prizes are by category. Overall male and female winners receive USD 8000. The winners at each distance are awarded along with the first Dominicans to reach the finish line, the first citizens of Santiago and according to age groups. Our mission is to make Santiago de los Caballeros into a standard bearer for international marathons, creating a sports culture of healthy living for the city’s inhabitants and its visitors. ■ www.maratonsantiago.com.do Distance Running | 2022 Edition 3

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Looking ahead | 11 December 2022 Generali Maratón Málaga, Spain

A warm welcome

With an average temperature of between 20–25ºC in December, the city of Malaga invites you to take part in its great running event. Recognised as among the four best marathons in Spain, the Generali Maraton Malaga has increased its number of participants with every edition. That was difficult to do in 2021 because of the restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A large proportion of the foreign runners were missing because of travel restrictions, but the marathon managed to reinvent itself, as more Spanish and Andalusian than ever, to register a record number of runners. Of 8700 in total 4700 were in the Half Marathon and 4000 in the Marathon. The Generali Maratón Málaga was one of the few marathons that managed to grow their numbers in 2021. There are many reasons which explain why the Marathon has had such success. International recognition has increased with greater participation of elite runners. The goodies in the bag: Generali Maratón Málaga offers all runners, both 21km and 42km runners, a premium windbreaker as a gift for registering for the race. The city is well-prepared to receive large numbers of visitors. Malaga has an international airport, the third most important in the Iberian peninsula, as well as a high-speed railway station, making it very easy to reach from the other main Spanish cities. It also has an extensive hotel capacity to accommodate runners, friends and family during their stay in the city. Malaga receives millions of tourists throughout the year, with December being the perfect month to visit. Its historical downtown is an

Well-connected Malaga ready for running visitors amalgam of the cultures that have passed through the region, with Phoenician, Arab and Roman heritage. There are many large museums including the Picasso Museum and the Pompidou Museum. Added to this is the exquisite Andalusian and Mediterranean cuisine of the city and its spectacular year-round climate. Malaga offers the possibility of running the marathon or the half marathon distance, with different goals and a well-signposted route.

To encourage the runners the Generali Maratón Málaga is organising a cheering competition throughout the 42 kilometres of the race. The runners themselves will choose the winning group for the “You Rock Malaga” prize. The Generali Maratón Málaga offers you all this – and we will be pleased to welcome you to Malaga. ■ www.maratonmalaga.com

The route is key: it’s a flat course with much of its length along the seashore. The final few kilometres are through the historical downtown of the city. Generali Maratón Málaga has been awarded the “Málaga Cómo Te Quiero” seal of approval for its positive impact on the city, with a beneficial environmental, social and economic legacy. The Marathon expo will change location, moving to a spectacular setting in the Port of Malaga. Centrally located and close to the historic centre of the city, it will offer runners the opportunity to pick up their runner’s bag and meet other runners in the most popular area of the city. Distance Running | 2022 Edition 3

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Looking ahead | 25 December 2022 Photak Marathon, Thailand My Passion Photak Marathon is held in NongKhai province in the north-east of Thailand. NongKhai contains a 320km stretch of the Mekong River and is both a major tourist destination and the launching point for journeys into Laos and on to China. An attraction not to be missed is the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong River linking Thailand with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. There is a rocket competition to worship holy angels and pray for rain. Skywalk Wat Pha Tak Suea is a clifftop viewpoint from where the scenery of the west Mekong River that borders the two countries can be admired, The Naga Fireball festival is a unique and fascinating festival celebrated in Thailand. The “Fireball” phenomenon occurs most often on Wan Awk Pansa, the full moon night of the 11th month of the lunar year that signifies the end of the Buddhist rain retreat. In this festival people gather along a 250km stretch of the Mekong River to witness glowing red ‘fireballs’ shoot up into the sky. The number of fireballs sighted can range from hundreds to thousands. International runners are welcomed at Udonthani International Airport which lies about 90km from the race start in front of Ban Sun Klang School Dan Si Suk Photak.. The race is 90% flat with a joyful route through national settings and is favourable for runners to set new personal best times. Runners pass through eight villages and many rice paddies, cassava, sugarcane and pineapple fields. Boundless varieties of fruit trees line the race route. Photak district could be called the land of all fruits. The weather in December averages 9–15ºC. Limited to 3000 runners the Photak marathon offers distances of 42.195km, 21km, 10km and 5km. International runners in the Marathon or half marathon receive finisher trophies, medals and an event finisher shirt. Marathon and Half Marathon top-10 winners in age group categories (6 male, 5 female) are awarded trophies with the top five receiving cash prizes. Every participant in the 42.195km, 21km, 10km and 5km run will receive an event shirt, finisher shirt, medal, timing chip and sponsors’ products. Fancy dress runners get special awards and all runners over 65 years of age will be given special trophies. Every participant is invited to a free dinner on 24 December 2022 from 17:00–21:00. Photak Marathon invites you to come and visit Thailand. In 2019 more than 45 million people from around the world toured Thailand – it is famous for being the principal tourist destination in Southeast Asia. This tropical fun-loving and friendly country really does have something for everyone of every age and every budget. From golden sandy beaches to lush steamy jungles, bustling busy cities to traditional villages, five-star a la carte menus to roadside noodle stalls, historic Buddhist temples to 21st century skyscrapers Thailand never fails to delight, amaze and captivate all who visit. Welcome to Thailand, the land of smiles, friendship, and care for all humanity. ■ www.photakmarathon.com 32

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Festivals and fireballs A joyful route through national settings favourable for runners to set new personal best times

Covid precautions

Safety first

The sight of the women runners filling the wide city streets in the Nagoya Women’s Marathon on 13 March impressed both local and global audiences with a comeback of one of the largest women’s sports festivals. The runners’ strength, perseverance, smiles and even tears provided a reminder of the power of sport and the hope it inspires. The Marathon took place against a background of races being cancelled elsewhere in Japan. The Lake Saroma Ultramarathon, usually held in late June, was called off on 29 March – two weeks after Nagoya had been held without generating any infections. Already the largest women’s marathon in the world this year Nagoya also became the highestpaying Marathon in the world with its increased first-place prize of USD 250,000 (EUR 237,000). That the largest prize in marathon running

would be given to a woman rather than a man gathered worldwide attention. The proud winner was Ruth Chepngetich, who dominated the competition to win in the time of 2:17:18 – the sixth-fastest ever run and the second-fastest in the women-only marathon category. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic Nagoya has managed to put on the event each year while still placing top priority on safety and security. In 2020 precautions and regulations in place only allowed for an elite race with 110 participants while 4704 ‘domestic’ (Japan-based) runners were able to participate in 2021. This year, a total of 8698 elite and amateur runners ran the race while the surge in the Omicron Distance Running | 2022 Edition 3

Covid precautions The Nagoya Women’s Marathon was staged safely during the Omicron surge in Japan despite many other races cancelling

How Nagoya stayed safe Below are some of the key infection control measures taken at this year’s event. Protocols for All • Mask wearing at all times (except for runners during competition). • Hand sanitisation and body temperature check (entry to the event sites refused for anyone with a fever of 37.5°C or higher). • Submission of health and temperature records from 7 days prior to race day via an app or web form. For Elite Athletes • Daily PCR testing during the period of the event. • One week’s quarantine at a designated facility was required for foreign-based elite athletes after arrival in Japan. For Runners • Free PCR testing was provided for runners at the event sites from 3 days prior to race day. • A negative PCR test result within 72 hours of the race start had to be presented to enter the event site on race day. • If a runner’s body temperature was below 37.5°C but above 37°C, an antigen test was conducted to confirm the negative result before the race start. • Mask wearing was mandatory before the start. 34

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• Social distancing was required at the starting blocks (more than 1m between runners). • Food was individually packaged at refreshment stations and hand sanitisation required before picking up. • Hand sanitisation and face masks were distributed right after the finish. For Volunteers • Face masks, face shields, and portable alcohol disinfectant were provided for all volunteers, as well as additional equipment depending on where they were assigned. At the Marathon Expo • Booth setting, flow design, and entry restriction were implemented to avoid the ‘Three Cs’: The ‘Three Cs’ are the high-risk situations of COVID-19 transmission defined by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan: • Crowded places with poor ventilation • Close-contact settings • Confined spaces. • All visitors were required to provide their names, addresses, and contact information via an admission form at the entrance (for contact tracing).

variant was still going on. A global virtual race took place alongside the live event. The Omicron variant of coronavirus arrived relatively late in Japan but from January 2022 it caused a rapid increase in infections. As the number of new cases rose quickly to a record high level the government brought restrictions into force and called for citizens’ cooperation to contain the virus. Although the outbreak peaked in February and then slowly began to decline the number of cases remained high. Even in early March, when the race was scheduled, there were a lot of uncertainties as to whether it could go ahead as planned. In general people in Japan are very cautious about the risk of infection and many mass event organisers, including those of marathon races, had been forced to cancel or reduce the size of their events. To hold a mass participation race safely under such circumstances the organisers of the Nagoya Women’s Marathon took all possible measures against the spread of infection. The Covid-19 Control Office was again established within the Organising Committee with medical professionals, local authorities, and the Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Their job was to formulate and implement the infection control plan. A key part of this was a new measure for 2022: setting

Covid precautions up free PCR testing stations at the event sites and requiring all runners to present a negative result before the race start. For non-Japanese nationals the Government had continued its policy of suspending new arrivals into Japan but a small number of foreign-based elite athletes were able to join the race. Exceptions were made for some elite runners with the requirement that they would be quarantined for a week at a special facility under the organiser’s responsibility. No non-elite runners living outside Japan were allowed to

enter the country so could not participate in the race in Nagoya. The original field of 22,000 was reduced to 8698. For those who were unable to run the in-person race, the Nagoya Women’s Online Marathon 2022 was held as an alternative, available through a running app. All finishers, including those of the virtual

race, received the finisher prizes including the event’s exclusive Tiffany & Co. pendant and New Balance T-shirt. ■ womens-marathon.nagoya Next event: Sun 12 March 2023

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Calendar AIMS member events for the forthcoming 12 months July 2022 – August 2023 For the latest dates visit aims-worldrunning.org/calendar.html Race names of Founding Members (1982) are shown in red

July 2022 2–3 Gold Coast Marathon AUS M

Ruta de las Iglesias 2 La ECU R 18 Gornergrat Zermatt Marathon 2 SUI U,M,H 58 Econet Victoria Falls Marathon 3 ZIM M 58 Beach Marathon Festival 17 Airlie AUS M,H,R 46

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Reykjavik 20 Islandsbanki Marathon ISL M,H

Marathon 20 Helsinki FIN M,R Half Marathon 21 Rio BRA H Marathon Festival 21 Adelaide AUS M,H,R

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27 NOR M,H,R

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Petra Desert Marathon JOR M,H

Maratón Medellín COL M,H,R

Pila Int’l Half Marathon POL H

Poltava Nova Poshta Half Marathon

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Wizz Air Cluj-Napoca Marathon ROU M,H,R 56 IND M,H,R,U

10 Jungfrau-Marathon SUI M

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McDonald’s Townsville Running Festival AUS M,H,R 46

Khmer Empire Marathon 7 The CAM M,H,R Bank Marathon 14 CRDB TAN M,H,R Coast Marathon 14 Sunshine AUS M,H,R

tbc Maratón Int’l Asunción

Outback Marathon 30 Australian AUS M 46 Sao Paulo City Marathon 31 BRA M 46 tbc Island Chill Suva Marathon

Longford Marathon 28 Abbott IRL M Bali Marathon 28 Maybank INA M,H,R Marathon 28 Comrades RSA U Marathon 28 Hokkaido JPN M

Città di Udine 18 Maratonina ITA H 51 Halfmarathon Altötting 18 GER H,R 22 Copenhagen Half Marathon 18 DEN H 48 Dam tot Damloop 18 NED R 22 Krabi Half Marathon 18 THA H,R 58 Moscow Marathon 18 RUS M,R 56 Porto Half Marathon 18 POR H 56 Bangsaen10 18 THA R 58 Galaxy Vladivostok Marathon 24 RUS M,H,R 56

24–25 BMW Berlin-Marathon GER M

Warsaw Marathon 25 44th POL M,R Running Festival 10K 25 Brasov ROU R Int’l Marathon 25 Chisinau MDA M,H,R Poshta Kyiv Marathon 25 Nova UKR H,R Route du Vin 25 ING LUX H 25 HeidelbergCement TbilisiHalfMarathon GEO H,R

25 AUT M,H Andersen Marathon 25 H.C. DEN M

23rd Int’l WACHAUmarathon

tbc Astana Marathon KAZ M,R

tbc Buenos Aires Int’l Marathon ARG M

tbc Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race

Poshta Kharkiv Marathon 11 Nova UKR M,H 58 Volksbank-Münster-Marathon 11 GER M 49 Rimi Vilnius Marathon 11 LTU M,H 51 Wroclaw Maraton 11 40th POL M 56 Stockholm Half Marathon 17 SWE H 56 Greifenseelauf Uster 17 SUI H,R 58 BMW Oslo Maraton 17 NOR M,H,R 53

MDV R

MEX H

tbc Incheon Int’l Half Marathon KOR H

tbc River Kwai Int’l Half Marathon THA H

tbc Lanzhou Int’l Marathon CHN M,H,R

tbc Maratón León Guiar MEX M,H,R

tbc Satara Hill Half Marathon IND H,R

tbc Ston Wall Marathon CRO M,R

Tartu City Marathon

Bila Tserkva Marathon

media maratón de Bogotá

Brussels Airport Marathon & Half Marathon

EST M,H,R UKR M COL H

BEL M,H

26 58 48 46

XXI Gatorade CCS Rock

Generali Cologne Marathon

LSR Colombo Marathon

Kosice Peace Marathon

Kuching Marathon

Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running GBR M 26

10km Int’l de Marrakech

Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival

49 56 56

VEN R planned date GER M,H SRI M SVK M MAS M,H,R

MAR R

AUS M

58 49 56 24 53

53 46

Queretaro Maraton

Silesia Marathon

Wizz Air Skopje Marathon

Telesia Half Marathon

Trento Half Marathon

Great Victory Run Egypt’s Best 10km EGY R 28

tbc Medio Maratón Atlas de

Guadalajara

October 2022

MEX M POL M,H,R MKD M,H,R ITA H ITA H

53 56 53 51 26

8–9 Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon

See race feature on page 15 ROU M,H

51 58 48 53 49 48

Continued on page 37

Key M Marathon H Half Marathon R Road Race U Ultradistance

Race names of Founding members are shown in red IMPORTANT: At the time of publication, the above dates were believed correct, however, runners should confirm directly with race organisers prior to booking arrangements.

Calendar Continued from page 36 8–9 37th SPAR Budapest Marathon HUN M

8–9 ASML Marathon Eindhoven See race preview on page 13 NED M,H,R

9 9 P 9

BIH M

Chanthaburi Scenic Marathon Postponed until December 2022

Bank of America Chicago Marathon USA M

9 9

NZL M,H,R

3 Country Sparkasse Marathon AUT M,H 46 Banja Luka Marathon

Kazan Half Marathon RUS H,R

(The 3 Lakes Race) Marathon 12 3-Sjøersløpet 28 Erbil NOR H 53 IRQ M,H,R 49 Kuala Lumpur Standard & Thompson Auckland 13 Chartered Marathon 30 Barfoot Marathon

58 56

EDP Lisbon Marathon | Luso Half Marathon POR M,H 56

Chonburi Marathon 30 Bangsaen42 THA M 58 Chengdu Marathon 30 CHN M,H,R 48 Irish Life Dublin Marathon 30 IRL M 49 Mainova Frankfurt Marathon 30 GER M 38 Kanazawa Marathon 30 JPN M 51 Longbien Marathon 30 VIE M,H,R 58 Riviera Marathon Nice30 French Cannes FRA M

Moon Lake Marathon München Marathon 30 Sun 9 Generali TPE M,R 48 GER M,H,R 28 SwissCityMarathon – Lucerne Zaﬁro Palma Marathon Mallorca 30 SUI M 9 ESP M,H,R 44 56 Maratón Aguascalientes Wizz Air Soﬁa Marathon 30 MEX M,H,R 9 BUL M,H,R 53 46 Royal Victoria Marathon tbc Marathon Int’l de Casablanca 9 CAN M 46 MAR M 53 Amman Int’l Marathon tbc Changsha Marathon 14 JOR M,H,R 51 CHN M,H,R 48 Marathon Int’l de la Ville tbc Chuncheon Int’l Marathon 14 Semi de Béjaia KOR M 51 ALG H

15–16 Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon UKR M,H,R

Thessaloniki Night Half 15 Int’l Marathon GRE H,R

Cape Town Marathon 16 Sanlam RSA M Cracovia Royal Half 16 8th Marathon POL H

KOR H

tbc Hanoi Marathon VIE M,H,R

tbc Hengshui Lake Int’l Marathon

tbc Standard Chartered Nairobi

CHN M,H,R

Marathon

KEN M,H

Dehradun Marathon 16 Sarmang IND M,H,R 28 Gyeongju Marathon 16 KOR M 51 21st PKO Poznan Marathon 16 POL M 53 Toronto Waterfront 16 TCS Marathon CAN M,H,R

tbc Gyeonggi Int’l Half Marathon

tbc Novi Sad Marathon SRB M

tbc UWI SPEC Int’l Half Marathon TRI H

Marathon

ARM M,H,R

Medio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich ESP H 16+17

Lago Maggiore Marathon - 33 KM - Half Marathon - 10 KM

23 TPE M,H,R 35 Maraton Int’l de Juarez 23 MEX M,H 53 Lausanne Marathon 23 SUI M 58 Volkswagen Ljubljana Marathon 23 SLO M 56 EDP Medio Maratón de la Mujer P de Madrid

6 6 6 6

NKolay Istanbul Marathon

Lviv Nova Poshta Marathon

22–31 World Marathon Challenge IRL M,H

53 49

Eva Air Marathon

Postponed

23 TUN H 23 Venicemarathon See race preview on page 17

Semi Marathon Int’l de Sfax

ITA M

28–30 Marine Corps Marathon USA M

BAN H,R

Brasilia City Half Marathon BRA H

TUR M

Miri Marathon MAS M,H,R

TCS New York City Marathon USA M

UKR H,R

11–12 Al Mouj Muscat Marathon OMA M,H,R planned date

51 58

GRE M

12 INA M,H,R

Borobudur Marathon

Rice Heaven Tianzhong 13 Taiwan’s Marathon See race preview on page 21 TPE M

17 CHI M,H

planned date Course not measurable to AIMS

standards

Egyptian River Nile Int’l 18 Great Marathon EGY M,H,R

CYP M,H,R

Marabana Marathon & Half & 10km

51 48 48

Marathon, Half Marathon 20 Verona & 10K

25–27 Malta Int’l “Challenge” MLT M

ESP M

tbc JTBC Seoul Marathon KOR M

tbc Shanghai Int’l Marathon CHN M

51 48

tbc Standard Chartered Singapore

Marathon

SIN M,H,R

tbc Taichung Int’l Marathon TPE M,R

tbc Toyama Marathon JPN M,R CHN M,H,R

48 51 48

December 2022 48

20 THA M,H,R 58 Ethiopian Run 10km 20 Great ETH R 48 Standard Chartered Hong Kong 20 Marathon Marathon 20 Kobe JPN M Blu Larnaka Int’l 20 Radisson Marathon

THA M,H,R

Bangkok Marathon

HKG M

tbc Maratón Donostia - San

tbc Wuxi Marathon

Volcano Marathon

Great Freedom Run Egypt’s Fastest Half Marathon EGY H

2 4 4

Ayla Red Sea Half Marathon JOR H,R

Maratón del Atlántico HON M

Amazing Thailand Marathon Bangkok THA M,H,R

Walkers Cayman Islands Marathon CAY M

4 4 4

Pune Int’l Marathon IND M

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

San José Costa Rica Half & Marathon CRC M,H

48 51 49 58 46 49 51 48

Marathon COMAR Tunis Carthage

TUN M,H,R 58 26 KUW M,H,R 51 Valencia Trinidad Alfonso 4 Marathon Temple Marathon 26 Bagan ESP M 16+17 MYA M,H,R 53 Discoveries Half Marathon KLM Curaçao Marathon 4 POR H 27 CUR M,H,R 56 48 Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon Firenze Marathon 4 CAM H,R 27 ITA M 46 51 Sea of Galilee Tiberias Marathon Linker Oevert Marathon Antwerp 9 ISR M 27 BEL H,R 51 46 Khobar International Half Mt. Fuji International Marathon 10 27 JPN M Marathon 51 KSA H 56 Int’l Marathon 27 Panama Bengaluru Midnight Marathon PAN M 53 10 IND M,H,R 49 Monumental Primer 27 Maratón Goa River Marathon Santiago de América 11 IND M,H,R 49 See race preview on page 27 DOM M,H,R 48 Generali Maratón Málaga 11 See race preview on page 29 Vigot La Rochelle Int’l 27 Serge ESP M 56 Marathon FRA M,H 48 Maratón Powerade Monterrey 11 MEX M 53 Running Series 27 Ring See race preview on page 25 Penang Bridge International GER M,H 49 11 Marathon Ahmedabad Marathon MAS M,H 53 27 Adani IND M,H,R 49 Quito Últimas Noticias 15k 11 tbc Airtel Delhi Half Marathon ECU R 48 IND H 49 UNICEF Run for Every Child Half 11 Marathon & 10km tbc Great Hakka Marathon

tbc Hangzhou Marathon

Gulf Bank 642 Marathon

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

46 46

51 43 53 58 56

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

12–13 Athens Marathon. The Authentic

ITA M,H

TUN M,H

tbc Phukethon

Sebastián

Garda Trentino 13 10k ITA H,R 51 Beirut International Marathon 13 LIB M,H 51 Hoka Ravenna Marathon 13 City of Art

Marathon

Porto Marathon EDP See race preview on page 19 POR M

USA H

ITA M,H,R

Maratón Guadalajara Megacable hidratado por Electrolit MEX M 53

ITA M,H,R

Bay Half Marathon 13 Monterey See race preview on page 23

CUB M,H,R

November 2022 3rd Annual RBI Distance Run

tbc Yerevan Marathon and Half

4 6 6

Amsterdam Marathon 16 TCS NED M Varmex 16 Maraton MEX M,H,R

MAS M,H,R

tbc Sfax Marathon Olive Trees

49 49

CHN M

tbc Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune MAR H

tbc 21km Nuevo León MEX H

53 53

HKG H,R

11 TPE M,H,R Desert Marathon 16 Eilat ISR M,H,R

Zengwen Reservoir Marathon

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

48 51

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Calendar Marathon 22 Funchal POR M,H

Continued from page 37

Marathon 17 UAE M,R 27 Barishal 58 BAN M,H,R Half Marathon Kaen Int’l Marathon 18 Bangsaen21 29 Khon THA H,R 58 THA M Maratona di Pisa 18 Cetilar Women’s Marathon 29 Osaka ITA M,H 51 JPN M Marathon 18 Taipei tbc Buriram Marathon TPE M,H,R 48 THA M,H,R Scenic Marathon 25 Chanthaburi tbc China Coast Marathon THA M,H,R 58 HKG M,H Marathon 25 Photak tbc Chombeung Marathon See race preview on page 32

Marathon and 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon

ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon

THA M

tbc Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k ATA U,M

tbc Bangkok Midnight Marathon THA M,H,R

46 58

tbc Shriram Properties Bengaluru

Marathon

IND M,H,R

tbc Chongqing Int’l Marathon CHN M,H,R

tbc Taﬁlalet 10km Errachidia MAR R

JPN M

49 48 53 51

Int’l Marathon

tbc Tata Steel Kolkata 25k IND R

tbc Lidl São Silvestre de Lisboa POR R

58 49 56

tbc Galaxy Entertainment Macao

Int’l Marathon

MAC M,H

tbc Mizuno Hong Kong Half-

Marathon Championships

HKG H

tbc Nara Marathon JPN M

tbc Quantum Nicosia Marathon CYP M,H

tbc Nong Khai ASEAN Marathon THA M

tbc Cairn Pink City Half Marathon IND H,R

tbc The St. Croix Int’l Marathon ISV M,H,R

49 51

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

BAN M,H,R

Marathon 12 Ehime JPN M Egyptian Marathon 13 30th EGY M,H Bahamas, Half & 15 Marathon Relay BAH M,H

USA M,H,R

15 USA M,H,R Valencia Ibercaja 15 10K ESP R

Maui Oceanfront Marathon

TPE M,H,R

tbc Merida Marathon MEX M,H,R

tbc Tata Mumbai Marathon IND M

ESP H

tbc MG Vadodara Int’l Marathon IND M,H

58 57 56

51 48

58 44 56

53 48

53 49 56 49

Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon JPN H

& Romeo Half 12 Giulietta Marathon ITA H

12 ETH H,R

Hawassa Half Marathon

ATA M,H Course not measurable to AIMS standards

eDreams Mitja Marató de Barcelona ESP H

52 56

Maratón de Sevilla 19 Zurich ESP M

di San Valentino 19 Maratona ITA M,H

BAN H

51 52 46

MEX H

tbc Kilimanjaro Marathon tbc Kochi Ryoma Marathon JPN M

tbc Napoli City Half Marathon ITA H

tbc Navi Mumbai Half Marathon IND H,R

53 58 51

10km

tbc KIX Senshu Int’l Marathon JPN M

Marathon

TPE M,H,R

tbc Thai Sikh Run THA H,R

51 56 48 58

tbc Humana Rock ’n’ Roll Las Vegas

Half Marathon

USA H

5 TPE H,R Marathon 5 Tokyo JPN M Cyprus Marathon 12 Logicom CYP M,H,R Lisbon Half Marathon 12 EDP POR H Women’s Marathon 12 Nagoya See opinion article on page 33 planned date

JPN M

19 ESP M Taipei City Wan Jin Shi 19 New Marathon

tbc RUNBANGLA Int’l 10K BAN R VIE M,H,R JOR U,H,R

Kolkata Full Marathon

tbc Macao International 10K MAC R

New Delhi Marathon

IND M,H

tbc Novi Sad Half Marathon SRB H

Marathon

tbc Saipan Marathon

tbc São Silvestre de Luanda 10km

MNP M,H,R ANG R

tbc Seoul Marathon KOR M

BRA M,R

Sihanoukville Int’l Half Marathon CAM H,R

Int’l Marathon Varadero CUB M,H,R

46 46 52

15–16 38th Telekom Vivicittá Spring Half Marathon

Marathon 16 Enschede NED M 53 B.A.A. Boston Marathon 17 USA M 58 Haspa Marathon Hamburg 23 GER M 54+55 Rock ’n’ Roll Running Series 23 Madrid

48 56 48

Pardubice Wine Half Marathon CZE H 48 NED M

ESP M,H

23 ITA H,R 51 Maratón Puerto Vallarta 23 MEX M 53 Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon 29 NOR M,H,R 53 Padova Marathon

29–30 Du Motion-Runners’ Days Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik Half Marathon)

CRO H,R

Int’l Marathon Alexander the Great GRE M,R

48 57

30 USA M,H 58 NKolay Istanbul Half Marathon 30 TUR H 58 Maratón Internacional de 30 Mendoza

tbc Almaty Marathon

49 46

Big Sur Int’l Marathon

ARG M,H,R KAZ M,H,R

tbc Almaty Half Marathon

KAZ H,R

tbc Borneo Marathon

51 49 56

tbc Rock ’n’ Roll DC Marathon & Half USA H,R

Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris FRA M 48

tbc Ageas Federal Life Insurance IND M,H,R

SVK M,H,R

15–16 NN Marathon Rotterdam

tbc Manulife Danang Int’l Marathon tbc Dead Sea Ultra Marathon

São Paulo Int’l Marathon

CSOB Bratislava Marathon

tbc Abu Dhabi “Yes I Can” 10km Int’l

GRE H,R

2 2

GER H

26 GER M,H,R 49 Movistar Madrid Medio Maratón 26 ESP H 56 17th Warsaw Half Marathon 26 POL H 56 tbc Athens Half Marathon

Generali Berlin Half Marathon

HUN H,R

ADAC Hannover Marathon

UAE R

2 2 2

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

Zurich Marató de Barcelona

April 2023

March 2023 Tainan Half Marathon

tbc Tokushima Marathon JPN M

tbc Standard Chartered Taipei

Charity Marathon

FLK M

tbc Tashkent International Half UZB H,R

tbc Seychelles Eco-Friendly

tbc Ohme-Hochi 30km Road Race & JPN R

tbc Ageas Federal Life Insurance

tbc 21K Guadalajara Electrolit

nutrido por Granvita

ALG M Course not measurable to AIMS standards

TPE M,R

Marathon 19 Kyoto JPN M

tbc Dhaka Half Marathon

tbc Sahara Marathon

CYP M,H,R

25–26 Split Marathon

UAE H

18–19 OPAP Limassol Marathon

Marathon 19 Kitakyushu JPN M

Aviv Samsung Marathon 24 Tel ISR M,H,R

Marathon

TAN M

Marathon

tbc The Ras al Khaimah Half

SEY M

AU Bank Jaipur Marathon

CRO M,H,R

Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon JPN M 51

58 49

February 2023

IND M,H,R

JPN M

tbc Mitja Marato Int’l Vila de Santa

Houston Marathon, 15 Chevron Aramco Houston Half Marathon and We Are Houston 5K

TPE M

Marathon & Half17 Antarctica Marathon

January 2023 Zürich 1 Neujahrsmarathon SUI M,H,R Halfmarathon 7 PolarNight NOR H,R Ice Half Marathon 7 Siberian RUS H Sheikh Mujib 10 Bangabandhu Dhaka Marathon

tbc Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon

tbc Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City VIE M,H,R

MAR M,H,R

Pola

tbc Gran Maratón Paciﬁco Mazatlán MEX M

tbc Marathon Int’l de Fes

tbc Kinmen Marathon

tbc Fukuoka Int’l Open Marathon

Championship

THA M,H,R

tbc Standard Chartered Stanley

tbc The Combined 10th Osaka

58 53

MAS M,H,R

Half Marathon by Constantina Dita

ROU H,R

tbc CAF Caracas Maratón

VEN M

56 58

tbc Montepio Meia Maratona de

Cascais

POR H

tbc Maratón “Las Batallas de

Celaya”

tbc Cracovia Marathon POL M

tbc Wizz Air Bucharest International

MEX M,H,R

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Calendar tbc Chanthaburi Scenic Half

Continued from page 39

Marathon

THA H,R

tbc Daegu Int’l Marathon KOR M

tbc Gifu Half Marathon JPN H

51 51

tbc United Airlines Guam Marathon GUM M,H,R

tbc Gunsan Saemangeum Int’l

Marathon, 10km & 5km

KOR M,R

tbc Kaunas Marathon LTU M,H,R

tbc Milano Marathon ITA M

tbc Nafplio Marathon GRE M,H

tbc Nagano Marathon JPN M

tbc North Pole Marathon

NPO M Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Paz

51 51 49 51 53 46

tbc 15th PKO Poznan Half Marathon POL H

tbc Rhodes Marathon GRE M,R

tbc Taishin Women Run Taipei TPE H,R

tbc Vienna City Marathon AUT M,H,R

tbc ORLEN Warsaw Marathon POL M,R

tbc Xiamen Marathon CHN M

tbc Zürich Marathon SUI M

FIN M,H,R

tbc Kazan Marathon RUS M,H,R

Marathon

RWA M,H

tbc Leiden Marathon NED M,H,R

tbc Marathon Life Lima42k PER M,H,R

Marrakech

MAR M,H GBR M,H,R

tbc Odesa Nova Poshta Half

URU M,H RUS H,R

Marathon

UKR H,R CAN M,R

56 46

tbc Pushkin Marathon

tbc Three Hearts Marathon

CZE M

RUS M,H,R SLO M,H,R

tbc Rio City Half Marathon

tbc Salzburg Marathon

BRA H

AUT M,H,R

May 2023 6–7 Rimi Riga Marathon

tbc Taipei Freeway Marathon

CHI M

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

ROU H,R

14 ITA H,R Great Wall Marathon 20 The CHN M Marathon Festival 28 Barossa AUS M,H,R Dragon Marathon 28 Thunder BHU M,H

Lago Maggiore Half Marathon

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc Int’l Asunción Half Marathon PAR H

51 48 46 46 53

Marathon

GBR M

tbc 36th Belgrade Marathon SRB M

tbc TCS World 10K Bengaluru IND R

tbc PKO Bialystok Halfmarathon POL H

tbc Scotiabank Calgary Marathon CAN M

TPE M,H,R

tbc iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg GER M

49 56 49 53 46

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53 53 tbc Lanzhou Int’l Marathon CHN M,H,R

tbc Suzuki Midnight Sun Run ISL H,R

tbc Moonlight Half Marathon

tbc Rio de Janeiro City Marathon

ITA H

BRA M

AUS M,H,R

58 46

IND H,R

Marathon

JPN U

tbc adidas Stockholm Marathon

tbc JCP Swansea Half Marathon

tbc BMW Tangamanga Int’l

46 46 48 49

SWE M GBR H

Marathon MEX M

Marathon 26 Stavanger NOR M,H,R

27 AUS M,H,R

ITA R

tbc Maratón Int’l Asunción

tbc Maybank Bali Marathon

PAR M,H,R

INA M,H,R

RUS M,H

tbc 10km Int’l de Dakhla

tbc Helsinki Marathon

RSA U

MAR R

FIN M,R

tbc Atlantic Airways Tórshavn

Marathon FRO M,H,R

tbc Waterford Viking Marathon IRL M,H,R

48 49

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

AUS M,H,R CRC M

tbc RAHAL Mémorial Casablanca MAR R

tbc Diacore Gaborone Marathon BOT M,H,R

tbc hella hamburg half marathon GER H

46 48 53 46 49

tbc Supersports Laguna Phuket

Marathon THA M

tbc Golden Ring Ultra Trail 100 RUS U,R Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc La Ruta de las Iglesias ECU R

tbc Sao Paulo City Marathon BRA M

tbc Island Chill Suva Marathon FIJ M,H,R

56 48

48 58

tbc Westlink M7 Blacktown Running

Festival

AUS M

58 56 53 48

tbc Hokkaido Marathon JPN M

tbc Airtel Hyderabad Marathon IND M,H,R

CAM M,H,R

tbc Abbott Longford Marathon IRL M

tbc Dadi Prakashmani Mount Abu

Int’l Half Marathon IND H

tbc Paavo Nurmi Marathon, Half and

10k FIN M,H,R

tbc SPB Half Marathon. The

Northern Capital RUS H,R

tbc Islandsbanki Reykjavik

Marathon ISL M,H

tbc Rio Half Marathon BRA H

tbc Siberian Int’l Marathon RUS M,H,R

tbc Econet Victoria Falls Marathon ZIM M

tbc The Khmer Empire Marathon

Marathon 3 Spitsbergen NOR M,H,R 53 tbc White Nights Marathon RUS M 56 KLM Aruba Marathon 4 ARU M,H,R 46 tbc PKO Wroclaw Night Half Marathon Austrian Women’s Run POL H 56 4 ASICS AUT R 46 City Marathon 4 Cork July 2023 IRL M 49 Half Marathon Beach Marathon Festival 10 Helsinki 16 Airlie FIN H,R 48 AUS M,H,R 46 Midnight Sun Marathon tbc Australian Outback Marathon 17 NOR M,H 57 AUS M 46 Phnom Penh Int’l Half Marathon tbc Gold Coast Marathon 18 CAM H,R 46 AUS M 46 tbc Brisbane Marathon Festival

TAN M,H,R

tbc Comrades Marathon

tbc CRDB Bank Marathon

tbc Yarche Tomsk International

Marathon

Adelaide Marathon Festival

tbc Telesia City Trophy Int’l Road

Race 10k

tbc Lake Saroma 100km Ultra

SUI U,M,H

August 2023

tbc Saquib Rizvi Memorial Cancer

Awareness Half Marathon

tbc Gornergrat Zermatt Marathon

tbc RunFun Travel Rottnest Running

Festival

June 2023

tbc Maraton Cartago

tbc Mash Direct Belfast City

tbc Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend tbc Volkswagen Prague Marathon

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tbc Milton Keynes Marathon & Half

tbc Maratón de Santiago

LAT M,H

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tbc Marathon & Semi Int’l de

tbc Moscow Half Marathon

Marathon 7 Crete GRE M,R 49 Toronto Marathon 7 CAN H,R 46 Madagascar Marathon & Half 13 MAD M,H 57 Göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon 13 SWE H 56 Petrom Bucharest Half 14 OMV Marathon

tbc Kigali International Peace

tbc Totalsports Two Oceans RSA U

SUI M,H,R

tbc Maratón de Montevideo

Marathon

CHN M

tbc Generali Genève Marathon

tbc Tunisia Women’s Run Int’l Half TUN H,R

DEN M

tbc Dalian Int’l Marathon

tbc Helsinki City Running Day

tbc Meia Maratona Internacional Da ANG H

tbc Copenhagen Marathon

tbc Sunshine Coast Marathon AUS M,H,R

tbc Swiss Irontrail SUI U Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc McDonald’s Townsville Running

Festival AUS M,H,R

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What is A ‘National Running Day’ was started in the United States in 2009 but the idea soon jumped national boundaries.

Thousands take part in events worldwide

On 1 June 2016 New York Road Runners launched ‘Global Running Day’ with more than 2.5 million people from 177 countries pledging to run more than nine million miles. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared the 1 June date to be Global Running Day in the City of New York. 2014 Boston Marathon winner Meb Keflezighi led a group run from the Boston Run Base and the Atlanta Track Club organized a “run around the clock” event, where at least one person from the Atlanta metro area would be running every hour of Global Running Day. In 2017 Global Running Day attracted the support of international organisations like AIMS and World Athletics (then IAAF). National federations and, more significantly, the organisers of distance races all over the world started to offer events on the day specifically aiming to attract new runners. Running clubs and stores started to get involved but at the heart of the project was the idea of individuals making a pledge to run a certain distance in a place of their choosing. The Million Kid Run started as part of the first (2016) edition of Global Running Day. The objective that year was to get more than a million kids from around the world to participate,

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whether in formally organised or impromptu events. The focus was on making fitness fun, and inspiring kids to embrace running as a way to remain healthy. 672,030 youths took part in 2016. More than 100 organisations support Global Running Day and the Million Kid Run including some of the World’s largest races right down to

the smallest of local running groups In 2020 and 2021 Global Running Day, in common with most races at the time, became a ‘virtual’ event due to the Covid pandemic and the fear of infection at live events. The transition was seamless for events like the Million Kid Run which were set up in the same way: to ask people to pledge to run a named distance at

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Running news any time on Global Running Day in a location of their choice. This year the live venues returned. Runners were motivated to visit the Global Running Day website (www.globalrunningday.org) and take the Pledge. That could mean being part of a virtual race or selecting a live event from one of many different locations listed. In New York itself, the birthplace of the movement, Global Running Day kicked off with an ‘Open Run’. Open Runs are free, community-led fun runs and walks, For Global Running Day a special one was held in Morningside Park for people of all ages and abilities. Since Open Run launched in 2015 there have been more than 18,000 participants city-wide. In the afternoon nearly 1000 kids from the Rising New York Road Runners program across the five boroughs came to Icahn Stadium for fun running and fitness activities. In Valencia, aka the ‘City of Running’, Global Running Day celebrated the passion for running by bringing people together on the first such occasion since the pandemic. Close to 500 people went out to run together in the Turia river-bed gardens that run through the centre of the city. This contributed to the greatest number of daily users of the 5km training circuit in 2022, with more than 3100.

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In Athens ‘the birthplace of the Marathon’, the Minister of Sports Mr. Lefteris Avgenakis ran with the team of Greece’s leading marathon runner Maria Polyzou. The event took place at the Olympic Stadium and the General Manager of OAKA (the Olympic Complex) Mr. Konstantinos Halioris also participated. All the runners who took part were raising food relief for the people of Ukraine. Maybe you missed it this time around – if so be sure to put the date in your diary for next year: 1 June 2023. ■ www.globalrunningday.org

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World leading times These lists give the current standings in the world of road racing, and are believed accurate at 21 June 2022. For a deeper listing and the most up-to-date times consult the AIMS World Leading Times page online at https://aims-worldrunning.org/statistics.html

Marathon Present world record: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN), 2:01:39, Berlin, 16 SEP 2018

Men TIME

ATHLETE

NATION RANK VENUE

2:02:40 Eliud KIPCHOGE KEN 2.03:13 Amos KIPRUTO KEN 2:04:14 Tamirat TOLA ETH 2:04:43 Asrar ABDEREHMAN ETH 2:04:43 Mosinet GEREMEW ETH 2:04:47 Cybrian KOTUT KEN 2:04:48 Stephen KISSA UGA 2:04:49 Herpasa NEGASA ETH 2:04:51 Daniel DO NASCIMENTO BRA 2:04:56 Abdi NAGEEYE NED 2:04:56 Leul GEBRESELASSIE ETH 2:05:05 Titus KIPRUTO KEN 2:05:07 Deso GELMISA ETH 2:05:07 Workineh TADESSE ETH 2:05:09 Victor KIPLANGAT UGA 2:05:10 Seifu TURA ETH 2:05:12 Adeladlew MAMO ETH 2:05:12 Kiprop Reuben KIPYEGOKEN 2:05:20 Daniel KIBET KIPKORE KEN 2:05:22 Morhad AMDOUNI FRA 2:05:23 Bashir ABDI BEL 2:05:28 Kengo SUZUKI JPN 2:05:34 Ghirmay GHEBRESLASSIEERI 2:05:52 Adugna TAKELE ETH 2:05:53 Yihunilign ADANE ETH 2:05:58 Gebru REDAHGNE ETH 2:06:03 Abeyneh DEGU ETH 2:06:03 Kabede WAMI ETH

1 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 1 2 4 3

DATE

Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Sevilla Seoul Hamburg Hamburg Seoul Seoul Rotterdam Rotterdam Milano Paris Hamburg Hamburg Paris Sevilla Rotterdam Milano Paris Rotterdam Tokyo Sevilla Sevilla Barcelona Barcelona Paris Barcelona

06 MAR 06 MAR 06 MAR 20 FEB 17 APR 24 APR 24 APR 17 APR 17 APR 10 APR 10 APR 03 APR 03 APR 24 APR 24 APR 03 APR 20 FEB 10 APR 03 APR 03 APR 10 APR 06 MAR 20 FEB 20 FEB 08 MAY 08 MAY 03 APR 08 MAY

TIME

ATHLETE

NATION RANK VENUE

2:06:04 Andualem SHIFERAW ETH 1 2:06:05 Abebe NEGEWO ETH 5 2:06:08 Mike BOIT KEN 4 2:06:12 Shura KITATA ETH 5 2:06:20 Alphonce Felix SIMBU TAN 3 2:06:22 Kenneth KIPKEMOI KEN 5 2:06:25 Awet HABTE ERI 5 2:06:25 Ayad LAMDASSEM ESP 6 2:06:27 Tsegaye GETACHEW ETH 1 2:06:27 Olika ADUGNA ETH 5 2:06:28 Andualem Belay SHIFERAW ETH 2 2:06:28 Felix KIBITOK KEN 5 2:06:31 Shifera TAMRU ETH 1 2:06:37 Laban Kipngetich KORIR KEN 6 2:06:38 Tadesse ABRAHAM SUI 1 2:06:44 Masresha BERE ETH 6 2:06:48 Fikre BEKELE ETH 1 2:06:52 Edwin KIPTOO KEN 7 2:06:53 Hilary KIPSAMBU KEN 6 2:06:53 Cosmas MUTETI KEN 1 2:06:54 Mark KORIR KEN 4 2:06:55 Mohamed Reda EL AARABI MAR 7 2:06:55 Moses KIBET KEN 5 2:06:58 Maru TEFERI ISR 7 2:06:59 Leonard LANGAT KEN 2 2:06:59 Abraham KIPTOO KEN 8 Other performances (drop 3.3m/km) 2:06:51 Evans CHEBET KEN 1

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

Women DATE

Ottawa Hamburg Barcelona Tokyo Milano Rotterdam Sevilla Sevilla Riyadh Paris Riyadh Barcelona Daegu Tokyo Zurich Hamburg Roma Hamburg Paris Vienna Seoul Paris Seoul Sevilla Vienna Hamburg

29 MAY 24 APR 08 MAY 06 MAR 03 APR 10 APR 20 FEB 20 FEB 05 MAR 03 APR 05 MAR 08 MAY 03 APR 06 MAR 10 APR 24 APR 27 MAR 24 APR 03 APR 24 APR 17 APR 03 APR 17 APR 20 FEB 24 APR 24 APR

Boston

18 APR

TIME

ATHLETE

NATION RANK VENUE

2:16:02 Brigid KOSGEI KEN 2:17:18 Ruth CHEPNGETICH KEN 2:17:23 Yalemzerf YEHUALAW ETH 2:17:58 Ashete BEKERE ETH 2:18:04 Joan Chelimo MELLY ROU 2:18:12 Sutume Asefa KEBEDE ETH 2:18:18 Gotytom GEBRESLASE ETH 2:18:42 Angela TANUI KEN 2:18:45 Lonah Chemtai SALPETER ISR 2:18:51 Alemu MEGERTU ETH 2:19:10 Hiwot GEBREKIDAN ETH 2:19:12 Kiera DAMATO USA 2:19:48 Judith JEPTUM KEN 2:20:01 Eunice CHUMBA BRN 2:20:10 Celestine CHEPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:20:18 Vivian Jerono KIPLAGAT KEN 2:20:50 Meseret GOLA ETH 2:20:52 Mizuki MATSUDA JPN 2:20:59 Vibian CHEPKIRUI KEN 2:21:02 Mao ICHIYAMA JPN 2:21:03 Ruth CHEBITOK KEN 2:21:10 Maurine CHEPKEMOI KEN 2:21:17 Yeshi KALAYU ETH 2:21:17 Hitomi NIIYA JPN 2:21:56 Nazret WELDU ERI 2:22:01 Haven HAILU ETH 2:22:13 Chimdesa KUMSA ETH 2:22:19 Sintayehu TILAHUN ETH

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

DATE

Tokyo Nagoya Hamburg Tokyo Seoul Seoul Tokyo Tokyo Nagoya Sevilla Tokyo Houston Paris Seoul Seoul Milano Sevilla Osaka Vienna Tokyo Vienna Enschede Sevilla Tokyo Daegu Rotterdam Sevilla Milano

06 MAR 13 MAR 24 APR 06 MAR 17 APR 17 APR 06 MAR 06 MAR 13 MAR 20 FEB 06 MAR 16 JAN 03 APR 17 APR 17 APR 03 APR 20 FEB 30 JAN 24 APR 06 MAR 24 APR 24 APR 20 FEB 06 MAR 03 APR 10 APR 20 FEB 03 APR

TIME

ATHLETE

NATION RANK VENUE

2:22:21 Atalel ANMUT ETH 3 2:22:22 Yuko ANDO JPN 3 2:22:27 Jessica PIASECKI GBR 5 2:22:28 Kidsan ALEMA ETH 6 2:22:29 Mao UESUGI JPN 2 2:22:43 Pamela ROTICH KEN 2 2:22:51 Nienke BRINKMAN NED 2 2:22:52 Fantu JIMMA ETH 2 2:22:56 Sara HALL USA 8 2:22:56 Bekelech BORECHA ETH 1 2:23:01 Sheila JEROTICH KEN 3 2:23:05 Natsumi MATSUSHITA JPN 3 2:23:11 Mizuki TANIMOTO JPN 4 2:23:11 Meseret Gebre DEKEBO ETH 1 2:23:16 Besu SADO ETH 3 2:23:39 Adawork ABERTA ETH 7 2:23:53 Philomena CHEYECH KEN 2 2:24:02 Yukari ABE JPN 5 2:24:07 Adanech ANBESA ETH 4 2:24:09 Majida MAAYOUF MAR 8 2:24:09 Yenenesh DINKESA ETH 5 Other performances (drop 3.3m/km) 2:21:02 Peres JEPCHIRCHIR KEN 1 2:21:06 Abebel YESHANEH ETH 2 2:21:32 Mary Wacera NGUGI KEN 3 2:21:40 Edna KIPLAGAT KEN 4 2:22:13 Monicah NGIGI KEN 5 2:23:47 Viola CHEPTOO KEN 6

DATE

Milano Nagoya Sevilla Sevilla Osaka Daegu Rotterdam Paris Tokyo Prague Vienna Osaka Osaka Barcelona Paris Sevilla Enschede Osaka Paris Sevilla Paris

03 APR 13 MAR 20 FEB 20 FEB 30 JAN 03 APR 10 APR 03 APR 06 MAR 08 MAY 24 APR 30 JAN 30 JAN 08 MAY 03 APR 20 FEB 24 APR 30 JAN 03 APR 20 FEB 03 APR

Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston

18 APR 18 APR 18 APR 18 APR 18 APR 18 APR

Half Marathon Present world record: Kibiwott Kandie (KEN), 57:32, Valencia, 06 Dec 2020 New world record, pending ratification: Jacob Kiplimo (UGA), 57:31, Lisbon, 21 Nov 2021

Men TIME

ATHLETE

NATION RANK VENUE

57:56 58:30 58:35 58:36 58:40 58:45 58:48 58:55 59:06 59:10 59:15 59:15 59:17 59:18 59:26 59:28 59:28 59:30

Jacob KIPLIMO UGA Rodgers KWEMOI KEN Kenneth KIPROP KEN Seifu TURA ETH Amdework WALELEGNEETH Daniel KIBET KEN Alexander Mutiso MUNYAO KEN Alex KIBET KEN Haftu TEKLU ETH Chala REGASA ETH Rodgers KWEMOI KEN Elvis CHEBOI KEN Antenayehu DAGNACHEW ETH Kindie DERSEH ETH Yeman CRIPPA ITA Joshua BELET KEN Keneth RENJU KEN Mathew KIMELI KEN

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

DATE

Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Berlin 03 APR Barcelona 03 APR Barcelona 03 APR Istanbul 27 MAR Barcelona 03 APR Barcelona 03 APR Barcelona 03 APR Napoli 27 FEB Napoli 27 FEB Prague 02 APR Herzogenaurach 30 APR

TIME

ATHLETE

NATION RANK VENUE

Present world record (mixed competition): Abebel Yeshaneh (ETH) 1:04:31, Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB 2020 New world record (mixed competition), pending ratification: Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) 1:02:52, Valencia 24 OCT 2021 Present world record (women-only race): Peres Jepchirchir (KEN), 1:05:16, Gdynia, 17 OCT 2020

Women DATE

59:32 Josphat Kipkemboi KEMEI KEN 3 Napoli 27 FEB 59:32 Benard KIMELI KEN 2 Herzogenaurach 30 APR 59:33 Felix KIBITOK KEN 1 Santa Pola 23 JAN 59:33 Philemon KIPLIMO KEN 2 Prague 02 APR 59:34 Edward Kibet KIPROP KEN 2 Santa Pola 23 JAN 59:35 Josphat KIPROTICH KEN 4 Napoli 27 FEB 59:36 Alfred BARKACH KEN 3 Herzogenaurach 30 APR 20 MAR 59:37 Andrew Rotich KWEMOI UGA 1 Lille 59:37 Kibiwott KANDIE KEN 2 Lille 20 MAR 59:38 Roncer KIPKORIR KEN 3 Lille 20 MAR 59:40 Amos KURGAT KEN 4 Herzogenaurach 30 APR 59:41 Tadese TAKELE ETH 5 Herzogenaurach 30 APR Other performances (80% separation,-1.5m/km drop) 58:02 Sabastian Kimaru SAWEKEN 1 Rome-Ostia 06 MAR 59:21 Gemechu DIDA ETH 2 Rome-Ostia 06 MAR 59:22 Leonard LANGAT KEN 3 Rome-Ostia 06 MAR 59:31 Moses KOECH KEN 4 Rome-Ostia 06 MAR 59:46 Moses KEMEI KEN 5 Rome-Ostia 06 MAR

TIME

ATHLETE

1:04:14 1:04:22 1:04:36 1:04:48 1:05:02 1:05:03 1:05:26 1:05:28 1:05:46 1:05:50 1:05:52 1:06:03 1:06:26 1:06:33 1:06:34 1:06:35 1:06:37 1:06:44

Girmawit GEBRZIHAIR Hellen OBIRI Sheila CHEPKIRUI Hellen Obiri Sheila CHEPKIRUI Vicoty CHEPNGENO Magaret KIPKEMBOI Judith JEPTUM Bosena MULATE Joyce CHEPKEMOI Tsehay GEMECHU Irine Jepchumba KIMAIS Ellish MCCOLGAN Daisy CHEROTICH Irene KIMAIS Bekelech GUDETA Gete ALEMAYEHU Tsehay GEMECHU

NATION RANK VENUE

ETH KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN ETH KEN ETH KEN GBR KEN KEN ETH ETH ETH

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

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

TIME

ATHLETE

26:49 26:50 26:54 26:56 26:57 26:58 26:58 26:59 27:00 27:00 27:10 27:14 27:16 27:18 27:19 27:21 27:21 27:23 27:23

Joshua CHEPTEGEI UGA 1 Kibiwott KANDIE KEN 1 Sabastian Kimaru SAWEKEN 2 Rodrigue KWIZERA BDI 3 Kenneth KIPROP KEN 1 Daniel EBENYO KEN 1 Rhonex KIPRUTO KEN 4 Tadese WORKU ETH 5 Yasin HAJI ETH 2 HAJI ETH 6 Chimdessa Debele GUDETA ETH 2 Tsegay KIDANU ETH 1 Ronald KWEMOI KEN 1 Samwel CHEBOLEI MASAIKEN 2 Gemechu DIDA ETH 7 Tadese TAKELE BIKILA ETH 3 Weldon LANGAT KEN 8 Jacob KROP KEN 3 Chimdessa DEBELE ETH 1

NATION RANK VENUE

DATE

Cannes 06 MAR Herzogenaurach 30 APR Herzogenaurach 30 APR Herzogenaurach 30 APR Lille 20 MAR Valencia 09 JAN Herzogenaurach 30 APR Herzogenaurach 30 APR Lille 20 MAR Herzogenaurach 30 APR Valencia 09 JAN Malaga 24 APR Castellon 27 FEB Castellon 27 FEB Herzogenaurach 30 APR Castellon 27 FEB Herzogenaurach 30 APR Valencia 09 JAN Laredo 19 MAR

TIME

ATHLETE

27:23 27:23 27:29 27:31 27:34 27:35 27:38 27:40 27:41 27:43 27:44 27:44 27:50 27:50 27:51 27:53 27:56 27:57 27:58

Boniface KIBIWOTT Philemon KIPLIMO Geoffrey KOECH Patrick MOSIN Daniel Simiu EBENYO Kiprono SITONIK Nicholas KIPKORIR Cornelius KEMBOI Geoffrey KIPCHUMBA Tadese WORKU KIBIWOTT Emile CAIRESS Emmanuel KIPLAGAT Pietro RIVA Habtom SAMUEL Carlos MAYO Juan Antonio PÉREZ Kibiwot KANDIE Peter MARU

NATION RANK VENUE

KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN ETH KEN GBR KEN ITA ERI ESP ESP KEN UGA

2 9 10 3 1 2 1 11 4 2 4 5 3 4 2 5 6 3 6

DATE

Malaga 24 APR Herzogenaurach 30 APR Herzogenaurach 30 APR Malaga 24 APR Cape Town 15 MAY Laredo 19 MAR Bengaluru 15 MAY Herzogenaurach 30 APR Malaga 24 APR Bengaluru 15 MAY Valencia 09 JAN Valencia 09 JAN Laredo 19 MAR Laredo 19 MAR Cannes 06 MAR Laredo 19 MAR Laredo 19 MAR Bengaluru 15 MAY Valencia 09 JAN

Women

TIME

ATHLETE

NATION RANK VENUE

DATE

1:06:46 Brigid KOSGEI KEN 2 Lisboa 08 MAY 1:06:48 Viola CHEPNGENO KEN 1 Berlin 03 APR 1:06:57 Zenebu FIKADU ETH 1 Lille 20 MAR 1:06:57 Nesphine JEPLETENG KEN 1 Prague 02 APR 1:06:57 Ftaw ZERAY ETH 1 Gqeberha 04 JUN 1:06:58 Vicoty CHEPNGENO KEN 1 Istanbul 27 MAR 1:07:09 Madina MEHAMED ETH 2 Roma 06 MAR 1:07:11 Gotytom GEBRESLASE ETH 3 Lisboa 08 MAY 1:07:16 Irine CHEPTAI KEN 2 Prague 02 APR 1:07:18 Purity KOMEN KEN 2 Lille 20 MAR 1:07:15 Sara HALL USA 2 Houston 16 JAN 1:07:15 Pauline ESIKON KEN 1 Santa Pola 23 JAN 1:07:18 Purity KOMEN KEN 1 Granollers 06 FEB 1:07:20 Jess PIASECKI GBR 2 Santa Pola 23 JAN 1:07:22 Eunice CHIMBA BRN 8 Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Other performances (80% separation,-1.5m/km drop) 1:06:33 Irine Jepchumba KIMAIS KEN 1 Rome-Ostia 06 MAR 1:07:09 Madina MEHAMED ETH 2 Rome-Ostia 06 MAR

Present world record (mixed competition): Joyciline Jepkosgei, 29:43, Prague, 09 SEP 2017 New world record (mixed competition, pending ratification): Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH) 29:14; Castellon, 27 FEB 2022 Present world record (women-only race): Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR), 30:29, New York, 8 Jun 2002 New world record (women-only race, pending ratification): Agnes Tirop (KEN) 30:01, Herzogenaurach, 12 SEP 2021

10km Men

DATE

Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Istanbul 27 MAR Berlin 03 APR Houston 16 JAN Barcelona 03 APR Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Berlin 03 APR Istanbul 27 MAR Roma 06 MAR Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 19 FEB Berlin 03 APR Istanbul 27 MAR Barcelona 03 APR Lisboa 08 MAY

TIME

ATHLETE

29:14 30:14 30:15 30:19 30:23 30:24 30:29 30:33 30:35 30:35 30:35 30:38 30:40 30:44 30:48 30:48 30:48 30:50

Yelamzerf YEHUALAW ETH Vicoty CHEPNGENO KEN Hellen OBIRI KEN Eilish McCOLGAN GBR MCCOLGAN GBR Fantaye BELAYNEH ETH Ruth CHEPNGETICH KEN Joyce Chepkemoi TELE KEN Norah Jeruto TANUI KEN Sheila Chepkirui KIPROTICH KEN Irene CHEPTAI KEN Karoline GRØVDAL NOR Stella CHESANG UGA HOBIRI KEN Gladys CHEPKURUI KEN Mercy CHERONO KEN Jesca CHELANGAT KEN Faith CHERONO KEN

NATION RANK VENUE

1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 4

DATE

Castellon 27 FEB Castellon 27 FEB Manchester 22 MAY Manchester 22 MAY London 02 MAY Herzogenaurach 30 APR Manchester 22 MAY Herzogenaurach 30 APR Valencia 09 JAN Herzogenaurach 30 APR Bengaluru 15 MAY Valencia 09 JAN Cape Town 15 MAY Bengaluru 15 MAY Valencia 09 JAN Castellon 27 FEB Cape Town 15 MAY Herzogenaurach 30 APR

TIME

ATHLETE

31:01 31:02 31:02 31:06 31:10 31:11 31:17 31:19 31:21 31:22 31:24 31:25 31:27 31:28 31:29 31:29 31:32 31:33

Anchinalu Dessie GENANEH ETH 4 Esther BORURA KEN 5 Genzebe DIBABA ETH 3 Sharon LOKEDI KEN 4 Bekelech GUDETA ETH 6 Sarah CHELANGAT UGA 7 Yalemzerf YEHUALAW ETH 1 Viola CHEPNGENO KEN 8 Irine Jepchumba KIMAISKEN 9 Meraf BAHTA SWE 5 Bruktayit ESHETU ETH 1 Mekdes WOLDU FRA 1 Tigist ASSEFA ETH 1 Jess PIASECKI GBR 2 Girmawit GEBRZIHAIR ETH 2 Medhin GEBRESLASSIE ETH 10 Winfridah MOSETI KEN 1 Naomi CHEPNGENO KEN 4

NATION RANK VENUE

DATE

Valencia 09 JAN Herzogenaurach 30 APR Cape Town 15 MAY Manchester 22 MAY Herzogenaurach 30 APR Herzogenaurach 30 APR Addis Abeba 23 JAN Herzogenaurach 30 APR Herzogenaurach 30 APR Valencia 09 JAN Charleston 02 APR Berlin 13 MAR Telesia 19 JUN London 02 MAY Addis Abeba 23 JAN Herzogenaurach 30 APR Karlovac CRO 10 JUN Castellon 27 FEB

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ALGERIA Semi Marathon Int’l de la Ville de Béjaia Oct Haddad Fatsah E: f.haddad@ semimarathonbejaia.com W: www.semimarathondebejaia.com fb: facebook.com/ semimarathondebejaia Sahara Marathon James E. B. Carney E: saharamarathon@aol.com W: www.saharamarathon.org fb: facebook.com/ saharamarathonorg

FeB

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

ANGOLA *Meia Maratona Int’l Da Paz APR Carlos Rosa de Sousa E: crdseventos@gmail.com W: www. crdsmeiamaratonapazangola.com fb: bit.ly/33K8qX0 São Silvestre de Luanda 10kmMAR Carlos Rosa de Souza E: crabreluz@gmail.com W: www.faatletismo.ao fb: facebook.com/faatletismo/ ANTARCTICA Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100kDec Richard Donovan E: rd@npmarathon.com W: www.icemarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ AntarcticIceMarathon Antarctica Marathon & HalfMarathon Thom Gilligan E: info@marathontours.com W: www.antarcticamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ AntarcticaMarathon

FeB

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 APR 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 Adelaide Marathon Festival Aug Jeremy Zieseniss E: events@sarrc.asn.au W: www.adelaidemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/ SARoadRunnersClub 46

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

Barossa Marathon Festival MAY Jeremy Zieseniss E: events@sarrc.asn.au W: www.barossamarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/ SARoadRunnersClub/ Brisbane Marathon Festival Jun Jason Crowther E: info@myatlasevents.com.au W: www.brisbanemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/brisbanemarathon

ASIcS Austrian Women’s Run Jun Ilse Dippmann, Andreas Schnabl E: office@oesterreichischerfrauenlauf.at W: www.austrianwomensrun.com/en Salzburg Marathon MAY Johannes Langer E: office@salzburg-marathon.at W: www.salzburg-marathon.at fb: www.facebook.com/salzburg. marathon Vienna city Marathon APR Wolfgang Konrad E: office@vienna-marathon.com W: www.vienna-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/vienna.city. marathon Int’l WAcHAumarathon SeP Michael Buchleitner E: office@wachaumarathon.com W: www.wachaumarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ wachaumarathon BAHAMAS Marathon Bahamas, Half & Relay JAn

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

Pamela Richardson E: info@marathonbahamas.com W: www.marathonbahamas.com fb: www.facebook.com/ marathon242

nike Melbourne Marathon Festival Oct Marcus Gale E: enquiries@ melbournemarathon.com.au W: www.melbournemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/ melbournemarathonfestival

BANGLADESH Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Dhaka Marathon Md. Main Uddin E: main3917@gmail.com W: www.dhakamarathon.com.bd

RunFun travel Rottnest Running Festival Jun Tina Ingraham 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 Joel Savage E: info@ 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 Oct Günter Ernst E: info@sparkasse-3laender-marathon.at W: www.sparkasse-3-laendermarathon.at fb: facebook.com/ Sparkasse3LaenderMarathon

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

JAn

MAR

*Barishal Marathon JAn Theodore Joel Karmaker E: run@cosmicculture.org W: www.barishalmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/barishalmarathon Dhaka Half Marathon Afnan Ahmad E: dhakahalfmarathon@ gmail.com W: www.dhakahalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/DhakaHalf/ 3rd Annual RBI Distance Run Jon Michael Boka E: jon@run-bangla.com W: www.Run-Bangla.com fb: facebook.com/ RunBanglaInternational

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nOV

BELGIUM Antwerp Marathon supported by SeP Port of Antwerp-Bruges Thomas Huyberechts E: info@golazo.com W: www.antwerpmarathon.be fb: www.facebook.com/ antwerpmarathon Brussels Airport Marathon & Half Oct Marathon Thomas Huyberechts E: info@golazo.com W: www.brusselsairportmarathon.be/ en/

fb: facebook.com/brusselsmarathon

Linker Oevert Marathon Antwerp nOV

Kid Van Thienen E: kvth@telenet.be W: www.linkeroevertmarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/ZPKj2k

BHUTAN thunder Dragon Marathon Mike Gratton E: info@209events.com W: www.thunderdragonmarathon. com fb: facebook.com/ thunderdragonmarathon

Phnom Penh Int’l Half Marathon MAY

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

BOSNIA Banja Luka Marathon Oct Vladimir Selec E: banjalukamaraton@gmail.com W: www.banjalukamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/BLMARATHON BOTSWANA Diacore gaborone Marathon Jun Danny Blumberg E: info@ diacoregaboronemarathon. com W: www.diacoregaboronemarathon. com fb: facebook.com/ Diacoregaboronemarathon BRAZIL Brasilia city Half Marathon nOV Paulo Roberto Passos Carelli E: paulo@iguanasports.com.br W: www.bsbcityhalfmarathon.com.br fb: facebook.com/iguanasports.br Rio de Janeiro city Marathon Joao Traven E: maratonadorio@ maratonadorio.com.br W: www.maratonadorio.com.br fb: www.facebook.com/ maratonadoriodejaneiro

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Rio city Half Marathon MAY Paulo Roberto Passos Carelli E: paulo@iguanasports.com.br W: www.riocityhalfmarathon.com.br Rio Half Marathon Thadeus Gilberto Kassabian E: tgk@yescom.com.br W: www.riohalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/meiadorio/

Aug

Sao Paulo city Marathon JuL Paulo Roberto Passos Carelli E: paulo@iguanasports.com.br W: www.spcitymarathon.com.br fb: facebook.com/iguanasports.br São Paulo Int’l Marathon APR Thadeus Gilberto Kassabian E: tgk@yescom.com.br W: www.saopaulomarathonbrazil.com fb: facebook.com/ maratonadesaopaulo/ BULGARIA Wizz Air Sofia Marathon Daniel Hristov Dukov E: ddukov@abv.bg W: www.marathonsofia.com

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

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

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Sem Phalla E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.cambodia-events.org fb: facebook.com/ cambodiaamazingevents/

Sihanoukville Int’l Half Marathon APR

Sem Phalla E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.cambodia-events.org fb: facebook.com/ sihanoukvillemarathon

CANADA Scotiabank calgary Marathon MAY Jon Bird E: info@calgarymarathon.com W: www.calgarymarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWyk7c tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend MAY

Ian Fraser E: questions@runottawa.ca W: www.runottawa.ca fb: www.facebook.com/ OttawaMarathon

toronto Marathon MAY Jay Glassman E: info@torontomarathon.com W: www.torontomarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ torontomarathon tcS toronto Waterfront Marathon Oct Alan Brookes E: info@canadarunningseries. com W: www.torontowaterfrontmarathon. com/ fb: facebook.com/TOwaterfront42k/ Royal Victoria Marathon Oct Cathy Noel E: info@runvictoriamarathon.com W: www.runvictoriamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/Victoria. Marathon/ CAYMAN ISLANDS Walkers cayman Islands Dec Marathon Rhonda Kelly E: info@caymanislandsmarathon. com W: www.caymanislandsmarathon. com fb: facebook.com/CaymanMarathon CHILE Maratón de Santiago 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

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CHINA changsha Marathon Ren Longxiang E: lijiazhuo9@vip.qq.com W: www.marathonchangsha.com

Oct

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

chengdu Marathon Oct Liu Yue E: liuyue98@wanda.cn W: chengdu-marathon.mararun.com/

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

chongqing Int’l Marathon Guo Liya E: 569065820@qq.com W: www.cqmarathon.com

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

Dalian Int’l Marathon Sun Xinsheng E: kouzhengjie@sina.com W: www.dlmls.org

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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

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 Oct Ping Rongfeng E: hsmarathon@163.com W: www.hengshuilakemarathon.com Lanzhou Int’l Marathon Wang Zhengxuan E: Lzmarathon@sina.cn W: www.lzmarathon.com

Jun

Shanghai Int’l Marathon nOV Jenny Zhou E: general@shmarathon.com W: www.shang-ma.com Wuxi Marathon nOV Tianwen Hu E: tianwen@ihuipao.com W: www.wuximarathon.com Xiamen Marathon APR Ruan Dunliang E: xmmarathon@xmim. org,ealin_zhuo@126.com W: www.xmim.org/homes/static/ home.html?locale=en fb: facebook.com/xiamenmarathon CHINESE TAIPEI *eva Air Marathon Oct Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon JAn Huang Yu E: khmskhms@kcg.gov.tw W: www.khm.com.tw fb: facebook.com/khmarathon/ Kinmen Marathon JAn Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw Sun Moon Lake Marathon Oct Jerry Chen E: sunmoonlake.marathon@ gmail.com W: www.sunmoonlakemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ sunmoonlakemarathon/ 48

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CROATIA Du Motion-Runners’ Days Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik Half Marathon) APR Alen Bošković E: alen.boskovic@du-motion.com W: www.du-motion.com/en/home/ fb: facebook.com/dumotion Split Marathon Kristijan Sindik E: info@splitmarathon.com W: www.splitmarathon.com fb: web.facebook.com/ splithalfmarathon/

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

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

taipei Freeway Marathon MAY Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.taipeifreewaymarathon.com/ index.php

CUBA Marabana Marathon & Half & 10km Carlos R. Gattorno Correa E: gattorno.marabana@ gmail.com W: www.maratondelahabana.com fb: bit.ly/2z4m0Fu

Standard chartered taipei charity Marathon 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

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Int’l Marathon Varadero APR Alberto Juantorena Danger E: info@varadero-marathon.com W: varadero-marathon.com APR

taiwan’s Rice Heaven tianzhong nOV Marathon Cheng Tsung-Cheng E: study.ses@gmail.com W: www.tianzhongmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/520marathon Zengwen Reservoir Marathon Wang, Ching-Cheng E: tpe@mf.worldathletics.org W: www.athletics.org.tw fb: bit.ly/2rRvU6G

Dec

COLOMBIA media maratón de Bogotá Oct Martha Santos E: msantos@ correcaminoscolombia.com W: www.mediamaratonbogota.com fb: facebook.com/ mediamaratonbogota/ 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 San José costa Rica Half & Marathon Guillermo Sáenz E: marathoncostarica@ gmail.com W: www.marathoncostarica.com fb: bit.ly/3fXnp2Q

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CURAÇAO KLM curaçao Marathon nOV Kees van Muiswinkel E: kees@curacaomarathon.com W: www.curacaomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ klmcuracaomarathon CYPRUS Logicom cyprus Marathon Stavros Kakourides E: run@cyprusmarathon.com W: www.cyprusmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ CyprusMarathonOfficial

MAR

copenhagen Marathon 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

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

Hawassa Half Marathon FeB Dagmawit Amare E: dagmawit@ethiopianrun.org W: www.ethiopianrun.org fb: facebook.com/ GreatEthiopianRun FALKLAND ISLANDS Standard chartered Stanley Marathon MAR Sarfraz Rao E: bank.info@sc.com W: www.standardchartered.com/fk/ events/marathon FAROE ISLANDS Atlantic Airways tórshavn Marathon Jun Katrin Thorsvig Hansen E: bragdid@bragdid.fo W: www.torshavnmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/torshavnmaraton/ FIJI Island chill Suva Marathon JuL Brian Hennessy E: president@suvamarathon.org W: www.suvamarathon.org fb: facebook.com/suvamarathon/

La Ruta de las Iglesias JuL Samia Solah, Nina Solah E: samia@tventasec.com, nsolah@tventasec.com W: www.rutadelasiglesias.com fb: www.facebook.com/rutaiglesias

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

EGYPT 30th egyptian Marathon JAn Gasser Riad E: Info@egyptianmarathon.net W: www.egyptianmarathon.net fb: bit.ly/2zZkuod *great egyptian River nile Int’l nOV Marathon Ahmed S El-Nady E: bestegyrunners@gmail.com W: egypt42k.com fb: bit.ly/3a1RniJ

OPAP Limassol Marathon MAR Spyros Spyrou E: info@limassolmarathon.com W: www.limassolmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ limassolmarathon/

great Victory Run egypt’s Best Oct 10km Ahmed S El-Nady E: egyrunners@gmail.com W: egypt10k.com/ fb: bit.ly/3zDhJWq

Quantum nicosia Marathon Dec Costas Patinios, Evangelos Papapostolou E: info@nicosiamarathon.com W: www.nicosiamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/nicosiamarathon

ETHIOPIA great ethiopian Run 10km nOV Dagmawit Amare E: dagmawit@ethiopianrun.org W: www.ethiopianrun.org fb: www.facebook.com/ GreatEthiopianRun

ECUADOR Quito Últimas noticias 15k Dec Pablo Gonzalez Peña E: pabloarturogonzalez@ gmail.com W: www.quitoultimasnoticias15k.ec fb: facebook.com/UN15K

Radisson Blu Larnaka Int’l Marathon nOV Costas Daltas E: info@larnakamarathon.com W: larnakamarathon.com fb: bit.ly/2N9jBeH

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

*great Freedom Run egypt’s Dec Fastest Half Marathon Ahmed El-Nady E: bestegyrunners@gmail.com W: egypt21k.com fb: bit.ly/3rQQiUR

CZECH REPUBLIC Pardubice Wine Half Marathon APR Oldřich Bujnoch E: oldrichbujnoch@seznam.cz W: www. pardubickyvinarskypulmaraton.cz fb: on.fb.me/1HWsAYy

ESTONIA tallinna Maraton, Half & 10k SeP Mati Lilliallik E: info@tallinnmarathon.ee W: www.tallinnmarathon.ee fb: facebook.com/tallinnmarathon

Volkswagen Prague Marathon MAY Carlo Capalbo E: info@runczech.com W: www.runczech.com fb: facebook.com/runczech

tartu city Marathon Indrek Kelk E: kristina@tartumaraton.ee W: www.tartumaraton.ee fb: facebook.com/tartumaraton

Oct

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 10k Aug Kari Ahonen E: info@paavonurmisports.fi W: www.paavonurmimarathon.fi fb: on.fb.me/1SlsUaQ FRANCE French Riviera Marathon nicecannes Oct Hugues Lelievre E: communication@ azur-sport.org W: www.frenchrivieramarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWymMt Schneider electric Marathon de Paris APR Edouard Cassignol E: parismarathon@aso.fr W: www.schneiderelectricparismarathon. com fb: facebook.com/parismarathon Serge Vigot La Rochelle Int’l Marathon nOV Mauny Nicolas E: info@marathondelarochelle. com W: marathondelarochelle.com fb: facebook.com/marathonLR

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GEORGIA Heidelbergcement tbilisiHalfMarathon SeP Peter Gottwald E: info@tbilisimarathon.ge W: www.tbilisimarathon.ge fb: facebook.com/Tbilisimarathon

GREAT BRITAIN Mash Direct Belfast city Marathon MAY Claire O’Neill E: info@belfastcitymarathon.org W: www.belfastcitymarathon.com fb: facebook.com/MarathonBelfast

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

GERMANY *Ring Running Series nOV Björn Steinmetz E: info@ringrunningseries.com W: www.ringrunningseries.com fb: facebook.com/ringrunningseries

Baxters Loch ness Marathon & Festival of Running Oct Malcolm Sutherland E: info@lochnessmarathon.com W: www.lochnessmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ lochnessmarathon

HONG KONG, CHINA china coast Marathon JAn David Smith E: chinacoast@avohk.org W: www.avohk.org

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

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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: koeln-marathon.de/en/ 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 half marathon Jun Steven Richter E: info@hamburghalbmarathon.de W: www.hamburg-halbmarathon.de ADAc Hannover Marathon Stefanie Eichel E: kontakt@marathonhannover.de W: www.marathon-hannover.de fb: www.facebook.com/ MarathonHannover

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generali München Marathon Oct Gernot Weigl E: run@ generalimuenchenmarathon.de W: www.generalimuenchenmarathon. de fb: facebook.com/ generalimuenchenmarathon Volksbank-Münster-Marathon SeP Michael Brinkmann E: info@volksbankmuenster-marathon.de W: www.volksbank-muenstermarathon.de fb: on.fb.me/1bWylIv iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg MAY Guenter Herrmann E: g.herrmann@wuerzburgmarathon.de W: www.wuerzburg-marathon.de fb: www.facebook.com/Wuerzburg. Marathon

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: info@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

Dimitios Chalvatzaras E: info@ athensauthenticmarathon.gr W: www.athensauthenticmarathon.gr fb: www.facebook.com/ athensauthenticmarathon

Athens Half Marathon MAR Dimitios Chalvatzaras E: info@athinahalfmarathon.gr W: www.athinahalfmarathon.gr fb: facebook.com/ athenshalfmarathon crete Marathon MAY 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/ Rhodes Marathon Nikolaos Polias E: info@rhodesmarathon.gr W: www.rhodesmarathon.gr fb: facebook.com/roads2rhodes

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Int’l thessaloniki night Half Marathon Oct Drosos Christopoulos E: info@thesshalfmarathon.org W: www.thesshalfmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/1bWynjE GUAM united Airlines guam Marathon APR Ben Ferguson E: info@unitedguammarathon. com W: www.unitedguammarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ unitedguammarathon/

Standard chartered Hong Kong nOV Marathon William Ko E: inquiry@hkaaa.com W: www.hkmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/hkmarathon Mizuno Hong Kong HalfMarathon championships Alan Wong Kim Lun E: inquiry@hkaaa.com W: www.hkaaa.com fb: facebook.com/ilovehkaaa

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unIceF Run for every child Half Dec Marathon & 10km Lando Cheung E: lando.cheung@unicef.org.hk W: run.unicef.org.hk fb: facebook.com/unicef. runforeverychild/ HUNGARY Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon SeP

Árpád Kocsis E: registration@ runinbudapest.com W: halfmarathon.runinbudapest.com fb: facebook.com/runinbudapest/

SPAR Budapest Marathon Oct Árpád Kocsis E: registration@ runinbudapest.com W: marathon.runinbudapest.com fb: facebook.com/runinbudapest/ telekom Vivicittá Spring Half APR Marathon Árpád Kocsis E: registration@ runinbudapest.com W: springhalfmarathon.runinbudapest. com fb: facebook.com/runinbudapest/ ICELAND Suzuki Midnight Sun Run Hrefna Hlín Sveinbjörnsdóttir E: skraning@marathon.is W: midnightrun.is fb: facebook.com/midnightrunis Islandsbanki Reykjavik Marathon Hrefna Hlin Sveinbjornsdottir E: skraning@marathon.is W: www.rmi.is/en/ fb: facebook.com/ Reykjavikurmarathon

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INDIA Adani Ahmedabad Marathon nOV Styam Trivedi E: Satyam.trivedi@adani.com W: www.ahmedabadmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/AhmdMarathon/ tcS World 10K Bengaluru Hugh Jones E: tcsworld10k@procam.in W: tcsworld10k.procam.in fb: facebook.com/tcsw10k

MAY

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

*Sarmang Dehradun Marathon Oct Anil Mohan E: marathon@sarmang.com W: sarmangdehradunmarathon. sarmang.com fb: facebook.com/ sarmangDehradunMarathon 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 Dec 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

Ageas Federal Life Insurance new Delhi Marathon Nagaraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.newdelhimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ newdelhimarathon/

MAR

cairn Pink city Half Marathon Roop Betala E: racedirector@cairnpchm.in W: www.cairnpchm.com fb: facebook.com/ PinkCityMarathon/

Dec

Pune Int’l Marathon Dec Rohan More E: office.pimt@gmail.com W: www.marathonpune.com/contact. html fb: facebook.com/marathonpune Saquib Rizvi Memorial cancer Jun Awareness Half Marathon Rubina Akhtar Hasan Rizvi E: rkruby@gmail.com W: helpyourselffoundation.in Satara Hill Half Marathon Pallavi Pisal E: contact@runsatara.com W: www.runsatara.com fb: facebook.com/ SataraHillMarathon Mg Vadodara Int’l Marathon Sameer Khera E: samkhera@gmail.com W: www.vadodaramarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ VadodaraMarathon

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Au Bank Jaipur Marathon FeB Mukesh Mishra E: jaipurmarathon@gmail.com W: www.marathonjaipur.com fb: facebook.com/jaipurmarathon/

INDONESIA Maybank Bali Marathon Deniawan Rachmatialevi E: info@balimarathon.com W: www.balimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/BaliMarathon

tata Steel Kolkata 25k Hugh Jones E: tsk25@procam.in, aimssec@aol.com W: tsk25.procamrunning.in fb: facebook.com/TSKolkata25

Borobudur Marathon nOV Andreas Kansil E: andreas@pandarasports.com W: borobudurmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ BorobudurMarathon2021

Dec

Ageas Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Full Marathon MAR Nagraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.kolkatafullmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ kolkatafullmarathon/ Ladakh Marathon & ultra SeP Chewang Motup Goba E: info@ladakhmarathon.com W: www.ladakhmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ladakhmarathon Dadi Prakashmani Mount Abu Int’l Half Marathon Aug Mukesh Mishra E: jaipurmarathon@gmail.com W: www.abumarathon.com tata Mumbai Marathon JAn Hugh Jones E: tatamumbaimarathon@ procam.in, arati@procam.in W: tatamumbaimarathon.procam.in fb: facebook.com/ TataMumMarathon/ navi Mumbai Half Marathon FeB Siddarth Gupta E: sid@sportsunited.in W: www.navimumbaihalfmarathon. com fb: facebook.com/ Navimumbaimarathon

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

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IRELAND cork city Marathon Jun Adrienne Rodgers E: info@corkcitymarathon.ie W: www.corkcitymarathon.ie fb: facebook.com/corkcitymarathon/ Irish Life Dublin Marathon Jim Aughney E: office@dublinmarathon.ie W: irishlifedublinmarathon.ie fb: www.facebook.com/ dublinmarathon

Oct

Abbott Longford Marathon Aug Ciaran McGovern E: info@longfordmarathon.com W: longfordmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/longfordmarathon Waterford Viking Marathon Jun Joe Cawley E: info@ waterfordvikingmarathon.com W: www.waterfordvikingmarathon. com fb: on.fb.me/1HWuFDI

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

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

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

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

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Jerusalem Marathon, Half & 10k MAR

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 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

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giulietta & Romeo Half Marathon FeB Cesare Monetti E: press@veronamarathon.it W: www.giuliettaeromeohalfmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/veronamarathon Lago Maggiore Half Marathon MAY Paolo Ottone E: LMHM@pro-motion.it W: www.LMHM.it fb: facebook.com/ lagomaggiorehalfmarathon/ Lago Maggiore Marathon - 33 KM - Half Marathon - 10 KM nOV Paolo Ottone E: LMM@pro-motion.it W: www.lagomaggioremarathon.it fb: facebook.com/lagomaggioremarathon Milano Marathon APR Andrea Trabuio E: info@milanomarathon.it W: www.milanomarathon.it/en/ fb: facebook.com/MilanoMarathon Moonlight Half Marathon 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

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telesia city trophy Int’l Road Race 10k Jun Viscusi Diego E: info@trofeotelesia.it W: www.trofeotelesia.it fb: www.facebook.com/trofeotelese telesia Half Marathon Oct Diego Viscusi E: info@telesiahalfmarathon.it W: www.telesiahalfmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/ telesiahalfmarathon/ trento Half Marathon Oct Ferruccio Demadonna E: info@trentorunningfestival.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

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Verona Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K nOV 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 FeB Yoshihisa Deki E: deki-y@mainichi.co.jp W: www.betsudai.com ehime Marathon Shigenori Hamasaki E: info@ehimemarathon.jp W: ehimemarathon.jp

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Hokkaido Marathon Aug Natsuki Hasegawa E: hasegank@hokkaido-np.co.jp W: hokkaido-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/hokkaidomarathon Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon Kyoji Matsunaga E: marugame-half@ aroma.ocn.ne.jp W: www.km-half.com fb: bit.ly/2mrsm5x

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Kobe Marathon nOV Mr. Michiaki Yoshii 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 Kyoto Marathon Teruo Ito E: isono@runners.co.jp W: www.kyoto-marathon.com/en/ fb: facebook.com/kyoto. marathon.2021/

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Mt. Fuji International Marathon nOV R-bies Sports Foundation E: mtfuji42195@runners.co.jp W: mtfujimarathon.com/ fb: facebook.com/mtfujimarathon/ nagano Marathon APR Kouta Furuuchi E: info@naganomarathon.gr.jp W: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp fb: www.facebook.com/ naganomarathon nagoya Women’s Marathon MAR Koji Kitano E: nagoyawm@gmt.jtb.jp W: womens-marathon.nagoya fb: facebook.com/nagoya.womens. marathon nara Marathon Dec Shogo Arai E: athletic@nara-marathon.jp W: www.nara-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/naramarathon.jp Ohme-Hochi 30km Road Race & 10km FeB Tomoki Suzuki E: info@ohme-marathon.jp W: www.ohme-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/ohme.marathon Osaka Women’s Marathon Junji Sawada E: j-sawada@ktv.co.jp W: www.osaka-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/ osakawomensmarathon/

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the combined 10th Osaka Marathon and 77th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon FeB Keiji Ashihara E: support@osaka-marathon.com W: www.osaka-marathon.com/ index_en.html fb: facebook.com/osakamarathon. official Lake Saroma 100km ultra Marathon Jun Jiro Hashimoto E: saroma@runners.co.jp W: saromanblue.jp/index.shtml fb: www.facebook.com/saroma100km KIX Senshu Int’l Marathon FeB Hideki Nagafuji E: jimukyoku@senshumarathon.jp W: www.senshu-marathon.jp 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 toyama Marathon nOV Takakazu Ishii E: tm-info@toyamamarathon.com W: www.toyamamarathon.com/entry/ oversea.html fb: bit.ly/2qjEk6i JORDAN Amman Int’l Marathon 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 Dead Sea ultra Marathon Lina El Kurd E: l.kurd@runjordan.com W: www.runjordan.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9ilRz

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KOREA chuncheon Int’l Marathon Oct Hyungsuk Kim E: marathon@chosun.com W: www.chuncheonmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ChosunMarathon Daegu Int’l Marathon APR TaeKyu Kang E: ktk1203@gmail.com W: marathon.daegusports.or.kr fb: facebook.com/daegumarathon gunsan Saemangeum Int’l APR Marathon, 10km & 5km Kim Bockju E: kaaf5066@gmail.com W: www.smgmara.com gyeonggi Int’l Half Marathon Oct We Jang Ryang E: you.k02@kgnews.co.kr W: www.ggimarathon.com gyeongju Marathon Oct Hyun Jin Park E: joong4n2@donga.com W: www.gyeongjumarathon.com Incheon Int’l Half Marathon SeP Kim Bockju E: kaaf5066@gmail.com W: www.incheonmarathon.co.kr Seoul Marathon MAR Hyun Jin Park E: joong4n2@donga.com W: www.seoul-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/dongamarathon JtBc Seoul Marathon nOV E: marathon@jtbc.co.kr W: marathon.jtbc.com fb: facebook.com/ 2018JTBCSEOULMARATHON/ KUWAIT gulf Bank 642 Marathon nOV Ahmed Almajed E: hi@wesuffix.com W: www.gulfbank642marathon.com fb: facebook.com/GB642/ LATVIA Rimi Riga Marathon Aigars Nords E: marathon@necom.lv W: rimirigamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ RimiRigaMarathon

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Petra Desert Marathon SeP Lars Fyhr E: marathon@albatrosadventure.com W: www.petra-desert-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/petramarathon

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

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

LITHUANIA Kaunas Marathon APR Regimantas Tarasevičius E: info@kaunasmarathon.lt W: www.kaunasmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/KaunoMaratonas Rimi Vilnius Marathon SeP Gediminas Pajėda E: info@vilniausmaratonas.lt W: www.vilniusmarathon.lt fb: facebook.com/vilniusmarathon

Almaty Half Marathon APR Saltanat Kazybayeva E: saltanat@almaty-marathon.kz W: www.almaty-marathon.kz/en/ Astana Marathon SeP Gauhar Bramley-Fenton E: info@astana42k.com W: www.astana42k.com fb: bit.ly/2NWYlZx KENYA Standard chartered nairobi Marathon Oct Dennis Sitieney E: Dennis.Sitieney@sc.com W: www.nairobimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/StandardCharteredKE

LUXEMBOURG Ing Route du Vin E: contact@urbantrail.lu W: www.ingrouteduvin.lu fb: bit.ly/2YYR4xV MACAU, CHINA Macao International 10K Pun Weng Kun E: info@sport.gov.mo W: www.macao10k.com

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galaxy entertainment Macao Int’l Dec Marathon Pun Weng Kun E: macaomarathon@ sport.gov.mo W: www.macaumarathon.com MADAGASCAR Madagascar Marathon & Half MAY Thom Gilligan E: info@marathontours.com W: www.madagascarmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ MadagascarMarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

MALAYSIA Borneo Marathon APR Datuk Dr Heng Aik Cheng E: info@borneomarathon.com W: www.borneomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/borneomarathon Kuala Lumpur Standard chartered Marathon Rainer Biemans E: dirigo@dirigo.com.my W: www.kl-marathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ SCKLmarathon Kuching Marathon Liew Tang Chieh E: kchmarathon@gmail.com W: www.marathonkuching.com fb: on.fb.me/1OhT46J

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Miri Marathon nOV Yeo Hui Teck E: mirimarathon@hotmail.com W: www.marathonmiri.com Penang Bridge International Marathon Dec Yeoh Soon Hin E: info@penangmarathon.gov.my W: www.penangmarathon.gov.my fb: facebook.com/ penangbridgemarathon MALDIVES Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race SeP Mirshan Hassan E: mirshan@dhiraagu.com.mv W: www.dmrr.mv fb: facebook.com/dhiraagufans/ MALTA Malta Int’l nOV “challenge” Marathon Barry Michael Whitmore E: barrym.whitmore@gmail.com W: www.maltachallengemarathon. com fb: facebook.com/ maltachallengemarathon MEXICO 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” APR Fernando Gabriel García Carrillo E: fgarcia@fecodi.com.mx W: www.maratoncelaya.com fb: facebook.com/MaratonCelaya

gran Maratón Dec Pacifico Mazatlán Karla Angelica Camacho Guzman E: paisajismo_karlac@ hotmail.com W: www.maraton.org fb: www.facebook.com/gran. maratonpacifico

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

21K guadalajara electrolit FeB nutrido por granvita Albino Galvan Martinez E: albino.galvan@comudeguadalajara. gob.mx, enriquegarcia@ deportesguadalajara.gob.mx W: www.medio.maratonguadalajara. org fb: facebook.com/MaratonGDL

MOROCCO Marathon Int’l de casablanca Oct Mohamed Jouahri E: contact@casaevents.ma W: www.casablanca-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/casamarathon/

Medio Maratón Atlas de SeP guadalajara Saúl Figueroa E: medio.maraton@ atlascolomos.com.mx W: www.mediomaraton.atlas.com.mx fb: facebook.com/ AtlasMedioMaraton/ Maratón guadalajara Megacable nOV hidratado por electrolit Albino Galvan Martínez E: albino.galvan@ comudeguadalajara.gob. mx, luisenrique.garcia@ comudeguadalajara.gob.mx W: www.maratonguadalajara.org fb: facebook.com/MaratonGDL Maraton Int’l de Juarez Federico Mendoza E: nflores@fundaciongi.org W: www.maratondejuarez.com fb: bit.ly/2JdBw6H

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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

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

enschede Marathon APR Sandra Melief E: sandra@enschedemarathon.nl W: www.enschedemarathon.nl fb: nl-nl.facebook.com/ EnschedeMarathon

Spitsbergen Marathon Jun Lene Jeanette Dyngeland E: post@spitsbergenmarathon.no W: www.spitsbergenmarathon.no fb: facebook.com/ spitsbergenmarathon

Leiden Marathon MAY Tjeerd Scheffer E: info@marathon.nl W: www.marathon.nl fb: facebook.com/Leidenmarathon

Stavanger Marathon Aug Johannes Økland E: lop@gti-friidrett.no W: www.stavangermarathon.no fb: facebook.com/StavangerMarathon/

nn Marathon Rotterdam APR Remco Barbier E: info@marathonrotterdam.nl W: www.nnmarathonrotterdam.org fb: www.facebook.com/ MarathonRdam

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

NEW ZEALAND Barfoot & thompson Auckland Marathon Oct Mitch Murcott E: aucklandmarathon@ ironman.com W: aucklandmarathon.co.nz fb: facebook.com/ aucklandmarathon

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

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

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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

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Maratón Powerade Monterrey Dec Edilberto González Serna E: edilbertogonzalez. accnl@gmail.com W: www.maratonmonterrey.com fb: facebook.com/Maratonmty 21km nuevo León nOV Luciano Ramirez Gallardo E: atletismonuevoleon@ gmail.com W: www.asociaciondeatletismonl.com fb: facebook.com/21knl *Maratón Puerto Vallarta APR Humberto Munoz Vargas E: direccion@ maratonpuertovallarta.com W: www.maratonpuertovallarta.com Queretaro Maraton Oct Ismail Alejandro Álvarez Pacheco E: infomaratonqro@gmail.com W: www.queretaromaraton.com BMW tangamanga Int’l Marathon Jun Jaime Eduardo Morales Reyes E: maratontangamanga@ gmail.com W: www.maratontangamanga.com fb: facebook.com/ maratontangamanga Maraton Varmex Oct Carlos Vargas Rosas E: carlosvargasrosas@ hotmail.com W: www.maratonvarmex.com fb: facebook.com/maratonvarmex

Abdellah Jeddad E: ajeddad@gmail.com W: www.running.ma

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

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NORTH POLE 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

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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Saipan Marathon MAR Edward Diaz E: ediaz@mymarianas.com W: mymarianas.com fb: bit.ly/2BWDSTk NORWAY Fjordkraft Bergen city Marathon APR

MYANMAR Bagan temple Marathon nOV Rune Nortoft E: rn@albatros-adventure.com W: www.bagan-temple-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/ bagantemplemarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

NETHERLANDS tcS Amsterdam Marathon Oct Rene Wit E: info@tcsamsterdammarathon.nl W: www.tcsamsterdammarathon.nl fb: www.facebook.com/ TCSAmsterdamMarathon Dam tot Damloop Jan Willem Mijderwijk E: beau.groot@lechampion.nl W: www.damloop.nl fb: www.facebook.com/ damtotdamloop ASML Marathon eindhoven Edgar de Veer E: edgar.deveer@golazo.com W: www.marathoneindhoven.nl fb: facebook.com/marathon. eindhoven

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Janne Jensen E: post@bergencitymarathon.no W: www.bergencitymarathon.no fb: facebook.com/ BergenCityMarathon/

Midnight Sun Marathon Nils I. Haetta E: info@msm.no W: www.msm.no fb: on.fb.me/18FhPtw BMW Oslo Maraton Cecilie L’Orsa 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 3-Sjøersløpet (the 3 Lakes Race) Johannes Økland E: lop@gti-friidrett.no W: www.3sjoers.no fb: facebook.com/3sjoers

PARAGUAY Maratón Int’l Asunción Aug Myrta Doldan Roman E: pmc.paraguay@gmail.com W: www.pmcpy.org fb: facebook.com/PyMarathonClub Int’l Asunción Half Marathon MAY Marcelo Ithurralde E: marcelo@runningtime.org W: www.pmcpy.org fb: facebook.com/PyMarathonClub PERU Marathon Life Lima42k MAY Andreas Müller E: info@zmsports.org W: www.lima42k.com fb: facebook.com/maratonlima42k/ POLAND PKO Bialystok Halfmarathon MAY Grzegorz Kuczynski E: fundacja@bialystokbiega.pl W: www.bialystokpolmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/ bialystokpolmaraton/ cracovia Marathon APR Krzysztof Kowal E: marathon@cracoviamaraton.pl W: www.cracoviamaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/CracoviaMaraton

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cracovia Royal Half Marathon Oct Krzysztof Kowal E: marathon@cracoviamaraton.pl W: cracoviapolmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/CracoviaMaraton

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PKO Poznań Half Marathon APR Łukasz Miadziołko E: info@halfmarathon.poznan.pl W: www.halfmarathon.poznan.pl fb: facebook.com/PoznanMaraton nOV

PKO Poznań Marathon Oct Lukasz Miadziolko E: info@marathon.poznan.pl W: www.marathon.poznan.pl fb: facebook.com/PoznanMaraton

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Silesia Marathon Bohdan Witwicki E: info@silesiaproactive.pl W: www.silesiamarathon.pl/en/ fb: on.fb.me/18FdJS0

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Warsaw Marathon SeP Marek Tronina E: info@warsawmarathon.com W: maratonwarszawski.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

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PKO Wroclaw night Half Jun Marathon Wojciech Gestwa E: wojciech.gestwa@mcs.wroc. pl, biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl W: pol.wroclawmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/maraton.wroclawski PORTUGAL Montepio Meia Maratona de APR cascais Hugo Miguel Ramos Sousa E: geral@hmssports.pt W: www.meiamaratonadecascais.pt fb: facebook.com/ meiamaratonadecascais/ Discoveries Half Marathon Dec António Campos E: geral@xistarca.pt W: meiamaratonadosdescobrimentos. com fb: bit.ly/2oReipd Funchal Marathon JAn Policarpo Gouveia E: geral.atletismomadeira@ gmail.com W: www.madeiramarathon.com fb: facebook.com/funchalmarathon/ Lidl São Silvestre de Lisboa Dec Hugo Miguel Ramos Sousa E: info@saosilvestredelisboa.com W: www.saosilvestredelisboa.com fb: facebook.com/saosilvestredelisboa eDP Lisbon Half Marathon MAR Carlos Moya E: geral@maratonaportugal.com W: www.maratonaclubedeportugal. com/en/corrida-marco-2022/ edp-lisbon-half-marathon/ 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/ Porto Half Marathon SeP Jorge Teixeira E: geral@runporto.com W: www.meiamaratonadoporto.com fb: facebook.com/ meiamaratonadoporto/ 56

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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Sanlam cape town Marathon Oct Renee Jordaan E: raceoffice@ capetownmarathon.com W: www.capetownmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ CTMarathon comrades Marathon Rowyn James E: info@comrades.com W: www.comrades.com fb: facebook.com/ ComradesMarathon

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totalsports two Oceans Marathon APR Debra Barnes E: debra@twooceansmarathon. org.za W: www.twooceansmarathon.org.za fb: www.facebook.com/ TwoOceansMarathon ROMANIA *Brasov Running Festival 10K SeP Daniel Santa E: daniel.santa@comparty.org W: brasovrun.ro/en Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon Oct Paolo Ottone E: info@abrc.ro W: www.bucharest-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/ BucharestMarathon OMV Petrom Bucharest Half Marathon MAY Paolo Ottone E: info@abrc.ro W: www.bucharest21km.com fb: facebook.com/Bucharest21km Wizz Air Bucharest International Half Marathon by constantina Dita APR Alina Manea E: alina@runbi10k.ro W: runbi21km.ro Wizz Air cluj-napoca Marathon SeP

Horatiu Morar E: office@runnersclub.ro W: www.maraton-cluj.ro/en fb: bit.ly/2fUJuR1

RUSSIA golden Ring ultra trail 100 Michael Dolgy E: info@goldenultra.ru W: www.goldenultra.ru fb: facebook.com/ GoldenRingUltraTrail/

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Kazan Marathon MAY Vadim Yangirov E: vadim@youngirov.ru W: www.kazanmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/kazanmarathon/ Kazan Half Marathon Vadim Yangirov E: vadim@youngirov.ru W: timerman.org

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Moscow Marathon SeP Dmitry Tarasov E: tarasov@runc.run W: moscowmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/moscowmarathon

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

SPB Half Marathon. the northern capital Aug Dmitry Tarasov SINGAPORE E: tarasov@runc.run Standard chartered Singapore W: spbhalf.org Marathon nOV fb: facebook.com/runcomrun/ Shaun Nik Pushkin Marathon MAY E: singaporeinfo@ironman.com Dmitriy Pavlov W: www.singaporemarathon.com E: info@pushkin-run.com fb: www.facebook.com/MarathonSG W: pushkin-run.ru SLOVAKIA Pushkin – St Petersburg SeP ČSOB Bratislava Marathon APR Dmitriy Pavlov Jozef Pukalovič E: info@pushkin-run.com E: info@becool.sk W: pushkin-run.ru W: www.bratislavamarathon.com Siberian Ice Half Marathon JAn fb: www.facebook.com/bratislava. Konstantin Podbelski marathon E: tour@runsim.ru Košice Peace Marathon Oct W: www.runsim.ru Branislav Koniar fb: on.fb.me/1zzM9nj E: info@kosicemarathon.com Course not measurable to AIMS standards W: www.kosicemarathon.com Siberian Int’l Marathon Aug fb: facebook.com/kosicemarathon/ Konstantin Podbelski E: tour@runsim.ru SLOVENIA W: www.runsim.ru Volkswagen Ljubljana Marathon fb: on.fb.me/1lttnsK Oct Barbara Železnik Yarche tomsk International Marathon Jun E: info@timingljubljana.si W: www.vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si Alexander Gordievskikh fb: facebook.com/ljmaraton E: info@tomskmarathon.ru W: tomskmarathon.ru three Hearts Marathon MAY fb: facebook.com/tomskmarathon Marko Pintaric galaxy Vladivostok Marathon SeP E: info@maraton-radenci.si W: www.maraton-radenci.si Olga Gaeva fb: facebook.com/MaratonTrehSrc E: info@vladivostokmarathon.ru W: www.galaxymarathon.com SPAIN fb: facebook.com/RunDnsRun/ Zurich Marató de Barcelona MAR White nights Marathon Jun Mauro Llorens Codinach Dmitry Tarasov E: mauro.llorens@rpmsports.es E: tarasov@runc.run W: www.zurichmaratobarcelona.es W: wnmarathon.runc.run fb: www.facebook.com/ ZURICHMARATODEBARCELONA fb: facebook.com/wnmarathon/ RWANDA Kigali International Peace Marathon Jean Pierre Ndacyayisenga E: coach2020a@gmail.com W: www.kigalimarathon.org fb: bit.ly/2llV4W3

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eDreams Mitja Marató de Barcelona FeB Mauro Llorens Codinach E: mauro.llorens@rpmsports.es W: edreamsmitjabarcelona.com fb: facebook.com/ mitjamaratobarcelona

Movistar Madrid Medio Maratón MAR SAUDI ARABIA Alejandro Sánchez Perrote Khobar International Half Marathon E: info@mediomaratonmadrid.es Dec W: www.mediomaratonmadrid.es Saad Shahdad fb: facebook.com/ E: info@greenlineksa.com mediomaratonmadrid/ W: www.greenlineksa.com Rock ’n’ Roll Running Series Madrid APR SERBIA Pedro Rumbao Belgrade Marathon MAY E: drumbao@mapoma.es Dejan Nikolic W: www.edprocknrollmadrid.com E: office@bgdmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/RnRMadrid W: www.bgdmarathon.org eDP Medio Maratón de la Mujer fb: www.facebook.com/Belgrade. de Madrid Oct Marathon Francisco Javier Gavela Rodríguez novi Sad Half Marathon MAR E: fjgavela@mpib.es Dimitrije Dolga W: www.edpmediomaratondelamujer.es E: marathon@sbb.rs fb: facebook.com/ W: www.marathon.org.rs MedioMaratonMujer/ fb: facebook.com/novisad.marathon generali Maratón Málaga Dec novi Sad Marathon Oct Pablo Gálvez Martín Milan Dolga E: info@zurichmaratonmalaga.es E: marathon@sbb.rs W: www.maratonmalaga.com W: www.marathon.org.rs fb: facebook.com/ maratondemalaga/ fb: facebook.com/novisad.marathon

Zafiro Palma Marathon Mallorca 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 Zurich Oct Paco Borao E: gerencia@correcaminos.org W: www.valenciaciudaddelrunning. com/medio-maraton fb: www.facebook.com/ mediomaratonvalencia Valencia trinidad Alfonso Marathon Dec Paco Borao E: gerencia@correcaminos.org W: www.valenciaciudaddelrunning. com fb: facebook.com/maratonvalencia 10K Valencia Ibercaja Alex Aparicio E: alex@10kvalencia.com W: www.10kvalencia.com fb: facebook.com/10KValencia/ SRI LANKA LSR colombo Marathon P.T. Weerasinghe E: colombomarathon@ LSR-srilanka.com, LSRtilak@sltnet.lk W: www.colombomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ LSRColomboMarathon

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SWEDEN göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon MAY

Erik Bergkvist E: info@goteborgsvarvet.se W: www.goteborgsvarvet.se fb: www.facebook.com/ goteborgsvarvet

adidas Stockholm Marathon Jun David Fridell E: info@stockholmmarathon.se W: www.stockholmmarathon.se fb: www.facebook.com/ stockholmmarathon.se Stockholm Half Marathon SeP Bengt Jansson E: info@stockholmhalvmarathon.se W: www.stockholmhalvmarathon.se fb: facebook.com/ stockholmhalfmarathon

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SWITZERLAND generali genève Marathon MAY Benjamin Chandelier E: info@genevemarathon.org W: www.generaligenevemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/GeneveMarathon greifenseelauf uster Markus Ryffel E: greifenseelauf@ markusryffels.ch W: www.greifenseelauf.ch fb: facebook.com/greifenseelauf

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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 Jamie Vrijhof E: info@neujahrsmarathon.ch W: www.neujahrsmarathon.ch fb: www.facebook.com/ neujahrsmarathon StraLugano SeP Richi Umberg E: richi@stralugano.ch W: www.stralugano.ch SwisscityMarathon – Lucerne Oct Reto Schorno E: info@swisscitymarathon.ch W: www.swisscitymarathon.ch fb: facebook.com/ SwissCityMarathon Swiss Irontrail Aug Andrea Tuffli E: info@irontrail.ch W: www.irontrail.ch fb: facebook.com/swissirontrail Course not measurable to AIMS standards

gornergrat Zermatt Marathon JuL Andrea Schneider E: info@zermattmarathon.ch W: www.zermattmarathon.ch fb: www.facebook.com/ zermattmarathon Zürich Marathon APR E: info@zuerichmarathon.ch W: www.zuerichmarathon.ch fb: facebook.com/zurichmarathon TANZANIA *cRDB Bank Marathon Tully Esther Mwambapa E: tullyesther.mwambapa@ crdbbank.co.tz W: www.crdbbankmarathon.co.tz

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Kilimanjaro Marathon FeB John Addison E: info@vicfallsmarathon.com W: www.kilimanjaromarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ kilimanjaromarathon/ THAILAND Bangkok Marathon nOV E: njatbkk@gmail.com W: www.bkkmarathon.com/homeEN.php fb: facebook.com/Bkkmarathon Bangkok Midnight Marathon Dec Boonperm Intanapasat E: pom@moveasia.co.th W: www.bangkokmidnightmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ Bangkokmidnightmarathon/ 58

Amazing thailand Marathon Bangkok Dec Kobkiat Sangwanich E: amazingthailand marathon2021@gmail.com W: www.amazingthailand marathon2022.com fb: bit.ly/3mQdlNk Bangsaen21 Half Marathon Dec Rut Jiroajvanichakorn E: info@Bangsaen21.com W: www.Bangsaen21.com/en fb: facebook.com/bangsaen21/ Bangsaen42 chonburi Marathon Oct Rut Jiroajvanichakorn E: info@BANGSAEN42.com W: www.bangsaen42.com fb: facebook.com/BANGSAEN42 Bangsaen10 SeP Varithaya Laksanakoses E: jutamas@mice.co.th W: www.bangsaen10.com fb: facebook.com/Bangsaen10K Buriram Marathon JAn Tanaisiri Chanvitayarom E: brrmarathon@gmail.com W: www.burirammarathon.com fb: facebook.com/bru.marathon/ chanthaburi Scenic Half Marathon MAY Alongkorn Jiamanukulkit E: alongkorn@raceup.co.th W: www.scenicmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/scenicmarathon

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

chanthaburi Scenic Marathon Dec Alongkorn Jiamanukulkit E: alongkorn@raceup.co.th W: www.scenicmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/scenicmarathon

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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 Krabi Half Marathon Alongkorn Jiamanukulkit E: alongkorn@raceup.co.th W: www.krabimarathon.run fb: facebook.com/krabimarathon

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River Kwai Int’l Half Marathon SeP Mallika Polanan E: mpolanan@gmail.com W: amazingfield.net/event-detail-EN/ RIVER-KWAI-INTERNATIONALHALF-MARATHON-2020 Supersports Laguna Phuket Marathon Jun Roman Floesser E: info1@phuketmarathon.com W: www.phuketmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/phuketmarathon nong Khai ASeAn Marathon Dec Veerathorn Earsakul E: mpolanan@gmail.com W: amazingfield.net/event-detail-EN/ NONGKHAI-ASEAN-MARATHON-2020 Photak Marathon Dec Kongkaew Wanthana E: photak2021@gmail.com W: www.photakmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/photakmarathon

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

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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO uWI SPec Int’l Half Marathon Oct Grace Jackson E: specinfo@sta.uwi.edu W: sta.uwi.edu/spec/marathon fb: facebook.com/UWISPEC TUNISIA 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

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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/ APR

Naamen Bouhamed E: contact@sportsmed-events.com W: tunisiawomenrun.com/ fb: facebook.com/tunisiawomenrun

TURKEY nKolay İstanbul Marathon I. Renay Onur E: renay.onur@spor.istanbul W: www.maraton.istanbul

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nKolay İstanbul Half Marathon APR I. Renay Onur E: renay.onur@spor.istanbul W: www.istanbulyarimaratonu.com U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS the St. croix Int’l Marathon Dec Wallace Williams E: wallacewilliams@msn.com W: virginislandspace.org/ stxmarathon2019.html UKRAINE Bila tserkva Marathon Oct Sergey Bocharov E: sergeebocharov@gmail.com W: www.bc-marathon.org.ua fb: facebook.com/ BilaTserkvaMarathon/ *nova Poshta Kharkiv Marathon SeP

Masich Alina Viktorivna E: masich.alina@gmail.com W: newrun.com.ua/en/

Wizz Air Kyiv city Marathon Oct Dmytro Chernitskyi E: Registration@runukraine.org W: www.kyivmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/ kyivmarathon/?fref=ts nova Poshta Kyiv Marathon SeP Maxim Krivenko E: krivenko.maxim@gmail.com W: kyivmarathon.newrun.com.ua

*Lviv nova Poshta Marathon nOV Drozd Olena Oleksandrivna E: volonteers@newrun.com.ua W: newrun.com.ua/en/ *Odesa nova Poshta Half Marathon MAY Kryvenko Maksym Volodymyrovych E: krivenko.maxim@gmail.com W: newrun.com.ua/en/odesa2021.html Poltava nova Poshta Half Marathon Vradiy Maxim Anatolovich W: newrun.com.ua/en/

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Dhabi “Yes I can” 10km Int’l MAR Rachid Ben Meziane E: info@2cras.com W: www.running.ma ADnOc Abu Dhabi Marathon Dec Andrea Trabuio E: info@ adnocabudhabimarathon.com W: www.adnocabudhabimarathon. com fb: facebook.com/ ADNOCADmarathon/ the Ras al Khaimah Half Marathon FeB Andrea Trabuio E: info@ adnocabudhabimarathon.com W: therakhalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ therakhalfmarathon UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Big Sur Int’l Marathon APR Doug Thurston E: info@bsim.org W: www.bigsurmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/1f9jxV9 Monterey Bay Half Marathon nOV Doug Thurston E: info@bsim.org W: www.montereybayhalfmarathon. org fb: on.fb.me/IRalcA B.A.A. Boston Marathon Dave McGillivray E: info@baa.org W: www.baa.org fb: www.facebook.com/ TheBostonMarathon

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Bank of America chicago Marathon Oct Carey Pinkowski E: office@chicagomarathon.com W: chicagomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ ChicagoMarathon/ 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 Marine corps Marathon Oct Rick Nealis E: mcmcustomerservice@ usmc-mccs.org W: www.marinemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ MarineCorpsMarathon Maui Oceanfront Marathon JAn Les Wright E: RunMaui@gmail.com W: www.MauiOceanfrontMarathon.com fb: facebook.com/runmaui/

tcS new York city Marathon nOV Ted Metellus E: nyrrevents@nyrr.org W: www.tcsnycmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/nycmarathon Rock ’n’ Roll Dc Marathon & Half Marathon MAR Kevin Buffalino E: rnrdc@competitorgroup.com W: www.runrocknroll.com/DC fb: facebook.com/RocknRollDC Humana Rock ’n’ Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon FeB Nicole Keilman E: rnrvegas@runrocknroll.com W: runrocknroll.com/las-vegas fb: facebook.com/RnRVegas/ URUGUAY Maratón de Montevideo Marcos Melazzi E: secretariacau2016@ gmail.com fb: facebook.com/ maratonmontevideo42km UZBEKISTAN tashkent International Half Marathon Mamadaliyev Ulugbek E: m-ulugbek@bk.ru W: uzmarathon.uz

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VENEZUELA cAF caracas Maratón APR Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia E: maratoncaf@caf.com W: maraton.caf.com fb: facebook.com/MaratonCafCaracas XXI gatorade ccS Rock Oct Sonia Rosales E: srosales@hipereventos.com W: www.hipereventos.com fb: on.fb.me/IRe3mA VIETNAM Manulife Danang Int’l MAR Marathon Bady Pham E: info@pulse.vn W: www.rundanang.com fb: facebook.com/ dananginternationalmarathon *Hanoi Marathon Nguyen Manh Hung E: vie@mf.worldathletics.org W: hanoiheritagemarathon.com techcombank Ho chi Minh city Int’l Marathon Onslo Carrington E: onslo@sunriseevents.com.vn W: marathonhcmc.com fb: bit.ly/2z9Rcjt

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Oct Longbien Marathon Pham Thanh Tung E: support@racevietnam.com W: www.longbienmarathon.com/en

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

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