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Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) set a new womenonly world record time of 1:05:34 at the Prague 21.1 km – Ready for the Restart on 5 September. Picture: Honza Mudra/RunCzech

News

Take it to the bridge

AIMS News

EDP Lisbon Half Marathon, Portugal

Calendar

A half marathon with a rich history, in a city with even more heritage

Looking ahead 9

Honouring and protecting Athens Marathon The Authentic, Greece The Authentic Marathon tried valiantly to keep its place on the road – even in the COVID-19 era

Features

World leading times The top times for men and women at Marathon,

Cardiff Half Marathon, Great Britain 2021 offers two chances at flat, fast course

Finding a way

Günther Vogl explains how the Altötting Half Marathon scaled down its operations to keep its place on the 2020 race calendar

Run, fun and winter sun

HAJ Hannover Marathon, Germany Up-and-coming running hotspot hosts German championships

The “Marathoneum” AIMS Marathon-Museum of Running in Berlin

Marathon movers

Reach the Limmat

For the record

Zürich Marathon, Switzerland Switzerland’s biggest city welcomes runners of all levels

Longest-serving race directors of AIMS events

The organisers who devote their lives to bringing both the spectacle for spectators and the course to all of us runners.

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Half Marathon and 10km

Race contact details

AIMS member races with full contact details Cover picture

Running into history

Logicom Cyprus Marathon, Cyprus Enjoy a ‘complete running experience’ in Cyprus

Reunion in Hannover

Official listings for AIMS events

Opinion

Chasing the Welsh dragon

Regulars

Runners in the Moscow Half Marathon held on 2 August. Over 9500 runners finished along with nearly 2,500 others in the supporting 5km event. Winners were Rinas Akhmadeev (1:04:24) and Elena Korobkina (1:10:29). Korobkina went on to win the 10km event held in association with the Absolute Moscow Marathon on 20 September in a time of 31:49. Around 9500 finished the Marathon along with another 12,000 in the 10km.

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A changed landscape Over the last three months the race calendar has been comprehensively blown apart. As organisers at first optimistically postponed their races – and often later had to cancel them – the racing landscape changed beyond recognition.

Halfmarathon Altötting (GER) and St Petersburg Half Marathon (RUS, below) both went ahead with precautions in place

Events that started up again were small experimental affairs having to do things completely at odds with normal practice: drastically reduce the number of participants and actively avoid attracting spectators. Some of the handful of races which looked like they might be going ahead, Da Nang Marathon in Vietnam and Reykjavik Marathon in Iceland were both cancelled at very short notice when there was a sudden upturn in coronavirus cases after several weeks or even months of remission. Swiss City Marathon Lucerne cancelled their flagship event but instituted a series of 10 “Yes We Run” socially-distanced races with fields of 250 runners. Altotting Half Marathon (see feature pp??) set their limit at 500 runners and ran two races, one following the other, with strict hygiene protocols in place. Japanese races were cancelling further in advance than elsewhere – up to six months ahead of the race date. Other races that far ahead in the calendar sometimes felt obliged to re-state their intention to stick to the published date – even though there could never be any guarantees of being able to do so. But in September there were a few races where numbers were not quite so severely diminished. Budapest Half Marathon went ahead with anticovid measures in place and had 4400 finishers. The expected relaxation of limits to the number of people allowed to participate in outdoor events did not take place. Many races in countries with low infection rates, like Germany and Denmark, were prevented from putting on events because of this blanket ban. The promised exceptions for events where a workable ‘hygiene plan’ could be put in place, as was announced for Hamburg, were compromised by the

local authorities’ insistence that the impact of spectators attracted to the race also had to be included. As European countries eased restrictions on everyday activity – especially activity with an economic impact – infection rates went up and led to counter-measures which again depressed the chances of limits being eased for running events irrespective of the anti-covid precautions to be put in place.

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Without any big races going ahead there was no evidence of what impact they would have but often it was the worst possible case that was imagined. So Tokyo considered moving their date to October in case fallout from a mass marathon held in March impacted on the chances of the (postponed) Olympics being held there in July/August. Progress has been made towards a ‘return to racing’ but it has been

slow and uncertain – always subject to backward steps. Because of quarantine restrictions many races are in practical terms only open to residents of the country in which it is held. Races held in the last few weeks and those that are still expected to take place in the coming weeks are listed opposite with some of the restrictions applied also noted.

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Races held since July 25-26 July Swissalpine Marathon 2000 competed over the two days, starting blocs of 300 runners at a time 2 Aug 9 Aug 22 Aug

Moscow Half Marathon 9500 finishers plus 2500 in the 5km St Petersburg Half Marathon 2100 finishers plus 1600 in the 10km Helsinki Marathon 475 finishers in Marathon; 1127 over all events

Races due to be held from September to November 26 Sep

Helsinki Half Marathon (FIN)

27 Sep

Bangsaen 10 (THA)

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Warsaw Marathon (POL) capped at 1000 (250 each in 4 races)

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3 Oct

Tartu Marathon (EST) 4 Oct

Paavo Nurmi Marathon 354 finishers, 1566 over all events 23 Aug

5-6 Sep 6 Sep

Knarvikmila 10km & 5km total of 6 races, 200 runners in each

9 Oct

Amman Marathon (JOR)

11 Oct

Budapest Marathon (HUN) Kazan Marathon (RUS)

Budapest Half Marathon 4400 finishers

Riga Marathon (LAT) Banja Luka Half Marathon (BIH) start extended over 3 hours; no road closure.

Pushkin Marathon 251 finishers, 2423 in all events

Bucharest Marathon (ROU) capped at 250 ‘professional’ runners

Vilnius Marathon (LTU) 512 finishers, 3550 in all events Altötting Half Marathon (GER) 528 finishers, plus 135 in the 5km

19 Sep

Usterlauf (SUI) run as time-trial slots from 14-19 Sep

20 Sep

Istanbul Half Marathon (TUR) 1620 finishers Absolut Moscow Marathon (RUS) 9500 finishers, plus 12,000 in the 10km

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Martha Morales (Tangamanga) Dave Cundy (Great Wall) SECRETARY:

Hugh Jones TREASURER:

Al Boka DIRECTORS:

Silesia Marathon (POL)

Taipei Freeway Marathon

13 Sep

Kosice Marathon (SVK) capped at 5000 Skopje Marathon (MKD)

Taishin Women’s Run

29-30 Aug Stavanger Marathon and Half 166 finishers, 494 in all events

Helsinki City Marathon (FIN) Half & 5km

Paco Borao (Valencia)

Gary BE Boshoff Fernando Jamarne (Santiago) Rachid Ben Meziane (Marrakech) Tetsuya Okamura (Nagoya) Václav Skřivánek (Prague) C O N S U LT A N T S :

Frank J Baillie (Media) Horst Milde (AIMS Marathoneum, Berlin) International Measurement Administrators: AMERICAS:

Bernie Conway

Novi Sad Marathon & Half (SRB)

ASIA & OCEANIA:

Sofia Marathon (BUL)

Dave Cundy EUROPE & AFRICA:

Zagreb Marathon (CRO) capped at 1000 (3900 in all 3 events) 17 Oct

World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia (POL) Thessaloniki Night Half Marathon (GRE)

18 Oct

Aruba Marathon (ARU)

Hugh Jones (English-speaking) Jean Francois Delasalle (French and Spanish-speaking) I N T E R N AT I O N A L I N S T I T U T E F O R R AC E M E D I C I N E I I R M :

Chris Troyanos George Chiampas

Belgrade Marathon (SRB) Hanoi Marathon (VIE) 25 Oct

A I M S H Q (AT H E N S ):

Cancellation of World Congress of AIMS After consultation with the Local Organising Committee of the AIMS World Congress scheduled for 8-10 April 2021 in Batumi (GEO) it has been agreed that conditions likely to prevail at that time would make it impossible to stage the Congress. No new date has been set for the 23rd World Congress but a further announcement will be made in due course.

Lausanne Marathon (SUI) registrations closed 30 Oct

Erbil Marathon (IRQ)

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Auckland Marathon (NZL) Longbien Marathon (VIE) Lago Maggiore Marathon (ITA) & Half Marathon & 33km

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Cancellation of the AIMS Marathon Symposium With the cancellation of Athens Marathon The Authentic on 8 November the associated AIMS Marathon Symposium has also had to be cancelled.

Jakarta Marathon (INA) Theodosis Livitsanos (Administrator) AIMS Headquarters OACA Olympic Complex Av Spyros Louis, Athens, Greece www.aims-worldrunning.org aimshq@aims-worldrunning.org Tel: +30 21 0683 2550

3-Sjoersloppet Half Marathon (NOR) Bangsaen 42 Chonburi Marathon (THA) Bialystok Half Marathon (POL) Istanbul Marathon (TUR) Ravenna Marathon (ITA)

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Looking ahead | 8 November 2020 Athens Marathon The Authentic, Greece

Honouring and protecting The Authentic Marathon tried valiantly to keep its place on the road â€“ even in the COVID-19 era. Although cancelled just six weeks before the race the work done in preparation was not wasted. It helped to define the approach that will be needed before races can find their place on the road again Greece took strict measures quite early on to safeguard against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. By doing so the registered number of infections in the country has been kept low compared to the rest of Europe, allowing Greece to remain active in various aspects of social, cultural, touristic and sporting life. Within this framework the 2020 Athens Marathon was planning to welcome thousands of runners â€“ both local and international. They were to honour history by being part of the reopening of running events in Europe. Organisers wanted to present a major international running event focused on the runner and providing all possible care to make sure that safety and the protection of public health remained the top priority in all cases. With this ambition in mind the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS), rights holder and organiser of the annual Authentic Marathon, drew up a manual of rules and regulations to ensure that the health of participants, staff, paramedics and volunteers would be protected throughout the event. The Greek State had already approved the Manual of Rules and Regulations that would govern the event and specify all health measures and procedures that would be followed during, before and after it took place. Social distancing and contactless procedures were to allow all participants to enjoy the actual race without concerns regarding health safety. The core of this Manual suggests how to allow for the participation of 12,000 Marathon runners, all allocated in blocks of 500 runners each, who would cross the start line in lines of eight. Start waves with time differences would be applied to all starting blocks and lines. Services at the feed zones on the course and the Distance Running | 2020 Edition 4

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Looking ahead | 8 November 2020 Athens Marathon The Authentic, Greece

Finish would be provided in a contactless way. There would be no EXPO held this year: runners would collect their race kit from the event’s Registration Centre, the opening hours and days of which would be extended in order to avoid crowding. The Athens Marathon organisers were very confident of the protocol that had been developed. It is concrete, health and safety-oriented and covers every detail of such an important event as the Athens Marathon. The “Athens Marathon. The Authentic” is not just another international Marathon event, but countries, making the Athens Marathon one of the most international and welcoming marathon events around the world. The organisers are committed to providing each and every one of the participants with a personalised running experience of a lifetime. To achieve this the registration and kit includes services to maximise the feeling of the event. Personal photos, unique merchandising products, personalised information and guidance through the event’s app, an exclusive official Athens Marathon t-shirt and most of all – a medal with artistic value that bears all the historic and social significance of the Marathon Movement. In 2019 the Hellenic Athletics Federation decided to depict the history of the sport on the medals of the Athens Marathon, launching a series of medals that will be completed in a period of eight years on which a different historic milestone of the Marathon’s long history is presented each year. Famous artists have already committed to portray the best moments of the sport. The first medal of this unique series depicted the “490BC Battle of Marathon” portrayed by the famous Greek painter, Alekos Fassianos. In 2020 the second medal will recognise Pheidippides, the legendary “RunnerMessenger”, modelled by the famous Greek sculptor, Kostas Varotsos. a bridge from legend to history that showcases the strength of human will. It is a source of values, of social responsibility, environmental sensitivity, friendship and solidarity. Since 1983 the Marathon has been dedicated to the memory of the great Greek pacifist Grigoris Labrakis and has the unique privilege of following the footsteps of the legendary Athenian soldier and the original route of the first Modern Olympic Games Marathon in 1896.

Activities are extended over five days and hosted in significant landmark venues of Greek history and culture. These include the historic Marathon Start, the Marathon Tomb, the Zappeion Megaron and the Panathenaic Stadium. It consists of races at all distances; Marathon, 10km, 5km and 3km, Kids Runs and runs for individual with disabilities and Special Olympics’ athletes. More than 60,000 runners participated in the 2019 edition, while half of those who ran the Marathon came from more than 130 other

The Athens Marathon, supported by the Greek National Tourism Organisation, is organised by the Hellenic Athletics Federation, while the Attica Region, the Cities of Athens and Marathon and the Hellenic Olympic Committee are co-organisers. The event has a Grand Sponsor, the gaming company OPAP S.A., and enjoys the sponsorship of a large number of major local and international brands. n www.athensauthenticmarathon.gr Distance Running | 2020 Edition 4

Looking ahead | 28 March 2021 Cardiff Half Marathon, Great Britain

Chasing the Welsh dragon Aled Llywelyn/Huw Evans Agency

innovative architectural buildings which have all played a fascinating role in the history of the city.

Gareth Everett/Huw Evans Agency

Now one of the biggest and most exciting half marathon races in Europe, the Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon will return on Sunday 28 March in 2021 after the 2020 version was postponed from this October due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The March event will be the first of two editions of the Cardiff Half in 2021, with the second taking place on Sunday 3 October 2021. The race, one of the UK’s largest running events, is hosted in the Welsh capital and attracts 27,500 runners from all corners of the globe. Thousands of spectators turn out to cheer on the runners in a city that is renowned for its sporting passion. Expect a roaring atmosphere to help you along your way to the finish in the heart of the city’s magnificent Civic Centre.

With a predominantly flat and fast course entrants for the March edition of the 2021 Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon can target personal bests. The race attracts world-class athletes across men’s, women’s and wheelchair fields and has hosted the World (2016) and Commonwealth (2018) Half Marathon Championships. Race weekend also incorporates the Cardiff University Festival of Running which gives families and runners of all abilities the opportunity to get involved in the action with a choice of shorter, family-oriented races. In 2019 Cardiff joined forces with four other premier European half marathon races to form the SuperHalfs: ‘an extraordinary running series for ordinary runners’. Cardiff joins Lisbon, Prague, Copenhagen and Valencia in a series that offers runners their own running adventure; travel Europe, see beautiful city landmarks and embrace different race day experiences.

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The March edition of the race sold out in a few months but you can still register and make your miles mean that much more with an official charity place. The Cardiff Half is one of the biggest fundraising events in the UK with more than £3m raised for local and national charities each year. You can see a full list of official charities at www.cardiffhalfmarathon.co.uk/charity A second edition will take place in 2021 on the usual early October date (Sunday 3). Entries are already on sale at www.cardiffhalfmarathon. co.uk n www.cardiffhalfmarathon.co.uk

In Cardiff look out for discreet shopping arcades, world class sporting stadia, vibrant entertainment, waterside eateries and expansive city centre parklands.

Starting beside the iconic Cardiff Castle runners journey through a beautiful city and its outskirts including waterside views across Cardiff Bay and a picturesque loop of Roath Park Lake towards the end of the race. Runners will pass by historic Cardiff landmarks including the Norwegian Church, Wales Millennium Centre and other

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Looking ahead | 21 March 2021 Logicom Cyprus Marathon, Cyprus

Run, fun and winter sun

Enjoy a ‘complete running experience’ in Cyprus A warm welcome to Pafos – the city on the southwest coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, with its own international airport and where the sun shines throughout the whole year. Pafos region is a destination combining history, hospitality, fun, relaxation and adventure. It is a beautiful city to visit for all reasons during all seasons, and especially for the Logicom Cyprus Marathon in March. It is the most historic Marathon in Cyprus. It has been held since 1999 in the ancient and historic capital city. The Logicom Cyprus Marathon has grown bigger and better over the years and hosts over 3600 runners from 65 countries. This multi-cultural event combines picturesque scenery and a pleasant Mediterranean climate in a choice of hospitality packages. The organisation, marshalling, logistics, amenities, safety precautions and entertainment are amongst the best in the world. It is a complete running experience and where runners from all over the world get together to celebrate the human spirit, through our most

services as well as baggage collection, post-race rehydration and massage. Enjoy a free beer and music, mingle with family and friends and then watch the awards ceremony.

remarkable sport: a sport that showcases and challenges human limits – the Marathon. The event incorporates four different distances: Marathon, Half-Marathon, the 10km Road Race and the 5km Family Fun Run. The Marathon course starts from ‘Petra tou Romiou’, the birthplace of Aphrodite, our goddess of love and beauty, and finishes at the Pafos Medieval Castle by the harbour. The race features breath-taking scenery from start to finish and the course follows a flat coastal route alongside the Mediterranean Sea. For the marathon a free coach to the start and baggage service is provided to all runners. Throughout the course the participants will pass traditional Cypriot villages. There are fluid stations every 3km, toilets, first aiders, police in attendance and cheering spectators along most of the course. The Half-Marathon, 10km Road Race and 5km Fun Run start and finish at the Pafos Medieval Castle which dates back to the Byzantine period of the 13th century. This area by the fishing harbour is transformed into the atmospheric ‘event village’, hosting a number of

Trophies are awarded to the first three overall in each of ten age-group categories for the Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10km races. All participants will receive their official technical t-shirt, race number with electronic timing chip and other goodies. All Logicom Cyprus Marathon finishers will receive a unique and race-specific medal to commemorate their achievement. The Logicom Cyprus Marathon features a number of parallel events; the Marathon Expo (19–20 March), the Cyprus Marathon Symposium (19 March) and the Cyprus 5km Wine Run (23 March). The official charity of the Logicom Cyprus Marathon is the ‘Karaiskakio Foundation’, a non-profit organisation established with the sole purpose of organising a volunteer Bone Marrow Register. The Logicom Cyprus Marathon is dedicated to the Marathon Legend Stelios Kyriakides, the Cypriot who won the 1946 Boston Marathon in order to help 7 million hungry Greeks. n www.cyprusmarathon.com Distance Running | 2020 Edition 4

Looking ahead | 18 April 2021 HAJ Hannover Marathon, Germany

Reunion in Hannover Picture: Andreas Aguilar

Picture: Norbert Wilhelmi

Up-and-coming running hotspot hosts German championships

Picture: Norbert Wilhelmi

The anniversary had to be postponed – now the anticipation is even greater for a big reunion of the national and international running community in Hannover at the city’s biggest street party. Participants from over 100 countries took part in 2019 in front of the picturesque city hall of the capital of Lower Saxony.

and much more are found near to the start and finish area. Hotels of all categories are located very close by.

Besides the marathon distance runners can choose between half marathon, 10km or the marathon-relay. There is also a handbike marathon as well as 10km walking and nordic walking. The running festival is rounded off with the children’s and family day including the Breakfast-run, FunRun, KidsRun and a colourful supporting programme around the town hall on 17 April 2021.

With just 20m change of altitude, the HAJ Marathon is one of the flattest and fastest routes in Germany – ideal for personal bests and ideal for hosting the national championships, where runners can also qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The diverse route leads past a number of the sights of the city such as the Welfenschloss, the Opera House, the Maschlake and the sculpture mile with the world-famous “Nanas”.

The HAJ Hannover Marathon holds both a silver label from World Athletics and the “five-star classification” by the European Athletics Association.

“To host the championships is a great honour and a confirmation of the development of the event in recent years,” declared organiser Stefanie Eichel. “We won the organisers’ award from German Road Races (GRR) in 2017 and see this as an obligation to further develop the image and quality of our marathon.”

Everything to do with the race is close at hand. The Marathon EXPO, live music, pasta party, numbers pick-up, bag drop, business village

In recent years Hannover has evolved into one of the absolute running hotspots of Germany. The number of participants steadily increased to

surpass 30,000 for all competitions before the 2020 edition, like all other major events, had to be cancelled. A large number of activity points along the course, enthusiastic spectators and a highly charged emotional atmosphere ensure runners’ motivation. Sustainability and environmental awareness are constant themes. Eichel mentions the separate onsite waste-separation station, digital services, reusable finisher bags and QR codes on the start numbers. “We have initiated many actions and every year try to set new targets. Through the marathon we want to raise the awareness of our participants all year round – and also among the spectators.” Hannover is very easily accessible by plane, train or car. The former EXPO metropolis can easily be reached by all means of transport and from all over the world. With highlights such as the “Herrenhausen Gardens”, the picturesque Maschlake in the centre of the city, or the “Adventure Zoo” – Hannover is always worth a trip. We look forward to welcoming you. n www.marathon-hannover.de Distance Running | 2020 Edition 4

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Looking ahead | 25 April 2021 Zürich Marathon, Switzerland More than 10,000 runners participate in the Zurich Marathon every year. In 2018 over 11,300 runners finished all the events hosted under the marathon umbrella.

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Our aim is to offer a running experience for every level of running ability. This means there are races at several different distances other than the Marathon itself, like the 10km City Run or the team run. For the team run the marathon is split into four stages as a 4-person relay to offer runners the chance of experiencing the event alongside their colleagues, friends or family. There are approximately 3500 marathon runners, 3500 City 10km runners and 4000 team runners who end up storming through the streets of Switzerland’s biggest city. For the 2021 Zurich Marathon we are looking forward to making a few innovations. It will be the first time that the Zurich Marathon will incorporate the Swiss Marathon Championships. The location of the new valuables deposit concept will be in the Mythenquai car park. Moreover, the start will be organised in blocks to provide a smoother start for every runner. The Finish Area tent will be a special highlight where the winners’ ceremony will take place and the integrated food festival will be held with various culinary offers after the finish line. We look forward to an unforgettable 2021 marathon. Those who are not yet registered can still do so – because we all #RunTheCity

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Looking ahead | 9 May 2021 EDP Lisbon Half Marathon, Portugal

A half marathon with a rich history, in a city with even more heritage

Take it to the bridge The first Lisbon Half Marathon in 1991 had 3973 finishers. Thirty years later the number of participants is almost 20,000, half of them foreign runners. The flat course along the banks of the Tagus makes the race one of the fastest half marathons in the world and also takes runners on a tour of the city’s best sights and views. The race offers participants the unique opportunity to run on the emblematic 25 de Abril Bridge. The course follows the riverside road towards Alcântara passing by the famously busy street of Avenida 24 de Julho. The race goes by one of Lisbon’s oldest and busiest railway stations, Cais de Sodré.. After that athletes make the turn and and run back towards the finish line at Belem, right in front of one of the most famous landmarks in the country, the Jerónimos Monastery. For dedicated runners the race offers the opportunity of a new personal best time. For casual participants it affords the chance to run in a joyful environment with the guarantee of breathtaking views. Runners come from 90

nations and the event has an economic impact of more than four million euro (4.7m USD) for the city. The race is broadcast live to more than 200 million people all over the world. Since the second edition a fun run has taken place simultaneously. This year it was intended to make it into a timed 10km race but because of COVID-19 this new “Vodafone 10K” and the main 30th anniversary competition were both postponed to 2021. A special “spinning medal” was ready to reward athletes on 22 March but will now be handed out on the new date of 9 May 2021. The Briton Paul Evans (1:01:44) and home favourite Rosa Mota (1:09:53) won the first race in 1990. Rosa remains the only Portuguese (female) winner of the competition – not too surprising because the world’s best runners are invited. In 1998 Antonio Pinto finished in 59:43 and in 2000 Paul Tergat improved the course record to 59:05 but at that time the course was not record-eligible.

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Looking ahead | 9 May 2021 EDP Lisbon Half Marathon, Portugal

The Sikh centenarian Fauja Singh (who became the oldest person to have run a marathon) participated in the 2006 Lisbon Half.

Gelindo Bordin, Zersenay Tadese, António Pinto and Rosa Mota did a studio photoshoot and let themselves be photographed in a very fun mood with Carlos Moia.

In 2008 the elite start was moved to make the course record-eligible and Haile Gebrselassie (59:15) won the men’s race which carried the IAAF Gold Label for the first time. The 2009 race was enlivened by the traditional South African dance group Zulu, demonstrating the cultural diversity of the event.

Mo Farah (GBR) won that race in a European record of 59:32. On the day before the race he helped the Portuguese sports secretary and Carlos Moia inaugurate a statue in honour of athletes.

In 2010 the Lisbon Half celebrated its 20th anniversary with a world record as the Eritrean Zersenay Tadese ran a time of 58:23 which remained unbeaten for eight years.

In the 2018 edition “Storm Felix” forced the organisers to move the mass start from the Bridge. The wind was the main opponent for elite and non-elite runners alike and foiled a planned attack on the world record (worth a 50,000 euro bonus) by Zersenay Tadese.

Olympic champions such as Gelindo Bordin and Stefano Baldini; Haile Gebrselassie, Tegla Loroupe (6-time winner) and Derartu Tulu were just some of the top athletes who ran in the Lisbon Half. In 2015 several of them were invited to celebrate the 25th anniversary race.

Lisbon is one of the five world’s leading half marathons that partnered to create the new international running series SuperHalfs. It was launched in September 2019 but due to Covid19 will only start in 2021. Lisbon is an historical city with stunning beaches, a welcoming culture and rich gastronomy. Good weather brings tourists and running enthusiasts alike flocking to its coast. Europe’s sunniest country is also the birthplace of Fado, a mournful music genre infused with melancholia, which forms part of the Portuguese identity and is included in the UNESCO “Intangible Cultural Heritage” list. The capital has stupendous cultural attractions, good food and wine – and a unique bridge to cross. n www.meiamaratonadelisboa.com

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Opinion

Finding a way When all major events in Germany were banned at the beginning of April until the end of August we were still confident that we could come through with the race on 13 September. We thought September was still so far away that our race wouldn’t be affected. But when the ban was extended until the end of October we became nervous.

Günther Vogl explains how the Altötting Half Marathon scaled down its operations to keep its place on the 2020 race calendar

We developed a concept to make it possible to hold a smaller race. In a conversation with the local health authorities the concept and the hygiene plan were conceived, coordinated and finally accepted. One of our advantages is that our race route leads through the forest and that means that we get hardly any spectators. A limit of 1000 participants was agreed. There are of course a lot of additional restrictions and rules that we had to observe. Our aim was to give the runners an opportunity to test themselves and get results on a certified course. Many thousands of medals and participant gifts (a towel with a photo print on it) were ordered for the race as usual without the year 2020 on them. That made it possible for us to use them next year (2021 will be printed on the ribbon of the medal). For this year we will order different medals – and only 1000 of them. This way we can save money and do not have to throw away thousands of medals. We are fortunate that our sponsors have remained loyal to us. There were additional expenses such as for masks, hygiene items and postage fees for sending out the start documents and start number (which participants normally pick up at the race office the day before or on the day of competition). Our detailed 14-page hygiene-concept convinced the authorities. The 1000 limit was far lower than the 3000 participants in 2019 but it was still the biggest running event in Germany since covid restrictions were put in place.

Everything was different from the previous events. To avoid contact with participants start-numbers had to be sent by post. No late registrations were allowed. The children’s race had to be cancelled. Neither victory ceremonies nor showers were allowed. We had to change the start and finish locations to a large parking and festival area. Participants had to run the first and the last 1.5km on a bike path which

connects the city with the forest in in which the rest of the race is run. We had to start a few runners at a time every 3-4 seconds. Participants had to wear masks before the race and maintain 1.5m separation between each other – which was controlled by several volunteers. On the course they could run without a mask and there were no limits as to distancing Distance Running | 2020 Edition 4

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while overtaking. The number of water stations had to be reduced from six to two at which 250ml water bags were placed on a table where the runners had to grab them by themselves. After having crossed the finish line finishers had to put on new masks which were distributed by the organisation. The finish area was affected by the Corona restrictions as well. Bananas, water bottles, energy bars etc were all handed over in a pre-packed bag to avoid any contact. Even the finisher medals had to be grabbed from a table. All volunteers, like the participants, had to wear masks all the time and many of them protective gloves as well. All in all it was an extreme effort but the positive feedback of the happy and satisfied participants confirmed to us that our organisation had done an extraordinary job. The hot weather (25ºC) limited the performances. Local hero Josef Diensthuber won in 1:11:19 while the women’s race was dominated by Charlotte Taylor-Green who finished in 1:18:45 – more than three minutes outside her personal best. It was impossible to invite international runners but the National Anti-Doping Agengy still conducted tests. n www.halbmarathon.de 24

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The health and hygiene concept included the following detailed provisions:

n Participants are informed about the rules through e-mail and the event website.

n Mouth protection worn in the warm-up area. The mask need not be worn during the race but must be put on again in the finish area. FFP2 masks provided for those runners who lose their own during the race.

n Information is sent to all participants via Facebook and e-mail: Each participant must meet the following requirements: no health restrictions or symptoms of illness, no contact with any infected person for at least two weeks. Hygiene measures (keep your distance, regular washing and disinfecting hands) must be observed.

n Delegation of personnel to monitor measures are being observed (e.g. dispersing groups that may form in the start area). n Start numbers sent by post. n Flying start. There is no mass start or for small groups. Consequently formation of bigger groups on the course is mitigated. There are only approx. 500 runners each on the half marathon or 6km route. n Refreshment stations on the course are reduced from 6 to 2, and none for the 6km race. Packaged water is available in bags placed on tables set up at least 3–4m apart with only one water-bag per table. When a runner picks up another is placed upon the table by personnel with face protection and gloves. No electrolyte drink or bananas etc supplied. Dropped water-bags which had contact with the runner are thrown away. n Participants’ addresses are known. This presents no problem as all information is available via the registration system. For group registrations from companies/ schools, this is entered as a mandatory field when registering. n Participants are not to bring accompanying persons.

n Medals are placed on a table at the finish where runners pick them up themselves (with race staff supervision) n Refreshments in the finish area: no electrolyte available. Fruit, energy bars and water-bags are placed in a bag for finishers to take away. Runners to keep going and not sit down or gather. Due to the staggered start and big reduction in the number of participants no crowds are expected. n Music bands etc. are only outside the finish area in order not to attract spectators. n Urinal accommodates only three people at a time. Staff will supervise to avoid groups forming when queuing. n Toilets are available in the three adjacent schools. n No late registrations, no award ceremony, no showers, no sports fair, no childcare, no warm-up programme, no pasta party, no stilt walkers etc, no changing rooms, no children’s run, no balloons, no portable toilets, no massages at the finish, no catering in the registration area.

Social responsibility Marathoneum

The “Marathoneum” AIMS Marathon-Museum of Running in Berlin AIMS Marathon

– Museum of Running in Berlin

For the record By Gerd Steins and Horst Milde When the sport of distance running broke loose on the streets of New York in 1975 and then spread rapidly throughout North America and Europe few people stopped to think about what was happening – they were too busy living the moment or, as it turned out, living the era. It took time for that to change but in 1994 Berlin Marathon race director Horst Milde proposed the establishment of a ”Museum of Running” in Berlin under the supervision of AIMS. Berlin was fertile ground for such an initiative and had already hosted several exhibitions about running over the previous decade. The third AIMS World Congress had taken place in Berlin in September 1985 in parallel with the Berlin Marathon. An exhibition on running was to be on display in the shop windows of a well-known Kurfürstendamm department store in the finish area of the Berlin Marathon. Requests for items to be loaned were sent out all over the world from April 1985 and Gerd Steins penned a concept for the exhibition. In the end the exhibition could not be held but the donations received were used for the 1987 exhibition “From the Knights’ Tournament to the City Marathon”. There was not yet a significant pool of running artifacts so about 95% of the exhibited objects were borrowed. Two days before the official reunification of Germany (on 3 October 1990) the East German sports collection was transferred to the Berlin Sports Museum. It had a library stock that filled 110 linear metres and included 72,772 sports photographs and negatives, 6000 documents and 8800 other artifacts.

Right: T-shirt with race number (both signed) worn by Eliud Kipchoge at the 2015 Berlin Marathon which he won in a time of 2:04:00 (above, picture Tilo Wiedensohler). From Eliud Kipchoge (Kapsisiywa/Kenya).

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Social responsibility

Replica of the silver trophy awarded to Spiridon Louis for winning the inaugural Olympic Marathon in 1896, donated by Michel Bréal. This true-to-original replica was donated to AIMS for its 25th anniversary in 2007 and is now in the Marathoneum. From AIMS (London/Athens)

From the 17th Berlin Marathon in 1990 to the 20th Berlin Marathon in 1993, the Berlin Sports Museum presented small exhibitions of posters, running objects and works of art at the Marathon Expo. Berlin is especially a city of running; with the first cross-country and road races instigated around 1900 long-distance running found an important home in Berlin and many initiatives for German and international running originated there. The Berlin Cross-Country Run (since 1964) and the Berlin Marathon (since 1974) successfully continue the tradition. The Berlin Sports Museum’s philosophy therefore naturally reflects a museum of running. The first major running exhibition: ‘From CrossCountry Run to Berlin Marathon’ was organised in the Berlin State Archives from 19 September to 7 December 1994. It was this exhibition which led to Horst Milde’s approach to AIMS. The Berlin Sports Museum was confirmed as the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running at the Congress in Macau on 6 December 1994. The history of running in Berlin had founded an international collection site which AIMS has supported ever since. The alliance with AIMS has been very successful: In January 2008 an AIMS delegation visiting the Berlin Sports Museum/AIMS Marathon Museum of Running was impressed by the work being done and began to support it finan28

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AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award. From 1992-2012 AIMS awarded the ‘Golden Shoe’ to the most outstanding athletes in the marathon each year. Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) received this award in 2009 for his victory in the Marathon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. AIMS/CITIZEN World Fastest Time Award made to runners who set a new ‘World Fastest Time’ from 1988-2010 (not officially called ‘world records’ until after 2003) for the Marathon or half marathon distance. Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) received this trophy for his world record time of 58:35 at the Fortis City-Pier City Run on 17 March 2007. (From AIMS). Front left: AIMS Award. The breaking of both the men’s and women’s world records in the same race at the BIG 25 Berlin in Berlin on 9 May 2010 was a first in distance running. This unique achievement prompted AIMS to present the BIG 25 Berlin with a special AIMS Award on 8 May 2011. (From Christoph Kopp, Berlin)

cially. Since then the Museum has continuously received running artifacts of all kinds from all over the world and has become a magnet for marathon experts and enthusiasts the world over. On 21 January 2015, the word Marathoneum and a runner’s logo were trade-marked on the Forum for Sport History at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. In future all activities of the Berlin Sports Museum and its sponsoring association Forum for Sports History regarding the national and international history of running will be under the umbrella brand Marathoneum. The Marathoneum is simultaneously a collection, archive, publisher, organiser and promotional agent for all forms of running. Over the last 25 years the Museum’s holdings on the history of running have been continuously expanded. The Marathoneum now includes about 2500 posters, 1500 T-shirts, 2200 finisher medals and 1600 accreditation cards from races around the world. In the library there are more than 95 German and English-language running magazines. The total stock of the collections is deposited and recorded according to museological rules.on about 340m of shelves in two large deposit rooms in the Berlin Sports Museum Special treasures of the museum include the extensive English language collection of Dr. David Martin (Atlanta/USA): the collections of Henryk

Paskal (Poland); Wim Verhoorn (Netherlands); Werner Sonntag (Germany); as well as the estate of the four-time marathon winner Max Wils (Berlin) and many unique pieces from Olympic Games, World Championships and German Championships from East and West. Since 2016 the Marathoneum has been providing information about the most important acquisitions in English with the “Marathoneum Documents”. These are published for the AIMS Marathon Symposium held at the Athens Marathon in November every year. By the end of 2019 the library had about 110,000 artifacts of various kinds, the photo archive had grown to about 1.5 million sports photographs and negatives and the library now extends over 1170 linear metres. Since 3 October 1990 running materials of all kinds have been solicited in a targeted manner and have been collected since 2015 under the umbrella of the Marathoneum. Due to the pandemic the exhibition “Keep on Running” is closed until further notice and will be rebuilt. Extensive collections of objects from Athens and Paris have been promised for the Marathoneum, which will be incorporated into the new exhibition.

Calendar AIMS member events for the forthcoming 12 months October 2020 – October 2021 For the latest dates visit aims-worldrunning.org/calendar.html

Please note: Due to the coronavirus pandemic many race events across the world have been cancelled, postponed or rescheduled, and further changes are likely to occur after Distance Running has gone to press. Postponed races may offer virtual events – please consult the AIMS calendar online and/or the races’ own websites for up-to-date information. October 2020

SSQ Insurance Quebec City Marathon

ROU M,H

Postponed

3 3 P

Tartu City Marathon EST M,H,R

SSQ Insurance Quebec City Marathon Trento Half Marathon Postponed until October 2021

Tlajomulco Half Marathon Postponed

3 Country Sparkasse Marathon Postponed until October 2021

Bila Tserkva Marathon Postponed

Brussels Airport Marathon & Half Marathon Postponed until October 2021

P P P P 4 P

XIX Gatorade CCS Rock 10K

Postponed

Generali Cologne Marathon Postponed

LSR Colombo Marathon Kosice Peace Marathon 55

Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running Melbourne Marathon Festival Postponed until October 2021

Silesia Marathon 55

Wizz Air Skopje Marathon 53

Telesia City Trophy Int’l Road Race 10k

10–1135th SPAR Budapest Marathon Festival

10–11 Kazan Marathon RUS M,H,R

10–11Rimi Riga Marathon LAT M,H

Wizz Air Kyiv City Marathon

P Postponed Luka Half Marathon 11 Banja BIH H

Volkswagen Ljubljana Marathon

Maratón Aguascalientes

Zurich Marató de Barcelona

Postponed

GRE H,R

50 47

Chuncheon Int’l Marathon

KBC Dublin Marathon

Eva Air Half Marathon

Hanoi Marathon 18 VPBank VIE M,H,R 57 Maraton Int’l de Juarez P Postponed Oevert Marathon Antwerp P Linker Postponed Half Marathon P Tainan Postponed Toronto Waterfront P Scotiabank Marathon & Half Marathon & 5k Postponed

Maraton Varmex Postponed until October 2021

1 P

Postponed

Kanazawa Marathon Postponed

Medio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP Postponed until October 2021

Venicemarathon

EDP Medio Maratón de la Mujer de Madrid

P P P P P 7 P P P

Postponed

Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon

Postponed

Taichung Int’l Marathon Postponed

ASB Auckland Marathon 53

NZL M,H,R

Correcaminos Half Marathon and 10k SPORTWAY Lake Maggiore Marathon 51

Longbien Marathon 57

VIE M,H,R

IDBI Federal Life Insurance Mumbai Half Marathon TCS New York City Marathon Postponed until November 2021

Sfax Marathon Olive Trees Postponed

JCP Swansea Half Marathon Postponed until June 2021

São Paulo Int’l Marathon Postponed

Volcano Marathon Postponed

3-Sjøersløpet (The 3 Lakes Race) NOR H 53 Porto Marathon EDP Postponed

Vizag Navy Marathon Postponed

Blackmores Sydney Running Festival (incl. Sydney Marathon) Postponed

Postponed

Marine Corps Marathon

Toyama Marathon

Postponed

ITA M,H,R

Postponed

Marathon 25 Lausanne SUI M

Postponed until November 2021

Chengdu Marathon

JTBC Seoul Marathon

Postponed

Samsung Amman Int’l Marathon JOR M,H,R 51

HUN M

Polar Circle Marathon

Int’l Thessaloniki Night Half Marathon

Aruba Marathon 18 KLM ARU M,H,R Belgrade Marathon 18 33rd SRB M Cape Town Marathon P Sanlam Postponed until October 2021 Delhi Half Marathon P Airtel Postponed Ilbo Gyeongju P Donga-A Marathon

Postponed

TCS Amsterdam Marathon

Postponed

MKD M,H,R

München Marathon P Generali Postponed until October 2021 Sad Half Marathon 11 Novi SRB H Sad Marathon 11 Novi SRB M Palma Marathon P Zafiro Postponed Air Sofia Marathon 11 Wizz BUL M,H,R Fitness Victoria P GoodLife Marathon

P P P 1 P

11 CRO M,H Postponed 48 Frankfurt Marathon de Janeiro City Marathon P Mainova P Rio Postponed Postponed until October 2021 Marathon Int’l de la Ville Marathon P Semi 25 Jakarta de Béjaia INA M,H,R

Marathon Int’l de Casablanca

POL M,H,R

EDP Lisbon Marathon | Luso Half Marathon

November 2020

Postponed

Almaty Half Marathon

Postponed

Zagreb Marathon & Half

Postponed until October 2021

P 4 4 P

Marathon Eindhoven

Yerevan Marathon and Half Marathon

Postponed until October 2021

Postponed

SVK M

P P

Postponed until October 2021

Postponed

P P P P P

Bank of America Chicago Marathon Postponed

Helsinki City Running Day FIN M,H,R

Bank Bucharest 11 Raiffeisen Marathon

P 8

Athens Marathon The Authentic Postponed 50 Bangsaen42 Chonburi Marathon THA M 56

Postponed

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Postponed

Pila Int’l Half Marathon

Sun Moon Lake Marathon

SwissCityMarathon Lucerne

Key

Postponed

M Marathon H Half Marathon R Road Race U Ultradistance

Postponed

AIMS Events are highlighted 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.

Postponed until October 2021

Marathon 30 Erbil IRQ M,H,R

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Marathon Alexander the 29 Int’l Great GRE M,R

BLOM BANK Beirut Marathon Postponed

PKO Bialystok Halfmarathon

Brasilia City Half Marathon

Wizz Air Cluj-Napoca Marathon ROU M,H,R 55

10k Garda Trentino

Vodafone Istanbul Marathon

French Riviera Marathon Nice-Cannes

POL H

BRA H

Postponed until November 2021

TUR M

Postponed

Podgorica Marathon

Ravenna Marathon City of Art

ESP M

Postponed

ITA M,H

14–15 Phukethon 30

THA M,H,R

Bank 642 Marathon 14 Gulf KUW M,H,R

Monterey Bay Half Marathon

Rock ’n’ Roll Las Vegas 15 Humana Marathon & 1/2 57

Bangkok Marathon 15 BDMS THA M,H,R predicted date

Kobe Marathon

Radisson Blu Larnaka Int’l Marathon

5 51

Half Marathon 20 RUNBANGLA BAN H,R

Race 100km 20 Pharaonic EGY U

TCS World 10K Bengaluru Leiden Marathon 53 49

Bridge International 22 Penang Marathon 53

Marathon 22 Philadelphia USA M,H,R

27–29Malta Int’l Challenge Marathon

Eilat Full Desert Marathon

27 ISR M,H,R

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

6 6 P P 6

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Postponed

Vigot La Rochelle Int’l 29 Serge Marathon FRA M,H

50 50

P 6 6 6

Marathon 13 Mauritius MRI M,H,R

Postponed

20 MAR R

Galaxy Entertainment Macao Int’l Marathon

56 53

Steel Kolkata 25k 20 Tata IND R

Tata Mumbai Marathon

17 IND M

32 50

24 BRA H 47 Funchal Marathon 24 POR M,H 38 Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon P Postponed Marato Int’l Vila de Santa 24 Mitja Pola

ESP H

Marathon & Semi Int’l de Marrakech 53

MAR M,H

Women’s Marathon 31 Osaka JPN M

THA R

tbc Gammon China Coast Marathon

& Half

HKG M,H

tbc Chombeung Marathon

Postponed

THA M,H,R

Pink City Half Marathon 20 Cairn IND H,R 50

tbc Marathon Int’l de Fes

Maratona di Pisa 20 Cetilar ITA M,H

tbc Merida Marathon

Marathon 20 Taipei TPE M,H,R

tbc Corrida de Sao Sebastiao

Charity Marathon

50 47

Silvestre de Luanda 10km 31 São ANG R 47 tbc Gran Maratón Pacifico Mazatlán

tbc Maratón Powerade Monterrey MEX M

BRA R

tbc Standard Chartered Taipei

TPE M,H,R

tbc Xiamen Marathon

CHN M

MEX M

MEX M,H,R

Corte Inglés São Silvestre de 26 ElLisboa

HKG H

MAR M,H,R

Run for Every Child Half 20 UNICEF Marathon & 10km HKG H,R

tbc Bangsaen10

February 2021

5 7

Dead Sea Marathon Israel 51

ISR U,M,H,R

IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Marathon 50

IND M,H,R

7 P

Hawassa Half Marathon 49

ETH H,R

Kagawa Marugame Int’l Half Marathon Postponed until February 2022

Postponed

January 2021

Saitama Int’l Marathon Postponed

San José Costa Rica Half & Marathon 48

Marathon COMAR Tunis Carthage 56

Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon Discoveries Half Marathon Postponed

Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon CAM H,R 47 Maratón del Atlántico

Montepio Meia Maratona de Cascais 55

Neujahrsmarathon Zürich

POR H

Postponed until January 2022

Zurich Maratón de Sevilla

Sea of Galilee Tiberias Marathon ISR M 51

CNS Solapur Half Marathon

Siberian Ice Half Marathon

PolarNight Halfmarathon

IND H,R RUS H Course not measurable to AIMS standards NOR H,R

Vadodara Int’l Marathon 10 MG IND M,H

50 55 36 50

10K Valencia Ibercaja Postponed

15–16 Al Mouj Muscat Marathon

Marathon 15 Egyptian EGY M,H

OMA M,H,R

Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon CAY M

Rio Half Marathon

Reggae Marathon, Half & 10K

HON M

23–24 Buriram Marathon

predicted date

Pune Int’l Marathon

USA M,H,R

Nong Khai ASEAN Marathon

Silvestre Int’l Road Race 31 São BRA R 51

Econet Victoria Falls Marathon ZIM M 57

Tafilalet 10km Errachidia

Fukuoka Int’l Open Marathon Championship

17 TPE M,H,R 30 Maui Oceanfront Marathon, Half, 17 15K, 10K, 5K

THA M,H,R

Nara Marathon

Half Marathon 20 Bangsaen21 THA H,R

BAH M,H

31 Reservoir Marathon 13 Zengwen TPE M,H,R 48

Postponed

Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP Marathon

Ahmedabad Marathon 29 Adani IND M,H,R

Bahamas, Half & 17 Marathon Relay

Mizuno Hong Kong HalfMarathon Championships

IND M predicted date

Maratón Málaga 13 Zurich ESP M

Aramco Houston Half Marathon and We Are Houston 5K USA M,H,R 57

Kinmen Marathon

Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City Int’l Marathon VIE M,H,R 57

POR R

TUN M,H,R

IND M,H,R

Postponed

CRC M,H

13 THA M,H,R

Bengaluru Midnight Marathon

MAC M,H

Bagan Temple Marathon

28 MYA M,H,R

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon SIN M,H,R 55

JPN M

MLT M

Ayla Red Sea Half Marathon

THA M

MAS M,H

56 Laguna Phuket Marathon

21–22 OPAP Limassol Marathon GSO

Marathon & Half 22 Marabana CUB M,H

Barbados Marathon Weekend

Marathon, Half Marathon 15 Verona & 10K

22 NED M,H,R

46 Cave Shepherd & Co Run

Postponed until September 2021

22 IND R

December 2020

BAR M,H,R

Bangkok Midnight Marathon

42.2 13 Tarblazer IND M,H,R

tbc 21km Nuevo León

JOR H,R

13 ATA U,M

tbc Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune

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

CYP M,H,R

tbc Hangzhou Marathon

CHN M

Postponed

ITA M,H,R

tbc Maratón Guadalajara

CHN M

Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k

tbc Great Hakka Marathon CHN M,H,R Course not measurable to AIMS standards

St. Croix Int’l Marathon 13 The ISV M

tbc Shanghai Int’l Marathon

Postponed until November 2021

IND M,H,R

Properties Bengaluru 13 Shriram Marathon

tbc Goa River Marathon

MEX H

Postponed

Ethiopian Run 10km 15 Great ETH R

Postponed

MAR H

Borobudur Marathon

Maratón Monumental Primer Santiago de América

MEX M

Postponed

USA M,H

Curaçao Marathon 29 KLM CUR M,H,R Marathon 29 Firenze ITA M Fuji Marathon P Mount Postponed Marathon 29 Nafplio GRE M,H Marathon P Osaka Postponed Int’l Marathon 29 Panama PAN M Donostia - San 29 Maratón Sebastián

16–17 Chevron Houston Marathon,

Abu Dhabi Marathon 11 ADNOC UAE M,R

53 49

14 ESP M Half Marathon 19 Dhaka BAN H Aviv Samsung Marathon 19 Tel ISR M,H,R Ras al Khaimah Half 19 The Marathon

55 49 51

UAE H

Ryoma Marathon P Kochi Postponed Marathon P Kyoto Postponed Federal Life Insurance New 21 IDBI Delhi Marathon 50

IND M,H

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Calendar P

tbc Freedom of Movement Palestine

Bethlehem Marathon PLE M,H,R

Postponed

Biwa Mainichi Marathon 28 Lake JPN M 49 Kilimanjaro Marathon 28 TAN M 56 Napoli City Half Marathon 28 ITA H 51 Seychelles Eco-Friendly 28 Marathon 55

CHN M,H,R

tbc Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon

JPN M

tbc Incheon Int’l Half Marathon

Marathon

tbc Tainan Half Marathon

tbc AU Bank Jaipur Marathon

tbc Tashkent International Half

tbc Wuxi Marathon CHN M,H,R

tbc Navi Mumbai Half Marathon

tbc KIX Senshu Int’l Marathon

JPN M

tbc Split Marathon CRO M,H,R

tbc Maratona di San Valentino

March 2021

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

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

Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon

KOR M

North Pole Marathon

9 NPO M 53 Pardubice Wine Half Marathon 10 CZE H 49 The Great Batumi Night Race 10 GEO H 50

JOR U,H,R

tbc Banja Luka Half Marathon

Festival

AUS M,H,R,U

1011NN Marathon Rotterdam 53

NED M

Milano Marathon 11 Generali ITA M 51 Berlin Half Marathon 11 Generali GER H 50 METRO Marathon Düsseldorf 11 GER M 50 Movistar Medio Maratón de 11 Madrid 55

ESP H

Prize Int’l 11 Mangyongdae Marathon PRK M,H,R

1718 36th Telekom Vivicittá Spring Half Marathon HUN H,R

1718 Int’l Marathon Alexander the Great

tbc Abu Dhabi “Yes I Can” 10km Int’l

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

tbc Runatolia Marathon (Half +

10km)

Marathon 18 Nagano JPN M planned date

tbc Scotiabank Calgary Marathon tbc Maraton Cartago

50 56

tbc Diacore Gaborone Marathon

Mendoza

tbc Okpekpe Int’l 10km Road Race

tbc Rio City Half Marathon

MKD M,H,R

June 2021

EDP Lisbon Half Marathon 55

Volkswagen Bucharest Half Marathon ROU H,R

5 5 5 6

Spitsbergen Marathon 53

NOR M,H,R

ASICS Stockholm Marathon 44

SWE M

Helsinki Half Marathon 49

FIN H,R

Atlantic Airways Tórshavn Marathon 49

FRO M,H,R

Leiden Marathon NED M,H,R

Unicef

See race preview on pages 20+21 POR H

BRA H

tbc Wizz Air Skopje Marathon

89 Harmony Genève Marathon for

NGR R

Volkswagen Prague Marathon

SUI M,H,R

SRB H

Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon

CZE M

GRE M,H

Lisbon Eco Marathon

GBR M

tbc Nafplio Marathon tbc Novi Sad Half Marathon

Toronto Marathon

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

BOT M,H,R

tbc Maratón Internacional de ARG M,H,R

May 2021 CAN M

CHN M

tbc ORLEN Warsaw Marathon

2 2 2

CRC M

tbc Dalian Int’l Marathon

tbc Tunisia Women’s Run Int’l Half

POL M,R

CAN M

tbc Semi Marathon Int’l de Sfax

TUN H,R

ROU M,H,R

Paris

TUN H

POL H

tbc Brasov Int’l Marathon

tbc Schneider Electric Marathon de

51 51

tbc Maratón de Montevideo

FRA M

BIH H

Marathon, 10km & 5km

URU M,H

tbc PKO Bialystok Halfmarathon

tbc Gunsan Saemangeum Int’l KOR M,R

AUS M,H,R

Marathon

planned date

TUR M,H,R

30 AUT R Marathon Festival 30 Barossa AUS M,H,R

tbc Adelaide Marathon Festival

tbc Dushanbe International Half TJK H

ASICS Austrian Women’s Run

tbc Dogi’s Half Marathon ITA H

CAN M,R

29–30 StraLugano

planned date

tbc LG Dead Sea Ultra Marathon

’n’ Roll DC Half Marathon GRE M,R 50 27 Rock USA H,R 57 Enschede Marathon 18 NED M Half Marathon 53 28 Cardiff See race preview on page 13 HAJ Hannover Marathon GBR H 50 18 See race preview on page 17 of St Tropez Marathon GER M,H,R 50 28 Gulf FRA M,H 50 Standard Chartered Hong Kong 18 PZU Warsaw Half Marathon Marathon 28 15th POL H 55 HKG M 50 UAE R

and Ottawa 10K

SUI H,R

tbc Daegu Int’l Marathon

1011 The Canberra Times Marathon

Marathon 7 Tokyo JPN M 51 Marathon, Half & 10k 12 Jerusalem ISR M,H,R 51 Kingston City Marathon 14 JAM M,H,R 51 Nagoya Women’s Marathon 14 JPN M 51 Antarctica Marathon & Half 19 ATA M,H 47 Run Rome The Marathon 21 ITA M 51 Logicom Cyprus Marathon 21 CYP M,H,R 49 Taipei City Wan Jin Shi 21 New Marathon TPE M,R

29–30 Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon

predicted date Course not measurable to AIMS standards

ITA M,H

BRA M,R

29 KAZ M,H,R Half Marathon 29 Moonlight ITA H

tbc Wizz Air Cluj-Napoca Marathon

GRE M,R

São Paulo Int’l Marathon

RSA U

tbc Thai Sikh Run THA H,R

MEX M,H,R

BI Marathon

tbc Crete Marathon

April 2021

2 3

Celaya”

JPN M

tbc Maratón “Las Batallas de

tbc Tokushima Marathon

ROU M,H,R

IND H,R

VEN M

tbc Kaohsiung Int’l Marathon TPE M

USA M,H

CRC M,H

tbc Big Sur Int’l Marathon tbc CAF Caracas Maratón

Marathon

tbc 21k Guadalajara Electrolit

IND M,H,R

UZB H,R

Nutrido por Granvita

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Marathon

TPE H,R

Marathon

tbc Standard Chartered Stanley

tbc Giulietta & Romeo Half

MEX H

KOR M

tbc Sihanoukville Int’l Half

FLK M

tbc Seoul Marathon

tbc 27km for Freedom

ITA H

MEX M

tbc Saipan Marathon

CAM H,R

Marathon

RSA R

KOR H

tbc Maratón Int’l Lala

tbc The Carthage Race Int’l TUN M,H,R

KOR H

PKO Poznan Half Marathon 18 13th AUT M,H,R 47 POL H 55 15–16 Rimi Riga Marathon Marathon 18 Rhodes LAT M,H 53 GRE M,R 50 The Great Wall Marathon 15 CHN M City Marathon P Vienna 48 Postponed until September 2021 47 Helsinki City Running Day 15 FIN M,H,R Bergen City Marathon 24 Fjordkraft 49 NOR M,H,R 53 Three Hearts Marathon 15 SLO M,H,R 24–25 Du Motion-Runners’ Days 55 Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik Half Marathon) iWelt Marathon Wuerzburg 16 GER M CRO H,R 48 50 Cracovia Marathon Copenhagen Marathon 25 POL M 16 55 DEN M 40 Gifu Half Marathon Göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon 25 JPN H 22 SWE H 51 55 Haspa Marathon Hamburg Kigali International Peace 25 GER M 23 Marathon 50 RWA M,H 55 Marathon 25 Zürich See race preview on page 19 Thunder Dragon Marathon 23 BHU M,H SUI M 56 47 tbc Almaty Marathon Maraton y Medio Maraton 23 KAZ M,H,R 51 Municipalidad de San José Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc Gyeonggi Int’l Half Marathon

MNP M,H,R

Barcelona

tbc Chongqing Int’l Marathon

tbc eDreams Mitja Marató de ESP H

BAN R

Ohme-Hochi 30km Road Race & 10km

SEY M

14–16 Salzburg Marathon

tbc CCCL RUNBANGLA Int’l 10K

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McDonald’s Brisbane Marathon Festival AUS M,H,R 47

Aruba Marathon 6 KLM ARU M,H,R 47 Cork City Marathon 6 IRL M 50 Madagascar Marathon & Half 12 MAD M,H 53 Wroclaw Night Half 12 PKO Marathon

Outback Marathon 31 Australian AUS M 47 Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc Correcaminos Half Marathon

and 10k CRC H,R

Penh Int’l Half Marathon 13 Phnom CAM H,R 47 Comrades Marathon 13 RSA U 55 Travel Rottnest Running 13 RunFun Festival AUS M,H,R

Swansea Half Marathon 13 JCP GBR H Tomsk International 13 Yarche Marathon RUS M,H

Big Five Marathon 19 The RSA M,H Sun Marathon 19 Midnight NOR M,H City Trophy Int’l Road 20 Telesia Race 10k

47 52

55 55

Guayaquil – Diaro Expreso ECU H

ITA R

tbc Borneo Marathon MAS M,H,R

tbc RAHAL Mémorial Casablanca MAR R

MRI M,H,R

CRO H Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc Kaunas Marathon LTU M,H,R

tbc Kuala Lumpur Standard

FIJ M,H,R

MAS M,H,R

53 56

1 7 8 8

Run716 15K and 3 Person Relay USA R 57

RUS M,H,R

Marathon

10km Int’l de Dakhla MAR R CAM M,H,R

20–21 Paavo Nurmi Marathon, Half and 10k

ISL M,H

47 56

Econet Victoria Falls Marathon ZIM M 57 55

Airlie Beach Marathon Festival AUS M,H,R 47

18 24 Swissalpine SUI U maratón de Bogotá 25 media COL H Paulo City Marathon 25 Sao BRA M Course not measurable to AIMS standards

50 51 53

tbc Maratón Int’l Asunción PAR M,H,R

tbc Maybank Bali Marathon INA M,H,R

Festival

AUS M,H,R,U

tbc Manulife Danang Int’l Marathon VIE M,H,R FIN M,R JPN M IND M,H,R RUS M,H,R

57 49 51 50 55 53

tbc Peru Runners Lima Half

MEX M

RUS H,R

Northern Capital

ECU R

55 47

AUS M,H,R

Marathon 11 Antwerp BEL M 47 Jungfrau-Marathon 11 SUI M 56 Stockholm Half Marathon 11 SWE H 55 Minsk Half Marathon 12 BLR H,R 47 Volksbank-Münster-Marathon 12 GER M 50 City Marathon 12 Vienna AUT M,H,R 47 Greifenseelauf Uster 18 SUI H,R 55 Copenhagen Half Marathon 19 DEN H 46 Porto Half Marathon 19 POR H 55 Galaxy Vladivostok Marathon 25 RUS M,H,R 55 Int’l Marathon 26 Chisinau MDA M,H,R 53 H.C. Andersen Marathon 26 DEN M 52 Maratón León Guiar 26 MEX M,H,R 53 EDP Rock ’n’ Roll Madrid 26 Maratón & 1/2 Course not measurable to AIMS standards

ESP M,H

Route du Vin Half Marathon 26 ING LUX H 53 See race feature on pages 23+24 GER H,R

GRE H,R

51 50

56 47 50

tbc BMW Berlin-Marathon

USA M

SVK M,H,R

GUM M,H,R

tbc Hengshui Lake Int’l Marathon

CHN M,H,R

tbc Incheon Songdo Int’l Marathon

KOR M,H,R

tbc Vodafone Istanbul Half

Marathon

TUR H

tbc River Kwai Int’l Half Marathon

THA H

tbc Lanzhou Int’l Marathon

CHN M,H,R

tbc Marathon Life Lima42k

PER M,H,R

tbc EDP Lisbon Half Marathon

POR H

tbc Lo inj Half Marathon

CRO H

tbc 20km & 10km Int’l de Marrakech

MAR R

tbc Milton Keynes Marathon & Half

GBR M,H,R

tbc Absolute Moscow Marathon

RUS M,R

tbc IDBI Federal Life Insurance

Mumbai Half Marathon

IND H,R

tbc BMW Oslo Maraton

NOR M,H,R

tbc Padova Marathon

ITA M

POL H

RUS M,H,R

CHI M

Marathon

BIH H

tbc Satara Hill Half Marathon

IND H,R

tbc Ston Wall Marathon

CRO M,R

tbc Blackmores Sydney Running

Festival (incl. Sydney Marathon) AUS M 47

tbc CSOB Bratislava Marathon

MEX H

tbc United Airlines Guam Marathon

tbc Sarajevo Sberbank Half

tbc TCS World 10K Bengaluru

GER M

Guadalajara

tbc Santiago Marathon

tbc Beijing Marathon

IND R

CRC M,H,R

tbc Medio Maratón Atlas de

tbc Pushkin Marathon

tbc Astana Marathon KAZ M,R

NOR H

tbc Flamingo Beach Marathon

tbc Pila Int’l Half Marathon

tbc B.A.A. Boston Marathon

tbc 7 Sunshine Coast Marathon

IND M,H,R,U

CHN M,H

tbc SPB Half Marathon. The

tbc La Ruta de las Iglesias

812 Ladakh Marathon & Ultra

THA R

Int’l Half Marathon

BRA H

tbc Bangsaen10

tbc Dadi Prakashmani Mount Abu

RUS H,R

Run

Maratón Medellín COL M,H,R

tbc Knarvikmila – The Great Fjord

Petra Desert Marathon JOR M,H

tbc Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race MDV R

September 2021

4 5

tbc Dam tot Damloop NED R

tbc Athens Half Marathon

tbc Moscow Half Marathon

tbc Rio Half Marathon

tbc Taishin Women Run Taipei TPE H,R

tbc Buenos Aires Int’l Marathon ARG M

tbc Halfmarathon Altötting

Telcel

IND H

17–18 Golden Ring Ultra Trail 100 RUS U,R Course not measurable to AIMS standards

tbc Maratón de la Ciudad de México

Gornergrat Zermatt Marathon SUI U,M,H

Reykjavik 21 Islandsbanki Marathon

PER H,R

34 Gold Coast Marathon

3 4

Marathon

July 2021 AUS M

The Khmer Empire Marathon

MAS M,H,R

JPN U

tbc Kuching Marathon

tbc Lake Saroma 100km Ultra

AUS M,H,R

Siberian Int’l Marathon

tbc Kazan Marathon

tbc Rio de Janeiro City Marathon BRA M

Festival

tbc Airtel Hyderabad Marathon

tbc Quito Últimas Noticias 15k ECU R

tbc McDonald’s Townsville Running

August 2021

tbc Hokkaido Marathon

tbc Laguna Phuket Marathon THA M

tbc Helsinki Marathon

Chartered Marathon

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tbc The Canberra Times Marathon

tbc Hvar Half Marathon

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Marathon 28 Stavanger Midnight Sun Run NOR M,H,R 24 Suzuki ISL H,R 50 Wizz Air Budapest Half 29 36th Viking Marathon Marathon 26 Waterford IRL M,H,R 51 HUN H hamburg halbmarathon Longford Marathon 27 hella 29 Abbott 50 GER H IRL M Tangamanga Int’l tbc Int’l Asunción Half Marathon 27 BMW Marathon PAR H MEX M

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tbc Mauritius Marathon

FIN M,H,R

tbc Media Maratón Ciudad de

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

POL H

AUS M

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Continued from page 35 tbc Taipei Freeway Marathon TPE M,H,R

tbc Tallinna Maraton, Half & 10k EST M,H,R

ROU M,H

tbc HeidelbergCement

TbilisiHalfMarathon GEO H,R

München Marathon 10 Generali GER M,H,R

Fitness Victoria 10 GoodLife Marathon

Thessaloniki Night Half 16 Int’l Marathon

tbc Trieste Running Festival ITA H

CAN M

tbc Maratonina Città di Udine ITA H

tbc Vaal River City Marathon RSA M,H,R

tbc Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon LTU M,H

53 47

tbc 43rd PZU Warsaw Marathon POL M,R

tbc 39th Wroclaw Maraton POL M

October 2021

Brussels Airport Marathon & Half Marathon BEL M,H

Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running GBR M

Telesia Half Marathon

Trento Half Marathon

ITA H ITA H

GRE H,R

Cape Town Marathon 17 Sanlam RSA M PZU Cracovia Royal Half 17 8th Marathon POL H

tbc 24th Int’l WACHAUmarathon AUT M,H

Marathon Festival 10 Melbourne AUS M

tbc 17a Treviso Marathon ITA M

Bank Bucharest 10 Raiffeisen Marathon

Lisbon Marathon | Luso Half 17 EDP Marathon POR M,H

PKO Poznan Marathon 17 21st POL M Varmex 17 Maraton MEX M,H,R Maratón Valencia Trinidad 24 Medio Alfonso EDP ESP H

24 Venicemarathon ITA M Frankfurt Marathon 31 Mainova GER M Moon Lake Marathon 31 Sun TPE M,R Lucerne 31 SwissCityMarathon SUI M

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Marathon movers

Longest-serving race directors of AIMS events By Hugh Jones Until this year it had been taken for granted that races would be held year after year, with cancellations only in exceptional circumstances. No longer: but this list of long-serving race directors of AIMS races provides a wistful look back at those times and how mass marathons first found their place on city streets. A later article will look at how the big city marathons expanded into areas of the world where distance running had not been considered as a sport for the masses and at those races which developed the phenomenon of “running tourism”. When AIMS was founded in 1981 marathon running was in its infancy as a mass-participation sport. There was usually one inspirational race director figure who had dreamed up the event and got it on the road by heading up negotiations with the city authorities and recruiting race sponsors. A few names stood out: Fred Lebow in New York, Horst Milde in Berlin and Chris Brasher in London, who were all central figures in the founding of AIMS. Some individuals still head the race organisations they created. Others, like those mentioned above, lasted 20 years or more in charge but as races grew in size and complexity they developed a more departmentalised structure. Administration and marketing became separated from operational matters. Many of the early race directors were members of running clubs and recruited fellow club members to share the workload. Among these, the New York Road Runners and Berlin’s Sport Club Charlottenburg expanded their race organisations commercially and today employ dozens of people. The City authorities, who controlled the roads

on which Marathons were run, saw these events as at least partially their own. In Barcelona, and later Rome, the City seized control and engaged a contractor to deliver the race, either with the aim of upgrading the event or to extract payment for the right to organise it. Japan has a long history of distance races which pre-dates the Western “Running Boom” of the late 1970s and early 1980s. But in Japan races were contests between elite athletes: fields were usually only a few dozen runners but attracted a lot of spectator interest and were often televised and usually sponsored by newspaper groups. As organisations they were – and still are - seen more as public properties belonging to the local governments and the athletics federations. Under this organisational model the title of race director was more of an honorary post that rotated every few years, and was typically held by someone from the federation or a leader of the local government such as the city’s mayor. This remained the case after the introduction of mass participation races starting from 2007. The idea of a long-standing race director does not fit well in the culture of Japan. China, which only developed a running culture much later, has adopted a similar model. But there is always the exception: in 1986 the Lake Saroma 100km Ultra Marathon was established by Jiro Hashimoto as a privately-organised race through his company R-bies. As the popularity of running increased it became recognised for its potential as a part of the tourism market. Events were set up specifically to attract runners from foreign countries – who would most likely spend more and have a greater impact on the local economy than nationals or locals. Tour companies went a step

Message from Paco Borao There is no doubt that road running has in the last 50 years become one of the most popular sports, with millions of people running in streets, parks and fields, bringing health and happiness to women and men all over the world. Sport is above all based upon fairness and because of this basic principle AIMS wants to pay tribute to those who allow all this to happen; the organisers who devote their lives to bringing both the spectacle for spectators and the course to all of us runners. From deep in our hearts, thank you! further and set up ‘boutique’ races as the central focus of trips they organise. Now, with 470 AIMS member races spread throughout 125 countries, distance running has been made into a truly global sport by their efforts, from Boston to Bhutan, from Venice to Vladivostok – and all points in between.

Length of service 1

40 Niels Jørgen Holdt

Copenhagen Marathon

DEN

1980-2019

13= 29 Carlos Moya

Lisbon Half Marathon

POR

1991-2019

36 Giancarlo Romiti

Firenze Marathon

ITA

1984-2019

13= 29 Henryk Paskal

Pila Half Marathon

POL

1991-2019

35 Jiro Hashimoto

Lake Saroma 100km

JPN

1985-2019

13= 29 Tjeerd Scheffer

Leiden Marathon

NED

1991-2019

35 Mario Kadiks

Rotterdam Marathon

NED

1985-2019

13= 29 Barry Whitmore

Malta Challenge Mthn

MLT

1991-2019

34 Andrea Tuffli

Swissalpine Marathon

SUI

1986-2019

28 Gunther Vogel

Altotting Half Marathon

GER

1992-2019

33 Carlos Gattorno

Marabana

CUB

1987-2019

27 Rick Nealis

Marine Corps Marathon

USA

1993-2019

31 Wolfgang Konrad

Vienna City Marathon

AUT

1989-2019

20= 26 Jaime Morales

Tangamanga Marathon

MEX

1994-2019

30 Alan Brookes

Toronto Waterfront Mthn

CAN

1990-2019

20= 26 Joël Laine

Marathon de Paris

FRA

1989-2014

30 Dave Cundy

Canberra Marathon

AUS

1980-2009

20= 26 Guillermo Saenz

Costa Rica Half Marathon

CRC

1994-2019

30 Horst Milde

Berlin Marathon

GER

1974-2003

20= 26 Gasser Riad

Egyptian Marathon

EGY

1994-2019

30 Dejan Nikolic

Belgrade Marathon

SRB

1990-2019

24= 25 Robert Bruchez

Lausanne Marathon

SUI

1993-2017

30 Carey Pinkowski

Chicago Marathon

USA

1990-2019

24= 25 Carlo Capalbo

Prague Marathon

CZE

1995-2019

Kosice Marathon

SVK

1991-2019

24= 25 Jay Glassman

Toronto Marathon

CAN

1995-2019

13= 29 Brano Koniar

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Marathon movers Longest serving race directors

One of the pioneers Horst Milde, Berlin Marathon, est. 1974 The first Berlin Marathon was held on 13 October 1974 with 286 runners. 244 of them finished. It was the first time in Germany that unregistered runners were able to take part in a race.

participants from 61 countries ran for the first time from Berlin (West) to Berlin (East) through the Brandenburg Gate and back. The race was a world sporting and political spectacle which was broadcast live worldwide. A run that was at first only a family affair had become an event that dominates the German capital for two days as spectators enthusiastically celebrate from the first to the last runner.

We fought a battle with the police for permission. Their attitude was: “only cars should be on the street, not runners”. For the first seven editions the race was confined to lesser-used roads in the Grunewald.

Following 1990 the number of participants initially declined but the winning performances improved every year and the flat and fast course strongly appealed to mass runners. When Berlin became the capital of Germany again the number of participants rose to record levels every year.

The Berlin Marathon became international on 27 September 1981 by moving from the forest roads of the Grunewald to the city centre, starting at the Reichstag and finishing on the main shopping street, Kurfürstendamm. With 3486 participants from 30 nations (2583 finishers) and incorporating wheelchairs for the first time it was a sensation in Germany at that time.

I had arranged with the management of the SCC Berlin club that I would retire as race director in 2004 (after more than 330 events over 40 years with 1.3 million participants).

Winning times improved and the number of participants climbed to almost 17,000 from 60 nations but in 1989 radical political change brought a new dimension to the Marathon.

Mark, our second son, had helped with all the running events since he was a child and had grown up with the Berlin Marathon. He took advice from his colleagues in New York and London and then became my ‘shadow’ Race Director.

The 1990 Berlin Marathon broke through to the international elite of marathon running when, on 30 September 1990 (three days before German reunification), a field capped at 25,000

Since 1974 eleven world records (previously world best times) have been set in the Berlin Marathon starting with Christa Vahlensieck (GER) in 1977 and ending with Eliud Kipchoge’s (KEN) current world record of 2:01:39 in 2018. With 46,983 registrations from 150 nations the 2019 Berlin Marathon was one of the largest races in the world. As one of the World Marathon Majors it has become an important flagship of elite and popular sports in Germany. In my wildest dreams I never imagined the success of the marathon. Although it resulted from the work of a large and experienced team, we were humbled by it.

27= 24 Al Boka

Las Vegas Marathon

USA

1981-2004

38= 20 Anders Olsson

Stockholm Marathon

SWE

1979-1998

27= 24 Nils Heatta

Midnight Sun Marathon

NOR

1996-2019

38= 20 Ulf Saletti

Stockholm Marathon

SWE

1999-2018

27= 24 Arpad Kocsis

Budapest Marathon

HUN

1996-2019

38= 20 Torben Simonsen

H C Andersen Marathon

DEN

2000-2019

27= 24 Gojko Zalokar

Ljubljana Marathon

SLO

1996-2019

38= 20 Gernot Weigl

Munich Marathon

GER

2000 -2019

31= 23 Jim Aughney

Dublin Marathon

IRL

1997-2019

44= 19 Michael Brinkmann

Muenster Marathon

GER

2002-2019

31= 23 William Ko

Hong Kong Marathon

HKG

1997-2019

44= 19 Dave McGillivray

Boston Marathon

USA

2001-2019

31= 23 Fred Lebow

New York City Marathon

USA

1970-1992

44= 19 Diego Maruri

Guayaquil Half Marathon

ECU

2001-2019

34= 22 Ev. Papapostolou

Athens Marathon

GRE

1998-2019

44= 19 Cees Pronk

TCS Amsterdam Marathon

NED

2000-2018

34= 22 Shui Tao

Beijing Marathon

CHN

1998-2019

44= 19 Wallace Williams

St Croix Int’l Marathon

VIR

2001-2019

34= 22 Joao Traven

Corrida Sao Sebastiao

BRA

1998-2019

49= 18 Stefanie Eichel

Hannover Marathon

GER

2002-2019

Frankfurt Marathon

37= 21 Stavros Kakourides

Cyprus Marathon

CYP

1999-2019

49= 18 Jo Schindler

37= 21 Konstnt Podbelskiy

Siberian Marathon

RUS

1998-2019*

49= 18 Malcolm Sutherland Baxters Loch Ness Mthn

GER

2002-2019

GBR

2002-2019

38= 20 Thom Gilligan

Antarctica Marathon

*ACA

1995-2019

49= 18 Thilak Weerasinghe

Colombo Marathon*

SRL

1998-2018

38= 20 Mati Lilliallik

Tallinn Marathon

EST

2000-2019

53= 17 John Addison

Kilimanjaro Marathon

TAN

2003-2019

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Marathon movers Longest serving race directors

Early fitness awareness Rick Nealis, Marine Corps Marathon, est. 1976 On 17 October 1975 Col. Jim Fowler (USMC) spurred an idea that would become the Marine Corps Reserve Marathon – which would also serve as a recruiting tool. After the Vietnam War popularity of the military declined but distance running was gaining considerable positive attention. In Washington DC the first participants came to the start line on 7 November 1976. 1018 finishers made it the largest inaugural marathon up to that time. Each participant paid only $2 to enjoy a run through the nation’s capital. Two-time Olympian and eventual MCM Hall of Famer Kenneth Moore was the overall winner with a time of 2:21:14. The Marine Corps Marathon Organization (MCMO) is celebrating 45 years of promoting the organisational skills of the United States Marines, embracing the good will of the Washington DC community and supporting our runners who are role models for a healthy lifestyle. Over 600,000 marathon runners have selected “The People’s Marathon” as a ‘must do’ race. An event for first time marathoners, the Marines pamper and assist runners throughout. Race Director Rick Nealis, a retired Major of Marines (1981); Oprah Winfrey (1994) and former Vice President of the United

States Al Gore (1997), all chose the Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) to make their debut. In September 2001 the world was shocked and appalled by the coordinated terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and the crashing of an airliner in a Pennsylvania field. While a feeling of terror swept the world, the MCMO was able to plan, organise and execute the first major event in the Washington DC area just six weeks later. Runners led the way in showing the world we were going to take back our lives and use our sport of running as a vehicle to bring back normalcy into our daily lives.

Rick Nealis at the MCM in 1982

Almost 20 years later, the world is again in a sense of shock as we combat another enemy, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As live events are cancelled, marathons must get to grips with how we go forward with organising and hosting large-scale running events. Race directors strive to understand the safety protocols and social distancing requirements before we can begin to put on races again for the masses. But race directors are problemsolvers: we will figure out what the future of marathon events will look like in 2021 and beyond. As AIMS members we have a responsibility to come together now more than ever and have our running events again lead the way to a healthy lifestyle. Left, Al Gore; above, Oprah Winfrey

53= 17 Andrea Maggini

PisaMarathon

ITA

2003-2019

65= 13 Reto Schorno

SwissCityMarathon

SUI

2007-2019

55= 16 Sunny Chen

Taipei Marathon

TPE

2004-2019

68= 12 Roque M. Alemañ

Mitja Marató Santa Pola

ESP

2006-2017*

55= 16 Mark Milde

Berlin Marathon

GER

2004-2019

68= 12 Lars Fyhr

Polar Circle Marathon

GRL

2008-2019

55= 16 Vivek Singh

Tata Mumbai Marathon

IND

2004-2019

68= 12 Hugues Lelievre

French Riviera Marathon

FRA

2008-2019

55= 16 Jorge Teixeira

Porto Marathon

POR

2004-2019

68= 12 Jim O’Donovan

Cork City Marathon

IRL

2007-2018

59= 15 Rune Nortoft

Big Five Marathon

RSA

2005-2019

68= 12 Route du Vin Half

Eugène Kraus

LUX

2000-2011

59= 15 Bohdan Witwicki

Silesia Marathon

POL

2005-2019

68= 12 Hugo Ramos Sousa

São Silvestre de Lisboa

POR

2008-2019

61= 14 M Asimakopoulos

Athens Marathon

GRE

2006-2019

68= 12 Giovanna Rousseau

Seychelles Marathon

SEY

2008-2019

61= 14 Cristian Llorens

Marató Barcelona

ESP

2006-2019

68= 12 Kire Sinadinovski

Skopje Marathon

MKD

2008-2019

61= 14 Jozef Pukalovič

Bratislava Marathon

SVK

2006-2019

68= 12 Wissam Tero

Beirut Marathon

LIB

2008-2019

61= 14 Serge Vigot

Marathon de la Rochelle

FRA

1991-2004

68= 12 Jose-Luis Trujillo

Marathon Aguascalientes

MEX

2008-2019

65= 13 Mo. Mirhan Hassan

Dhiraagu Maldives 10km

MDV

2007-2019

68= 12 Les Wright

Maui Oceanfront Marathon

USA

2008-2019

65= 13 Aigars Nords

Riga Marathon

LAT

2007-2019

79= 11 Jean Marie Grall

Mauritius Marathon

MRU

2009-2019

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Marathon movers Longest serving race directors

Ultra orientation Jiro Hashimoto, Lake Saroma 100km, est.1986 On a visit to Okinawa keen ultrarunner Jiro Hashimoto saw a poster with aerial pictures of a dream landscape of green forest with blue sea on both sides. “If only I could run in such a beautiful location…” he imagined. It was an ambitious idea but he found support from town mayors and deputy mayors in Wakubetsu, Saroma and Tokoro and also from the owner of a local resort hotel which became the race headquarters.

ultra-runners. The 2019 race had 3550 runners in the 100km and 550 in the 50km. By the tenth race in 1995 1362 runners entered including elite runners from both at home and abroad. At the 1998 race Takahiro Sunada set the men’s world record of 6:13:33 and just two years later Tomoe Abe followed with a women’s world record of 6:33:11, taking 27:37 off the previous mark. In the 2018 race Nao Kazami improved the 20-year old world record by over four minutes with a time of 6:09:14.

The first race drew 50 runners of whom 26 finished – the last in 13:36:32. Just two years later the number of participants had increased tenfold (to 526) and has continued to rise as the race has become the mecca for Japanese

Nowadays the race is staged by the local authority but R-bies leads in the organisation. Mr. Shinichi Marjuma Aejima (CEO of R-bies) will succeed Mr Hashimoto in 2021.

79= 11 Andreas Müller

Lima42k Marathon

PER

2009-2019

92= 5

Ivan Tretiakov

Kyiv Half Marathon

UKR

2015-2019

79= 11 Frederic Robert

Mauritius Marathon

MRU

2009-2019

Marco Gerosa

Stralugano

SUI

2017-2019

82= 10 Krzysztof Kowal

Cracovia Maraton

POL

2010-2019

82= 10 Mukesh Mishra

Jaipur Marathon

IND

2010-2019

84= 9

Rainer Biemans

Kuala Lumpur Marathon

MAS

2011-2019

84= 9

Horatiu Morar

WizzAir Cluj-Napoca Mthn

MKD

2011-2019

84= 9

Abdulsattar Younis

Erbil Marathon

IRQ

2011-2019

87= 8

Joe Cawley

Waterford Viking Marathon

IRL

2012-2019

87= 8

Daniel Dukov

Wizz Air Sofia Marathon

BUL

2012-2019

87= 8

Andrew Hully

Milton Keynes Marathon

GBR

2012-2019

Masaharu Kaji

Kasgawa-Marugame HM

JPN

2013-2019

Edouard Cassignol

Marathon de Pairs

FRA

2014-2019

Pawan Rai

Vadodara Marathon

IND

2015-2019

92= 5

* Siberian: not including 2012 * Antarctica held on ‘odd’ years only until 2007 * Colombo not held in 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2019 * Santa Pola not held in 2018, 2019 Rules – Limited to existing AIMS member races – Race Directors who have been directors of multiple races for many years just have their longest event included. – Longevity calculated as of 31.12.2019; will be updated for 2020 races on 31.12.2020. – Events must be trackable as the “same” event even though distances may have been added or dropped and title sponsors changed. – Directors are given credit for cancelled events or events held as virtual events assuming they handled the terms of the cancellation – Co-Directors are eligible

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World leading times These lists give the current standings in the world of road racing, and are believed accurate at 25 September 2020. For a deeper listing and the most up-to-date times consult the AIMS World Leading Times page online at http://aims-worldrunning.org/statistics.html

Marathon Men Time

Athlete

2:04:15 2:04:49 2:04:46 2:04:51 2:05:05 2:05:29 2:06:15 2:06:15 2:06:17 2:06:18 2:06:18 2:06:21 2:06:22 2:06:22 2:06:23 2:06:23 2:06:24 2:06:26 2:06:27 2:06:29 2:06:31 2:06:32 2:06:34 2:06:43 2:06:45 2:06:47 2:06:54 2:07:05 2:07:09 2:07:16 2:07:19

Birhanu LEGESE Bashir ABDI Mekuant AYENEW Sisay LEMMA Barnabas KIPTUM Suguru OSAKO Olika ADUGNA Bedan KAROKI Eric KIPTANUI Tsedat ABEJE Lencho TESFAYE Yitayal ATNAFU Yihunilign ADANE El Hassan El ABBASHI Aychew BANTIE Asefa MENGSTU Regasa BEJIGA Seifu TURA Workneh TESFA Chalu DESO Zewudu HAILU Hicham LAQOUAHI Beshah YERSSIE Michael KANYUGO Ryu TAKAKU Bazu WORKU Daisuke UEKADO Toshiki SADAKATA Zelalem BACHA Jacob KENDAGOR Eyob FANIEL

Women

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

ETH 1 BEL 2 ETH 1 ETH 3 KEN 2 JPN 4 ETH 1 KEN 5 KEN 2 ETH 3 ETH 4 ETH 5 ETH 6 BRN 6 ETH 7 ETH 7 ETH 3 ETH 8 ETH 4 ETH 9 ETH 10 MAR 1 ETH 11 KEN 5 JPN 8 ETH 6 JPN 9 JPN 10 BRN 12 KEN 2 ITA 7

Date

Tokyo Tokyo Sevilla Tokyo Sevilla Tokyo Dubai Tokyo Dubai Dubai Dubai Dubai Dubai Tokyo Dubai Tokyo Sevilla Dubai Sevilla Dubai Dubai Marrakech Dubai Sevilla Tokyo Sevilla Tokyo Tokyo Dubai Marrakech Sevilla

01 MAR 01 MAR 23 FEB 01 MAR 23 FEB 01 MAR 24 JAN 01 MAR 24 JAN 24 JAN 24 JAN 24 JAN 24 JAN 01 MAR 24 JAN 01 MAR 23 FEB 24 JAN 23 FEB 24 JAN 24 JAN 26 JAN 24 JAN 23 FEB 01 MAR 23 FEB 01 MAR 01 MAR 24 JAN 26 JAN 23 FEB

Time

Athlete

2:07:20 Maru TEFERI 2:07:20 Shin KIMURA 2:07:23 Yusuke OGURA 2:07:23 Alemayehu MEKONEN 2:07:26 Balew YIHUNLE 2:07:27 Javier GUERRA 2:07:27 Yuta SHIMODA 2:07:28 Girmaw AMARE 2:07:29 Evans CHEBET 2:07:31 Masato KIKUCHI 2:07:32 Wondwosen FELEKE 2:07:33 Hamid Ben DAOUD 2:07:39 Tadshi IISHIKI 2:07:40 Dadi Yami GEMEDA 2:07:43 Lemi DUMECHA 2:07:45 Yuta SHITARA 2:07:46 Haimro ALAMAY 2:07:51 Abdi FUFA 2:07:55 Alemayehu AMETA 2:07:56 Simon KARIUKI 2:07:58 Abdi KEBEDE 2:08:00 Amnos KIPRUTO 2:08:01 Hamza SAHLI 2:08:02 Fikre WORKNEH 2:08:03 Gezaw BEKELE MEGERSSA 2:08:05 Steven MOKOKA 2:08:06 Abdela GODANA 2:08:09 Derara HURISA 2:08:12 Getaneh MOLLA 2:08:16 Birhan NEBEBEW 2:08:20 Ayele ABSHERO

Nation Rank Venue

ISR 8 JPN 11 JPN 12 ETH 9 ETH 13 ESP 10 JPN 13 ISR 11 KEN 1 JPN 14 ETH 3 ESP 12 JPN 15 ETH 4 ETH 1 JPN 16 ISR 13 ETH 14 ETH 14 KEN 17 ETH 5 KEN 18 MAR 1 ETH 6 ETH 7 RSA 2 ETH 2 ETH 1 ETH 19 ETH 1 ETH 2

Sevilla Tokyo Tokyo Sevilla Dubai Sevilla Tokyo Sevilla Otsu Tokyo Marrakech Sevilla Tokyo Marrakech Castellon Tokyo Sevilla Dubai Sevilla Tokyo Marrakech Tokyo Oita Marrakech Marrakech Otsu Oita Mumbai Tokyo Xiamen Mumbai

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

Date

23 FEB 01 MAR 01 MAR 23 FEB 24 JAN 23 FEB 01 MAR 23 FEB 08 MAR 01 MAR 26 JAN 23 FEB 01 MAR 26 JAN 16 FEB 01 MAR 23 FEB 24 JAN 23 FEB 01 MAR 26 JAN 01 MAR 02 FEB 26 JAN 26 JAN 08 MAR 02 FEB 19 JAN 01 MAR 05 JAN 19 JAN

Time

Athlete

2:17:45 2:18:35 2:19:38 2:20:11 2:20:29 2:20:30 2:21:42 2:21:47 2:21:55 2:21:56 2:22:40 2:22:41 2:22:45 2:22:52 2:22:56 2:22:58 2:23:03 2:23:13 2:23:17 2:23:29 2:23:31 2:23:36 2:23:37 2:23:39 2:23:49 2:23:52 2:24:14 2:24:30 2:24:47 2:24:50 2:24:51

Lonah Chemtai SALPETER Birhane DIBABA Worknesh DEGEFA Guteni SHONE Mao ICHIYAMA Asefa KEBEDE Selly CHEPYEGO Mizuki MATSUDA Bedatu HIRPA Tigist GIRMA Mimi BELETE Yuka ANDO Tigist ABAYECHEW Dera DIDA Purity RIONORIPO Azmera GEBRU Sintayehu LEWETEGN Juliet CHEKWEL Hirut Tiberu DAMTE Askale MERACHI Meskerem ASSEFA Hawi FEYSA Sayaka SATO Gada BONTU Sifan MELAKU Helen TOLA Josephine CHEPKOECH Purity CHANGWONY Biruktayit DEGEFA Malindi ELMORE Amane BERISO

Nation Rank Venue

ISR ETH ETH ETH JPN ETH KEN JPN ETH ETH BRN JPN ETH ETH KEN ETH ETH UGA ETH ETH ETH ETH JPN ETH ETH ETH KEN KEN ETH CAN ETH

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

Date

Tokyo Tokyo Dubai Dubai Nagoya Tokyo Tokyo Osaka Dubai Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Dubai Dubai Nagoya Tokyo Osaka Sevilla Nagoya Houston Osaka Dubai Nagoya Sevilla Sevilla Nagoya Sevilla Sevilla Houston Houston Mumbai

01 MAR 01 MAR 24 JAN 24 JAN 08 MAR 01 MAR 01 MAR 26 JAN 24 JAN 01 MAR 26 JAN 08 MAR 24 JAN 24 JAN 08 MAR 01 MAR 26 JAN 23 FEB 08 MAR 19 JAN 26 JAN 24 JAN 08 MAR 23 FEB 23 FEB 08 MAR 23 FEB 23 FEB 19 JAN 19 JAN 19 JAN

Time

Athlete

2:24:54 2:25:08 2:25:22 2:26:02 2:26:12 2:26:24 2:26:28 2:26:34 2:26:35 2:26:42 2:26:54 2:26:59 2:27:03 2:27:07 2:27:14 2:27:17 2:27:20 2:27:22 2:27:23 2:27:31 2:27:34 2:27:39 2:27:41 2:27:42 2:27:50 2:27:50 2:27:51 2:27:54 2:27:56 2:27:57

Meseret BELETE Birke DEBELE Senbere TEFERI Lisa Weightman Medina Deme ARMINO Bornes JEPKURUI Mesera HUSSEN Ai HOSODA Haruka YAMAGUCHI Afera GODFAY Hiwot AYALEW Bezunesh DEBA Yebrgual MELESE Gladys TEJEDA Rodah JEPKORIR Fatuma SADO Birhan MIHRETU Tsehay Gebre GETISO Aliphine TULIAMUK Molly SEIDEL Shitaye ESHETE Webalem BAZASNEW Zinash DEBEBE Shure DEMISE Haftamnesh TESFAY Beji BEKELU Hanae TANAKA Ayaka INOUE Hawi ALEMU Naomi JEBET

Nation Rank Venue

ETH 4 ETH 7 ETH 7 AUS 5 ETH 1 KEN 6 ETH 2 JPN 8 JPN 7 ETH 3 ETH 4 ETH 7 ETH 5 PER 6 KEN 2 ETH 8 ETH 6 ETH 7 USA 1 USA 2 BRN 8 ETH 1 ETH 8 ETH 9 ETH 9 ETH 7 JPN 10 JPN 11 ETH 1 KEN 2

Houston Nagoya Tokyo Osaka Xiamen Osaka Xiamen Nagoya Osaka Xiamen Xiamen Dubai Xiamen Sevilla Mumbai Osaka Xiamen Xiamen Atlanta Atlanta Tokyo Castellon Xiamen Tokyo Osaka Sevilla Osaka Osaka Marrakech Castellon

Date

19 JAN 08 MAR 01 MAR 26 JAN 05 JAN 26 JAN 05 JAN 08 MAR 26 JAN 05 JAN 05 JAN 24 JAN 05 JAN 23 FEB 19 JAN 26 JAN 05 JAN 05 JAN 20 FEB 20 FEB 01 MAR 16 FEB 05 JAN 01 MAR 26 JAN 23 FEB 26 JAN 26 JAN 26 JAN 16 FEB

Half Marathon Men

Present world record: Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN); 58:01; Copenhagen, 15 SEP 2019

Time

Athlete

58:38 58:58 59:09 59:16 59:25 59:26 59:27 59:28 59:35 59:36 59:42 59:47 59:47 59:49 59:51 59:52 59:56 59:56 59:57 59:58 59:58 59:59 1:00:00

Kibiwott KANDIE Kibiwott KANDIE Alexander MUTISO Alexander MUTISO Jemal YIMER Bernard NGENO Shadrack KIMINING Philemon KIPLIMO Abel KIPCHUMBA Geoffrey KOECH Gabriel Gerald GEAY Shura KITATA Mule WASIHUN Alfred Chelal BARKACH Vincent Kibor RAIMOI Andamlak BELIHU Geofrey KUSURU Philemon KIPLIMO Brett ROBINSON Victor CHUMO Dawit WOLDE Kelvin KIPTUM Yusuke OGURA

Nation Rank Venue

KEN KEN KEN KEN ETH KEN KEN KEN KEN KEN TAN ETH ETH KEN KEN ETH UGA KEN AUS KEN ETH KEN JPN

1 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 5 9 1 2 1 2 1 2 2

Date

Prague 05 SEP Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Santa Pola 19 JAN Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Houston 19 JAN Santa Pola 19 JAN Prague 05 SEP Marugame 02 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Den Haag 08 MAR Den Haag 08 MAR Marugame 02 FEB

Time

Athlete

1:00:00 1:00:00 1:00:00 1:00:01 1:00:02 1:00:03 1:00:04 1:00:06 1:00:06 1:00:06 1:00:09 1:00:10 1:00:10 1:00:12 1:00:13 1:00:14 1:00:18 1:00:20 1:00:20 1:00:22 1:00:27 1:00:27 1:00:35

Stephen KISSA UGA 3 Moses KOECH KEN 4 Bernard KIMANI KEN 3 Callum HAWKINS GBR 3 Leonard BARSOTON KEN 6 Leonard LANGAT KEN 4 Henry RONO KEN 1 Taku FUJIMOTO JPN 4 Abrar OSMAN ERI 5 Benson KIPRUTO KEN 3 Gabriel Gerald GEAY TAN 7 Tesfahun AKALNEW ETH 6 Moses KOECH KEN 5 Jake ROBERTSON NZL 10 Joseph N'GAN'GA KEN 8 Mande BUSHENDICH UGA 7 James RUNGARU KEN 6 Maxwell Kortek ROTICH UGA 9 Amos Kurgat KIBIWOT KEN 4 Kenenisa BEKELE ETH 1 James Gitahi RUNGARU KEN 1 Mo FARAH GBR 1 Abdallah Kibet MANDE UGA 10

Nation Rank Venue

Date

Barcelona 16 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Den Haag 08 MAR Marugame 02 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Den Haag 08 MAR Napoli 23 FEB Marugame 02 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Prague 05 SEP Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Den Haag 08 MAR Houston 19 JAN Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Den Haag 08 MAR Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Prague 05 SEP London 01 MAR Yamaguchi 09 FEB Antrim 12 SEP Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB

Women

World record (mixed competition): Abebel Yeshaneh (ETH), 1:04:31, Ras Al Khaimah, 21 FEB 2020; New world record, pending ratification (women-only race): Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) 1:05:34, Prague 05 SEP 2020; World record (women-only race): Netsanet Gudeta (ETH); 1:06:11,Valencia, 24 MAR 2018

Time

Athlete

1:04:31 1:04:48 1:05:34 1:05:34 1:06:01 1:06:16 1:06:35 1:06:37 1:06:37 1:06:38 1:06:38 1:06:47 1:07:02 1:07:04 1:07:07 1:07:10 1:07:14 1:07:16 1:07:37 1:07:57 1:08:02 1:08:06 1:08:10

Ababel YESHANEH Brigid KOSGEI Rosemary WANJIRU Peres JEPCHIRCHIR Evaline CHIRCHIR Joan Chelimo MELLY Yalemzerf YELAHUN Ashete BEKERE Magdalena SHAURI Hitomi NIIYA Vivian Jerono KIPLAGAT Viola CHEPTOO Degitu Azimeraw ASIRES Asnakech AWOKE Brenda JEPLETING Dorcas KIMELI Dorcas Jepchumba KIMELI Edith CHELIMO Sheila CHEPKIRUI Gidey ADHENA Fancy CHEMUTAI Brillian JEPKORIR Helalia JOHANNES

Nation Rank Venue

ETH 1 KEN 2 KEN 3 KEN 1 KEN 4 KEN 5 ETH 6 ETH 1 TAN 7 JPN 1 KEN 8 KEN 1 ETH 9 ETH 2 KEN 2 KEN 3 KEN 3 KEN 4 KEN 5 ETH 2 KEN 10 KEN 2 NAM 1

Date

Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Prague 05 SEP Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Houston 19 JAN Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Napoli 23 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Prague 05 SEP Barcelona 16 FEB Prague 05 SEP Prague 05 SEP Prague 05 SEP Napoli 23 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Houston 19 JAN Marugame 02 FEB

Time

Athlete

1:08:13 1:08:19 1:08:24 1:08:23 1:08:25 1:08:35 1:08:38 1:08:50 1:08:53 1:08:55 1:08:56 1:08:56 1:08:58 1:09:01 1:09:04 1:09:05 1:09:09 1:09:12 1:09:14 1:09:16 1:09:28 1:09:29 1:09:30

Caroline KIPKIRUI Gotytom GEBRESLASE Dorcas TUITOEK Charlotte PURDUE Ruti AGA Kyung-Sun CHOI Roza DEREJE Sinead DIVER Caroline ROTICH Stephanie TWELL Mao ICHIYAMA Melat Yisak KEJETA Sara HALL Irene KAMAIS KEJETA Gelete BURKA Vibian CHEPKIRUI Kaena TAKEYAMA Sakiho TSUTSUI Ayano IKEMITSU Vivian CHEPKURUI Monicah WANJUHI Glenrose XABA

Nation Rank Venue

KEN 3 ETH 4 KEN 5 GBR 2 ETH 6 KOR 3 ETH 4 AUS 4 KEN 7 GBR 8 JPN 5 GER 11 USA 9 ETH 1 GER 1 ETH 10 KEN 6 JPN 1 JPN 2 JPN 3 KEN 1 KEN 11 RSA 3

Date

Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Marugame 02 FEB Houston 19 JAN Marugame 02 FEB Barcelona 16 FEB Marugame 02 FEB Houston 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Marugame 02 FEB Ras Al Khaimah 21 FEB Houston 19 JAN Adana 05 JAN Frankfurt 13 SEP Houston 19 JAN Prague 05 SEP Yamaguchi 09 FEB Yamaguchi 09 FEB Yamaguchi 09 FEB Santa Pola 19 JAN Houston 19 JAN Napoli 23 FEB

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

Men Time

Athlete

26:24 27:13 27:13 27:30 27:32

Rhonex KIPRUTO Benard KIMELI Julien WANDERS Jacob KIROP Shadrack KOECH

Nation Rank Venue

KEN KEN SUI KEN KEN

1 2 3 4 5

Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia

Date

12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN

Time

Athlete

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

Stephen KISSA Djilali BEDRANI Alex KORIO Chala Regasa KETEMA Amine SOUIDA

Nation Rank Venue

UGA FRA KEN ETH MAR

6 7 8 9 1

Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia Casablanca

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

Women Date

12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 09 FEB

Time

Athlete

29:46 29:50 29:51 30:50 31:09

Sheila CHEPKIRUI Rosemary WANJIRU Norah JERUTO Bosena MULATE Lonah Chemtai SALPETER

Nation Rank Venue

KEN KEN KEN ETH ISR

1 2 3 4 5

Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia Valencia

Date

12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN 12 JAN

Time

Athlete

31:23 31:26 31:49 31:55 32:00

Selamawit DAGNACHEW Alina REH Elena KOROBKINA Rediet DANIEL Rachael Zena CHEBET

Nation Rank Venue

ETH GER RUS ETH UGA

1 1 1 6 7

Tiberias Berlin Moscow Valencia Valencia

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ALGERIA Semi Marathon Int’l de la Ville de Béjaia Oct Haddad Fatsah E: fatsahmarathon@hotmail.fr W: www.semimarathondebejaia.com fb: m.facebook.com/ semimarathondebejaia Sahara Marathon FeB James E. B. Carney E: saharamarathon@aol.com W: www.saharamarathon.org fb: facebook.com/saharamarathonorg Course not measurable to AIMS standards

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

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

Dec

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

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

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

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

AUSTRALIA Adelaide Marathon Festival MAy Piet Crosby E: office@sarrc.asn.au W: www.adelaidemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/SARoadRunnersClub 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 Piet Crosby E: office@sarrc.asn.au W: www.barossamarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/SARoadRunnersClub/

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

McDonald’s Brisbane Marathon Festival jun Jason Crowther E: info@atlasmultisports.com.au W: www.brisbanemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/brisbanemarathon

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

the canberra times Marathon Festival Apr Julie Tedde E: info@solemotive.com W: events.solemotive.com/canberratimes-marathon-festival fb: bit.ly/2Qt8BNF Gold coast Marathon juL Cameron Hart E: info@goldcoastmarathon.com.au W: www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/gcmarathon Melbourne Marathon Festival Oct Marcus Gale E: enquiries@melbournemarathon. com.au W: www.melbournemarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/ melbournemarathonfestival runFun travel rottnest running Festival Raymond Lampard E: wamc@wamc.org.au W: www.wamc.org.au fb: bit.ly/2pbsPuK

jun

Blackmores Sydney running Festival (incl. Sydney Marathon) nOV Wayne Larden E: info@sydneyrunningfestival. com.au W: www.sydneyrunningfestival.com.au fb: facebook.com/officialbsrf McDonald’s townsville running Festival AuG Scott Piper E: admin@townsvillerunningfestival.com W: www.townsvillerunningfestival.com fb: facebook.com/townsvillerunningfest Westlink M7 Blacktown running Festival juL Tanya Bigeni E: events.team@blacktown.nsw.gov.au W: www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/ runningfestival fb: facebook.com/BlacktownCityCouncil

AUSTRIA

ASIcS Austrian Women’s run Ilse Dippmann, Andreas Schnabl E: office@oesterreichischerfrauenlauf.at W: www.austrianwomensrun.com Salzburg Marathon Johannes Langer E: office@salzburg-marathon.at W: www.salzburg-marathon.at fb: www.facebook.com/ salzburg.marathon

BOTSWANA

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

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

MAr

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

nOV

BARBADOS

7 Sunshine coast Marathon AuG Jason Crowther E: jason@atlasmultisports.com.au W: www.sunshinecoastmarathon.com.au fb: facebook.com/ SunshineCoastMarathon

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

Sep

Oct

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

BELARUS Minsk Half Marathon Sep Vadim Devyatovskiy E: belarus.athletics@gmail.com W: minskhalfmarathon.by fb: facebook.com/minskhalfmarathon/

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

Sep

Oct

BHUTAN

MAy

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

MAy

BOSNIA Banja Luka Half Marathon Vladimir Selec E: banjalukamaraton@gmail.com W: www.banjalukamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/BLpolumaraton

Diacore Gaborone Marathon MAy 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 rio de janeiro city Marathon Joao Traven E: maratonadorio@ maratonadorio.com.br W: www.maratonadorio.com.br fb: www.facebook.com/ maratonadoriodejaneiro

Oct

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/ São Silvestre Int’l road race Thadeus Kassabian E: tgk@yescom.com.br W: www.saosilvestre.com.br Sao paulo city Marathon Paulo Roberto Passos Carelli E: paulo@iguanasports.com.br W: www.spcitymarathon.com.br

jAn

Dec

jun

São paulo Int’l Marathon nOV Thadeus Gilberto Kassabian E: tgk@yescom.com.br W: www.saopaulomarathonbrazil.com fb: facebook.com/maratonadesaopaulo/ corrida de Sao Sebastiao jAn Joao Traven E: spiridon@spiridon.com.br W: www.corridadesaosebastiao.com.br fb: facebook.com/corridadesaosebastiao/

Oct

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

Oct

CAMBODIA Angkor Wat Int’l Half Marathon Sem Phalla E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.cambodia-events.org fb: facebook.com/ angkorwathalfmarathon the Khmer empire Marathon Sem Phalla E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.cambodia-events.org fb: facebook.com/ khmerempiremarathon phnom penh Int’l Half Marathon 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 Sem Phalla E: direct@cambodia-events.org, info@cambodia-events.org W: www.cambodia-events.org fb: facebook.com/ sihanoukvillemarathon

MAr

CANADA Scotiabank calgary Marathon MAy Jon Bird E: racedirector@calgarymarathon.com W: www.calgarymarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWyk7c Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon and Ottawa 10K MAy Ian Fraser E: questions@runottawa.ca W: www.runottawa.ca fb: www.facebook.com/OttawaMarathon SSQ Insurance Quebec city Marathon Patrice Gagnon E: info@jecoursqc.com W: jecoursqc.com fb: facebook.com/jecoursqc toronto Marathon Jay Glassman E: info@torontomarathon.com W: www.torontomarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ torontomarathon

Oct

MAy

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

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BULGARIA

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

Sarajevo Sberbank Half Marathon Sep Drasko Lukovic E: drasko@sarajevomarathon.ba W: sarajevomarathon.ba/en fb: facebook.com/ events/204804080102150/

Dec

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

CHILE Santiago Marathon Fernando Jamarne E: fjamarne@alessandri.cl W: www.maratondesantiago.com fb: www.facebook.com/ maratondesantiago

Sep

Volcano Marathon nOV Richard Donovan E: npmarathon@gmail.com W: www.volcanomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/thevolcanomarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

CHINA

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Beijing Marathon Wang Dawei E: oc@beijing-marathon.com W: www.beijing-marathon.com/en changsha Int’l Marathon Ren Longxiang E: lijiazhuo9@vip.qq.com W: www.changsha-marathon.com

jun

chengdu Marathon Liu Yue E: liuyue98@wanda.cn W: www.chengdu-marathon.org chongqing Int’l Marathon Guo Liya E: 569065820@qq.com W: www.cqmarathon.com

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Oct

MAr

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Dalian Int’l Marathon Sun Xinsheng E: kouzhengjie@sina.com W: www.dlmls.org the Great Wall Marathon Dave Cundy E: gwm_booking@263.net.cn W: www.great-wall-marathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ greatwallmarathon

MAy

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

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

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

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CHINESE TAIPEI

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Hengshui Lake Int’l Marathon Ping Rongfeng E: hsmarathon@163.com W: www.hengshuimalasong.com

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

Sep

nOV

MAr

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

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Sun Moon Lake Marathon Oct Jerry Chen E: sunmoonlake.marathon@gmail.com W: www.sunmoonlakemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/sunmoonlakemarathon/ taichung Int’l Marathon Chen Ching Lung E: fuludun@gmail.com W: lohasnet.tw/Floraexpo20190224

nOV

tainan Half Marathon Oct Wang Ching-Cheng E: tpe@mf.worldathletics.org fb: facebook.com/tainanhalfmarathon/ taipei Marathon Sunny Chen E: wayne@sportsnet.org.tw W: www.sportsnet.org.tw

Dec

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

Sep

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

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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 juL Martha Santos E: msantos@ correcaminoscolombia.com W: www.mediamaratonbogota.com fb: facebook.com/mediamaratonbogota/ 1/2 Maraton de Bucaramanga - FcV Mariela Sanchez Aguirre E: marielasanchez@fcv.org W: www.fcv.org/maraton fb: facebook.com/FCVColombia

Oct

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

MAy

correcaminos Half Marathon and 10k nOV Gustavo Alvarez E: info@correcaminoscr.com W: www.maratoncorrecaminos.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWykEc Flamingo Beach Marathon Victor López Jiménez E: info@gsxg.net W: flamingobeachmarathon.net fb: bit.ly/2Hz6bJN Maraton y Medio Maraton Municipalidad de San josé Vladimir Murillo E: vladimir.murillo@ maratondesanjose.com W: www.maratondesanjose.com fb: bit.ly/3f2aHwv

Sep

MAy

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

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: bit.ly/2sBlQld Hvar Half Marathon Boris Reinic E: info@hvarmarathon.com W: www.hvarmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ HvarHalfMarathon

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Lošinj Half Marathon Sep Miroslav Cavlek E: miroslav.cavlek@ri.t-com.hr W: www.ak-losinj.hr fb: facebook.com/losinjhalfmaraton/ Split Marathon Kristijan Sindik E: info@splitmarathon.com W: www.splitmarathon.com fb: web.facebook.com/ splithalfmarathon/

Zagreb Marathon & Half Marko Jakopović E: zagrebacki.atletski. savez@gmail.com W: www.zagreb-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/zagreb.marathon

RUN IN THE LIGHT OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN Marathon Mizuno Half Marathon MSM 10K Race Coop Minimarathon 4.2K Kids Marathon

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WINTER RACE IN THE ARCTIC Marathon Half Marathon 10K Race SATS 5K Race

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

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Oct

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

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

MAy

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

Mangyongdae prize Int’l Marathon Jong Song Ok E: prk@star-co.net.kp W: www.pyongyangmarathon.com

Apr

DENMARK

CYPRUS Logicom cyprus Marathon MAr Stavros Kakourides E: run@cyprusmarathon.com W: www.cyprusmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/CyprusMarathonOfficial radisson Blu Larnaka Int’l Marathon nOV

Costas Daltas E: info@larnakamarathon.com W: larnakamarathon.com fb: bit.ly/2N9jBeH

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

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

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

ECUADOR Media Maratón ciudad de Guayaquil – Diaro expreso juL Galo Martinez Leisker E: martinezlg@granasa.com.ec W: carrera.expreso.ec

Sep

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

AuG

Sep

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

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nOV

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

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

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

nOV

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

FINLAND Helsinki city running Day Oct Harri Hänninen E: maraton@sul.fi W: www.helsinkicityrunningday.fi fb: facebook.com/HelsinkiCityMarathon 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 Kari Ahonen E: info@paavonurmisports.fi W: www.paavonurmimarathon.fi fb: on.fb.me/1SlsUaQ

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FAROE ISLANDS

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

Oct

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

EGYPT MAy

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

Sep

FRANCE

Atlantic Airways tórshavn Marathon Katrin Thorsvig Hansen E: bragdid@bragdid.fo W: www.torshavnmarathon.com

jun

fb: facebook.com/torshavnmaraton/

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

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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 Gulf of St tropez Marathon MAr Fabien Carcuac E: mail@azur-sport.org W: www. marathondugolfedesainttropez.com/ uk/index.htm fb: bit.ly/2V2PgBZ

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

Sep

Generali Berlin Half Marathon Apr Mark Milde W: www.generali-berlinerhalbmarathon.de fb: facebook.com/berlinerhalbmarathon BMW Berlin-Marathon Sep Mark Milde W: www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/berlinmarathon Generali cologne Marathon Oct Markus Frisch E: info@koeln-marathon.de W: www.cologne-marathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/koelnmarathon MetrO Marathon Düsseldorf Sonja Oberem E: info@rhein-marathon.de W: www.metro-marathon.de fb: bit.ly/2mIOkT2

Apr

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

Volksbank-Münster-Marathon Michael Brinkmann E: info@volksbank-muenstermarathon.de W: www.volksbank-muenstermarathon.de fb: on.fb.me/1bWylIv

Sep

GREAT BRITAIN Deep riverrock Belfast city Marathon Claire O Neill E: info@belfastcitymarathon.org W: www.belfastcitymarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1bWynjv cardiff Half Marathon Steve Brace E: cardiffhalfmarathon@ run4wales.org W: www.cardiffhalfmarathon.co.uk fb: facebook.com/Cardiffhalf Baxters Loch ness Marathon & Festival of running Malcolm Sutherland E: info@lochnessmarathon.com W: www.lochnessmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ lochnessmarathon

Oct

MAr

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

GUAM united Airlines Guam Marathon Sep Ben Ferguson E: info@unitedguammarathon.com W: www.unitedguammarathon.com fb: facebook.com/unitedguammarathon/

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

HONG KONG, CHINA

Oct

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

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

Gammon china coast Marathon & Half David Smith E: chinacoast@avohk.org W: www.avohk.org

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Standard chartered Hong Kong Apr Marathon William Ko E: inquiry@hkaaa.com W: www.hkmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/hkmarathon Mizuno Hong Kong Half-Marathon Dec championships Alan Wong Kim Lun E: inquiry@hkaaa.com W: www.hkaaa.com fb: facebook.com/ilovehkaaa unIceF run for every child Half Marathon & 10km Dec Lando Cheung E: lando.cheung@unicef.org.hk W: run.unicef.org.hk fb: facebook.com/unicef.runforeverychild/

HUNGARY Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon AuG Árpád Kocsis E: registration@ budapestmarathon.com W: halfmarathon.runinbudapest.com fb: facebook.com/runinbudapest/ SpAr Budapest Marathon Festival Oct Árpád Kocsis E: registration@budapestmarathon.com W: marathon.runinbudapest.com fb: facebook.com/runinbudapest/ telekom Vivicittá Spring Half Marathon Apr Árpád Kocsis E: registration@budapestmarathon.com W: springhalfmarathon.runinbudapest. com fb: facebook.com/runinbudapest/

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

Islandsbanki reykjavik Marathon AuG Jóna Hildur Bjarnadóttir E: marathon@marathon.is W: www.rmi.is/en/ fb: facebook.com/Reykjavikurmarathon

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

HONDURAS

jcp Swansea Half Marathon nOV David Martin-Jewell E: david@frontrunnerevents.co.uk W: swanseahalfmarathon.co.uk fb: facebook.com/SwanseaHalf

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

Apr

MAy

Milton Keynes Marathon & Half Sep Andrew Hully E: run@miltonkeynesmarathon.co.uk W: www.mkmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/MiltonKeynesMarathon

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

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

GREENLAND

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

Apr

GERMANY Halfmarathon Altötting Guenther Vogl E: halbmarathon@gmx.de W: www.halbmarathon.de fb: bit.ly/2DtxBhf

Generali München Marathon Oct Gernot Weigl E: service@ generalimuenchenmarathon.de W: www.generalimuenchenmarathon. de fb: facebook.com/ generalimuenchenmarathon

jun

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

nOV

Bengaluru Midnight Marathon Dec Gul Mohamed Akbar E: rungulrun@gmail.com W: midnightmarathon.in fb: facebook.com/midnightmarathon.in Shriram properties Bengaluru Marathon Dec Nagaraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.bengalurumarathon.in fb: facebook.com/marathonbengaluru/ Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Oct Hugh Jones E: adhm@procam.in, arati@procam.in W: airteldelhihalfmarathon.procam.in fb: www.facebook.com/ runadhm?fref=ts Goa river Marathon Nitin Bandekar E: nbandekar@nrbgroup.biz W: www.goarivermarathon.com fb: facebook.com/goarivermarathon

nOV

Airtel Hyderabad Marathon AuG Prashant Morparia E: info@marathonhyderabad.com W: www.airtelhyderabadmarathon.com Au Bank jaipur Marathon Mukesh Mishra E: jaipurmarathon@gmail.com W: www.marathonjaipur.com fb: facebook.com/jaipurmarathon/ tata Steel Kolkata 25k Hugh Jones E: tsk25@procam.in, aimssec@aol.com W: tsk25.procamrunning.in fb: facebook.com/TSKolkata25

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IDBI Federal Life Insurance new FeB Delhi Marathon Nagaraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.newdelhimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/newdelhimarathon/ cairn pink city Half Marathon Dec Roop Betala E: racedirector@cairnpchm.in W: www.cairnpchm.com fb: facebook.com/PinkCityMarathon/ pune Int’l Marathon Rohan More E: office.pimt@gmail.com W: www.marathonpune.com fb: facebook.com/marathonpune

Dec

Satara Hill Half Marathon Sep Pallavi Pisal E: contact@runsatara.com W: www.runsatara.com fb: facebook.com/SataraHillMarathon cnS Solapur Half Marathon Vikram Dabade E: vikramdabade40@gmail.com W: www.solapurmarathon.com tarblazer 42.2 S. Shashidhar E: shashi@sportman.in W: www.sportman.in/tarblazer/ fb: facebook.com/hellosportman/

jAn

Dec

MG Vadodara Int’l Marathon jAn Sameer Khera E: samkhera@gmail.com W: www.vadodaramarathon.com fb: facebook.com/VadodaraMarathon Vizag navy Marathon Murali Nannapaneni E: racedirectorvnm@gmail.com W: www.vizagnavymarathon.com

nOV

INDONESIA Dec

IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Marathon FeB Nagraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.kolkatafullmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/kolkatafullmarathon/ Ladakh Marathon & ultra Chewang Motup Goba E: info@ladakhmarathon.com W: www.ladakhmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ladakhmarathon

navi Mumbai Half Marathon FeB Siddarth Gupta E: sid@sportsunited.in W: www.navimumbaihalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ Navimumbaimarathon

Sep

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/ IDBI Federal Life Insurance Mumbai Half Marathon nOV Nagaraj Adiga E: contact@nebsports.in W: www.mumbaihalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/MumbaiHM/

Maybank Bali Marathon Deniawan Rachmatialevi E: info@balimarathon.com W: www.balimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/BaliMarathon Borobudur Marathon Andreas Kansil E: andreas@pandarasports.com W: borobudurmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ BorobudurMarathon2020/ jakarta Marathon Andry Setiawan E: andry@inspirogroup.co.id W: www.thejakartamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/TheJKTMarathon

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Oct

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

Oct

IRELAND cork city Marathon jun Adrienne Rodgers E: info@corkcitymarathon.ie W: www.corkcitymarathon.ie fb: facebook.com/corkcitymarathon/ KBc Dublin Marathon Oct Jim Aughney E: office@dublinmarathon.ie W: kbcdublinmarathon.ie fb: www.facebook.com/dublinmarathon

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

Moonlight Half Marathon Piero Rosa Salva E: info@venicemarathon.it W: www.moonlighthalfmarathon.it fb: on.fb.me/1zhSboz

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

napoli city Half Marathon Luigi Varriale E: info@napolirunning.com W: www.napolirunning.com fb: facebook.com/napolirunning

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

padova Marathon Leopoldo Destro E: info@padovamarathon.com W: www.padovamarathon.com fb: bit.ly/2h0vdjZ

ISRAEL *Dead Sea Marathon Israel FeB Ophir Kindler E: ophir@forumpro.co.il W: deadsea.run fb: facebook.com/deadsea.marathon/ eilat Full Desert Marathon Ofer Padan E: info@marathonisrael.co.il W: www.desertrun.co.il fb: facebook.com/desertrun.co.il/

nOV

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

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

MAr

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jAn

ITALY Dogi’s Half Marathon Apr Luigino Molena E: info@dogishalfmarathon.it W: www.dogishalfmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/dogishalfmarathon/ Firenze Marathon Giancarlo Romiti E: staff@firenzemarathon.it W: www.firenzemarathon.it fb: on.fb.me/1lpsOz8 10k Garda trentino Sandro Poli E: polisandro@hotmail.com W: www.trentinoeventi.it

nOV

Giulietta & romeo Half Marathon FeB Claudio Arduini E: matteo@veronamarathon.it W: www.giuliettaeromeohalfmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/veronamarathon SpOrtWAy Lake Maggiore Marathon nOV Paolo Ottone E: LMM@pro-motion.it W: www.lagomaggioremarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/lagomaggiore. marathon neXIA AuDIreVI Lake Maggiore Half Marathon & 10K Apr Paolo Ottone E: LMHM@pro-motion.it W: www.LMHM.it fb: facebook.com/ lagomaggiorehalfmarathon/ Generali Milano Marathon Andrea Trabuio E: info@milanomarathon.it W: www.milanomarathon.it fb: facebook.com/MilanoMarathon

Apr

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

MAy

FeB

Sep

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

MAr

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

JAPAN

Dec

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

JAMAICA Kingston city Marathon Christopher Jarrett/Nicola MaddenGreig E: kingstoncityrun@gmail.com W: www.kingstoncityrun.com fb: facebook.com/KingstonCityRun

MAr

Oct

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

FeB

Fukuoka Int’l Open Marathon Dec championship Takanori Saito E: s-marathon@asahi.com W: www.fukuoka-marathon.com/en/ Gifu Half Marathon Tetsuya “Teddy” Okamura E: jtbss@jtb.com W: www.gifu-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/gifu.marathon

Apr

trento Half Marathon Oct Ferruccio Demadonna E: demadonna@inwind.it W: www.trentorunningfestival.it fb: facebook.com/trentorunningfestival

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

17a treviso Marathon Sep Mauro Miani E: info@trevisomarathon.com W: www.trevisomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/MaratonaDiTreviso

Kanazawa Marathon Oct Yukiyoshi Yamano E: marathon@city.kanazawa.lg.jp W: www.kanazawa-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/kanazawa.marathon. soshiki

trieste running Festival Sep Fabio Carini E: info@miramarun.it W: www.triesterunningfestival.com fb: facebook.com/triesterunningfestival

Kitakyushu Marathon FeB Kenji Kitahashi E: toiawase@kitakyushu-marathon.jp W: kitakyushu-marathon.jp fb: on.fb.me/VyPKjJ

Maratona di San Valentino FeB Marcello Vettese E: info@maratonadisanvalentino.it W: www.maratonadisanvalentino.it fb: facebook.com/maratona. disanvalentino Venicemarathon Piero Rosa Salva E: info@venicemarathon.it W: www.venicemarathon.it fb: facebook.com/ ASDVenicemarathon?fref=ts Verona Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K Claudio Arduini E: claudio@veronamarathon.it W: veronamarathon.it fb: facebook.com/veronamarathon

Oct

Kobe Marathon nOV Mutsuo Kitanaka E: Kobemarathon2@shirt.ocn.ne.jp W: www.kobe-marathon.net fb: facebook.com/Kobe.Marathon.Office

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

FeB

jAn

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@senshu-marathon.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

Kyoto Marathon FeB Masayoshi Sakoda E: isono@runners.co.jp W: www.kyoto-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/kyoto.marathon.2019

Ayla red Sea Half Marathon Lina El Kurd E: l.kurd@runjordan.com W: www.runjordan.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9ilRz

nOV

Apr

LG Dead Sea ultra Marathon Lina El Kurd E: l.kurd@runjordan.com W: www.runjordan.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9ilRz

Almaty Half Marathon Saltanat Kazybayeva E: saltanat@almaty-marathon.kz W: www.almaty-marathon.kz/en/ Astana Marathon Gauhar Bramley-Fenton E: info@astana42k.com W: www.astana42k.com fb: bit.ly/2NWYlZx

Oct

Sep

BI Marathon MAy Alex Sidorenko E: aleksey.sidorenko.kz@gmail.com W: bi-marathon.kz

KENYA

Saitama Int’l Marathon Dec Takeshi Yamamoto E: watr2039@yomiuri.com W: saitama-international-marathon.jp

Samsung Amman Int’l Marathon Lina El Kurd E: l.kurd@runjordan.com W: www.runjordan.com fb: on.fb.me/1f9ilRz

nagano Marathon Kouta Furuuchi E: info@naganomarathon.gr.jp W: www.naganomarathon.gr.jp fb: www.facebook.com/ naganomarathon

Dec

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

Kochi ryoma Marathon FeB Masanao Ozaki E: ryomamarathon@ken.kochi.lg.jp W: ryoma-marathon.jp

Mount Fuji Marathon Nikkan Sports Press E: m.koike@sports-info.co.jp W: fujisan-marathon.jp fb: facebook.com/fujisanmarathon nOV

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

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

jun

Hokkaido Marathon AuG Keita Setaka E: setaka@hokkaido-np.co.jp W: hokkaido-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/hokkaidomarathon

Sep

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

MAr

Lake Saroma 100km ultra Marathon

telesia Half Marathon jun Diego Viscusi E: info@telesiahalfmarathon.it W: www.telesiahalfmarathon.it fb: facebook.com/telesiahalfmarathon/

Maratonina città di udine Paolo Bordon E: info@maratoninadiudine.it W: www.maratoninadiudine.it fb: facebook.com/ asdmaratoninaudinese

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

Oct

Dec

Apr

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

KOREA chuncheon Int’l Marathon Hyungsuk Kim E: marathon@chosun.com W: www.chuncheonmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ChosunMarathon Daegu Int’l Marathon TaeKyu Kang E: ktk1203@gmail.com W: marathon.daegusports.or.kr fb: facebook.com/daegumarathon

Oct

Apr

Gunsan Saemangeum Int’l Marathon, Apr 10km & 5km Kim Bockju E: kaaf5066@gmail.com W: www.smgmara.com Gyeonggi Int’l Half Marathon We Jang Ryang E: artwjr@empas.com W: www.ggimarathon.com

MAr

Donga-A Ilbo Gyeongju Marathon Hyun Jin Park E: joong4n2@donga.com W: www.gyeongjumarathon.com Incheon Int’l Half Marathon Kim Bockju E: kaaf5066@gmail.com W: www.incheonmarathon.co.kr Incheon Songdo Int’l Marathon SooHong Woo E: road42195@naver.com W: www.songdorun.com fb: bit.ly/2jeEoTY Seoul Marathon Hyun Jin Park E: joong4n2@donga.com W: www.seoul-marathon.kr fb: facebook.com/dongamarathon

Oct

MAr

Sep

MAr

jtBc Seoul Marathon nOV E: marathon@jtbc.co.kr W: marathon.jtbc.com fb: facebook. com/2018JTBCSEOULMARATHON/

KUWAIT

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

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

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LATVIA

MALTA

Rimi Riga Marathon OCT Aigars Nords E: marathon@necom.lv W: rimirigamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/RimiRigaMarathon

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

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

NOV

MEXICO

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

JUN

Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon SEP Darius Valavicius E: info@vilniausmaratonas.lt W: www.vilniusmarathon.lt fb: www.facebook.com/vilniusmarathon

LUXEMBOURG ING Route du Vin Half Marathon Pit Biver E: routeduvin.info@fla.lu W: www.ingrouteduvin.lu fb: bit.ly/2YYR4xV

SEP

MACAU, CHINA Galaxy Entertainment Macao Int’l DEC Marathon Pun Weng Kun E: macaomarathon@sport.gov.mo W: www.macaumarathon.com

MADAGASCAR Madagascar Marathon & Half JUN Thom Gilligan E: info@marathontours.com W: www.madagascarmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ MadagascarMarathon Course not measurable to AIMS standards

MALAYSIA Borneo Marathon Datuk Dr Heng Aik Cheng E: 1234heng@gmail.com W: www.borneomarathon.com fb: facebook.com/borneomarathon

JUN

Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon JUN 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

AUG

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

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

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

SEP

Maratón Aguascalientes OCT Jose Luis Trujillo Alcala E: maratonaguascalientes@ hotmail.com W: www.maratonaguascalientes.com. mx fb: facebook.com/ maratonaguascalientes Maratón “Las Batallas de Celaya” APR Fernando Gabriel García Carrillo E: fgarcia@fecodi.com.mx W: www.maratoncelaya.com fb: facebook.com/MaratonCelaya Gran Maratón Pacifico Mazatlán DEC Karla Angelica Camacho Guzman E: paisajismo_karlac@hotmail.com W: www.maraton.org fb: www.facebook.com/gran. maratonpacifico 21k Guadalajara Electrolit Nutrido FEB por Granvita Elena Aguilar Fuentes E: elena.aguilar@ comudeguadalajara.gob.mx W: medio.maratonguadalajara.org fb: facebook.com/MaratonGDL Medio Maratón Atlas de Guadalajara SEP Saúl Figueroa E: medio.maraton@ atlascolomos.com.mx W: www.mediomaraton.atlas.com.mx fb: facebook.com/AtlasMedioMaraton/

21km Nuevo León NOV Luciano Ramirez Gallardo E: atletismonuevoleon@gmail.com W: www.asociaciondeatletismonl.com fb: facebook.com/21knl BMW Tangamanga Int’l Marathon JUN Jaime Eduardo Morales Reyes E: maratontangamanga@gmail.com W: www.maratontangamanga.com fb: facebook.com/maratontangamanga Tlajomulco Half Marathon OCT Luis Antonio Sanchez E: sagl8682@gmail.com W: medio-maraton.tlajomulco.gob.mx fb: facebook.com/ mediomaratontlajomulco Maraton Varmex OCT Carlos Vargas Rosas E: carlosvargasrosas@hotmail.com W: www.maratonvarmex.com fb: facebook.com/maratonvarmex

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

SEP

NOV

MOROCCO

JUN

10km Int’l de Dakhla Sidi Ahmed Hormatoallah E: info@2cras.com W: www.rbmsports.com

AUG

Maraton Int’l de Juarez OCT Federico Mendoza E: fmendoza@maratondejuarez.com W: www.maratondejuarez.com

Tafilalet 10km Errachidia Lamhamdi Alaoui Moulay Chrif E: alaoui802003@hotmail.com W: www.rbmsports.com fb: facebook.com/Tafilalet10K

DEC

Maratón Int’l Lala MAR María Luisa Marroquín E: marialuisa.marroquin@ucialsa.com.mx W: www.maratonlala.org fb: on.fb.me/1f9fPdX

Marathon Int’l de Fes Lakhdar Abdellah E: marathondefes@gmail.com W: www.marathonfes.ma

JAN

Semi Marathon Int’l de Laayoune Abdellah Jeddad E: ajeddad@gmail.com W: www.running.ma

NOV

Maratón León Guiar Lic. Roberto José Elías Orozco E: roberto.elias@ comudeleon.gob.mx W: www.maratonleon.mx fb: facebook.com/MaratonLeonMX/

SEP

Merida Marathon Pablo Suinaga Sainz E: psuinaga@asdeporte.com W: marathonmerida.com

JAN

Maratón de la Ciudad de México Telcel Javier Carvallo Chinchilla E: contacto@maratoncdmx.com W: www.maratoncdmx.com fb: facebook.com/MaratonCdMx Maratón Powerade Monterrey Edilberto González Serna E: edilbertogonzalez. accnl@gmail.com W: www.maratonmonterrey.com fb: facebook.com/Maratonmty

AUG

NOV

NN Marathon Rotterdam APR Mario J Kadiks E: info@marathonrotterdam.nl W: www.nnmarathonrotterdam.org/ home fb: www.facebook.com/MarathonRdam

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

NIGERIA Okpekpe Int’l 10km Road Race Zakari Amodu E: mike@pamodzi-ng.com W: www.okpekperoadrace.com fb: facebook.com/okpekperoadrace

MAY

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

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

SEP

MYANMAR DEC

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

NORTH MACEDONIA

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

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

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

JUN

BMW Oslo Maraton Cecilie L’Orsa Tveit E: cecilie@oslomaraton.no W: www.oslomaraton.no/en fb: facebook.com/oslomaraton

SEP

PolarNight Halfmarathon Nils I. Haetta E: info@msm.no W: www.msm.no fb: bit.ly/2UPOUhQ

JAN

3-Sjøersløpet (The 3 Lakes Race) Johannes Økland E: lop@gti-friidrett.no W: www.3sjoers.no fb: facebook.com/3sjoers

NOV

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

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

NEW ZEALAND

Marathon Int’l de Casablanca OCT Mohamed Jouahri E: contact@casaevents.ma W: www.casablanca-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/casamarathon/ RAHAL Mémorial Casablanca Abdelwahed Rahal E: info@2cras.com W: www.running.ma fb: facebook.com/marrakech10km

Maratón Guadalajara NOV Elena Aguilar Fuentes E: elena.aguilar@ comudeguadalajara.gob.mx W: www.maratonguadalajara.org fb: www.facebook.com/MaratonGDL

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

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

MONTENEGRO Podgorica Marathon Milan Madžgalj E: maraton@t-com.me W: www.maraton.co.me fb: on.fb.me/1Sh24z2

NETHERLANDS TCS Amsterdam Marathon OCT Rene Wit E: info@tcsamsterdammarathon.nl W: www.tcsamsterdammarathon.nl fb: www.facebook.com/ TCSAmsterdamMarathon

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

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

MAR

NORWAY Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon APR Janne Jensen E: post@bergencitymarathon.no W: www.bergencitymarathon.no fb: facebook.com/BergenCityMarathon/ Knarvikmila – The Great Fjord RunSEP Trond Andal E: trond@knarvikmila.no W: www.knarvikmila.no/front-page fb: facebook.com/KnarvikMila/

PALESTINE Freedom of Movement Palestine Bethlehem Marathon MAR Eitedal Ismail E: info@palestinemarathon.org W: www.palestinemarathon.org fb: facebook.com/PalestineMarathon.org/

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

NOV

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

AUG

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

AUG

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

SEP

Peru Runners – Lima Half Marathon AUG Gonzalo Rodriguez Larrain de Lavalle E: alejandra@perurunners.com W: www.mediamaratondelima.pe fb: facebook.com/mediamaratondelima/

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

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

Apr

eDp Lisbon Half Marathon MAy Carlos Moya E: geral@maratonaportugal.com W: www.meiamaratonadelisboa.com fb: www.facebook.com/ MeiaMaratonaLisboa eDp Lisbon Marathon | Luso Half Marathon Oct Carlos Moya E: geral@maratonaportugal.com W: www.maratonaclubedeportugal.com fb: facebook.com/MaratonaDeLisboa/ Lisbon eco Marathon MAy Nuno Pereira E: lisbonecomarathon@ clubechronos.com W: lisbonmarathon.pt/en/ fb: facebook.com/LisbonECOMarathon/ Course not measurable to AIMS standards

Oct

Sep

OrLen Warsaw Marathon Apr Marcin Fudalej E: marcin.fudalej@orlenmarathon.pl W: www.orlenmarathon.pl fb: facebook.com/ORLENMarathon pZu Warsaw Half Marathon MAr Marek Tronina E: info@warsawmarathon.com W: www.warsawhalfmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/WarsawMarathon Wrocław Maraton Sep Wojciech Gestwa E: biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl W: www.wroclawmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/maraton.wroclawski pKO Wroclaw night Half Marathonjun Wojciech Gestwa E: wojciech.gestwa@mcs.wroc. pl, biuro@wroclawmaraton.pl W: pol.wroclawmaraton.pl fb: facebook.com/maraton.wroclawski

PORTUGAL

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

nOV

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA the Big Five Marathon Rune Nortoft E: rn@albatros-adventure.com W: www.big-five-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/bigfivemarathon

jun

Sanlam cape town Marathon Oct Renee Jordaan E: renee@capetownmarathon.com W: www.capetownmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/CTMarathon comrades Marathon jun Rowyn James E: info@comrades.com W: www.comrades.com fb: facebook.com/ComradesMarathon 27km for Freedom Kevin Lodge E: info@topevents.co.za W: www.27forfreedomrace.co.za fb: facebook.com/27FORFREEDOM

FeB

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

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

Vaal river city Marathon Sep Steve Jackson E: Stevejackson.sj70@gmail.com W: www.vaalrivercitymarathon.com fb: bit.ly/2oRKHMt

Discoveries Half Marathon António Campos E: geral@xistarca.pt W: discoverieshalfmarathon.weebly. com fb: bit.ly/2oReipd

Brasov Int’l Marathon Vlad Stoica E: vlad.stoica@smartatletic.ro W: www.maratonulbrasov.ro fb: facebook.com/maratonulbrasov/

Dec

Funchal Marathon jAn Policarpo Gouveia E: geral@atletismomadeira.pt W: www.madeiramarathon.com fb: facebook.com/funchalmarathon/ el corte Inglés São Silvestre de Lisboa Dec Hugo Miguel Ramos Sousa E: info@saosilvestredelisboa.com W: www.saosilvestredelisboa.com fb: facebook.com/saosilvestredelisboa

ROMANIA MAy

raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon Oct

Paolo Ottone E: info@abrc.ro W: www.bucharest-marathon.com fb: facebook.com/BucharestMarathon

Volkswagen Bucharest Half Marathon Paolo Ottone E: info@abrc.ro W: www.bucuresti21km.ro fb: facebook.com/Bucharest21km

MAy

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

nOV

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

Absolute Moscow Marathon Sep Dmitry Tarasov E: tarasov@runc.run W: moscowmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/moscowmarathon Moscow Half Marathon Dmitry Tarasov E: tarasov@runc.run W: moscowhalf.org fb: facebook.com/runcomrun/ SpB Half Marathon. the northern capital Dmitry Tarasov E: tarasov@runc.run W: spbhalf.org fb: facebook.com/runcomrun/ pushkin Marathon Dmitriy Pavlov E: info@pushkin-run.com W: pushkin-run.ru Siberian Ice Half Marathon Konstantin Podbelski E: tour@runsim.ru W: www.runsim.ru fb: on.fb.me/1zzM9nj

Oct

SEYCHELLES

RUSSIA

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

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

AuG

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

jAn

Standard chartered Singapore Dec Marathon Thibault Vellard E: thibault.vellard@ironman.com W: www.singaporemarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/MarathonSG

SLOVAKIA ČSOB Bratislava Marathon Jozef Pukalovič E: info@becool.sk W: www.bratislavamarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/bratislava. marathon

Sep

Košice peace Marathon Branislav Koniar E: info@kosicemarathon.com W: www.kosicemarathon.com fb: facebook.com/kosicemarathon/

Oct

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

Oct

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

MAy

yarche tomsk International Marathon Alexander Gordievskikh E: info@tomskmarathon.ru W: tomskmarathon.ru fb: facebook.com/tomskmarathon Galaxy Vladivostok Marathon Olga Gaeva E: info@vladivostokmarathon.ru W: www.galaxymarathon.com fb: facebook.com/RunDnsRun/

AuG

jun

Oct

Cristian Llorens E: cllorens@ghcsports.com W: edreamsmitjabarcelona.com fb: facebook.com/mitjamaratobarcelona

Movistar Medio Maratón de Madrid Apr

José Parra Maestre E: info@mediomaratonmadrid.es W: www.mediomaratonmadrid.es fb: facebook.com/ mediomaratonmadrid/ MAy

SERBIA

eDp rock ’n’ roll Madrid Maratón & 1/2 Pedro Rumbao E: drumbao@mapoma.es W: www.edprocknrollmadrid.com fb: facebook.com/RnRMadrid

Zurich Maratón de Sevilla Francisco Javier Gavela Rodríguez E: fjgavela@mpib.es W: www.zurichmaratonsevilla.es fb: facebook.com/MaratonDeSevilla Medio Maratón Valencia trinidad Alfonso eDp Paco Borao E: gerencia@correcaminos.org W: www.valenciaciudaddelrunning. com/medio-maraton fb: www.facebook.com/ mediomaratonvalencia

FeB

Oct

Valencia trinidad Alfonso eDp 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/

jAn

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

SWEDEN FeB

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

SPAIN Zurich Marató de Barcelona Cristian Llorens E: cllorens@rpmracing.es, cllorens@ghcsports.com W: www.zurichmaratobarcelona.es fb: www.facebook.com/ ZURICHMARATODEBARCELONA

eDreams Mitja Marató de Barcelona

Sep

jAn

Roque M. Alemañ Bonet E: atletismosantapola@gmail.com W: www.mitjasantapola.com fb: facebook.com/ MitjaMaratoSantaPola

SRI LANKA

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

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

Maratón Donostia - San SebastiánnOV 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

SINGAPORE

SLOVENIA Sep

Zafiro palma Marathon Oct David Thompson Foronda E: info@zafiropalmamarathon.com W: www.zafiropalmamarathon.com fb: on.fb.me/1RZOiR8

Sep

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

MAy

ASIcS Stockholm Marathon David Fridell E: info@stockholmmarathon.se W: www.stockholmmarathon.se fb: www.facebook.com/ stockholmmarathon.se

jun

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

SWITZERLAND

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

eDp Medio Maratón de la Oct Mujer de Madrid Francisco Javier Gavela Rodríguez E: fjgavela@mpib.es W: www.edpmediomaratondelamujer. es fb: facebook.com/MedioMaratonMujer/

Harmony Genève Marathon for unicef Benjamin Chandelier E: info@genevemarathon.org W: www.harmonygenevemarathon. com/how-to-enter fb: facebook.com/GeneveMarathon

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

Zurich Maratón Málaga Dec Pablo Gálvez Martín E: info@zurichmaratonmalaga.es W: www.maratonmalaga.com fb: facebook.com/maratondemalaga/

Greifenseelauf uster Sep Markus Ryffel E: greifenseelauf@markusryffels.ch W: www.greifenseelauf.ch fb: facebook.com/greifenseelauf

Oct

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jungfrau-Marathon Sep Patrick Wieser E: info@jungfrau-marathon.ch W: www.jungfrau-marathon.ch fb: facebook.com/JungfrauMarathon

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

TAJIKISTAN

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 Roger Kaufmann E: info@neujahrsmarathon.ch W: www.neujahrsmarathon.ch fb: www.facebook.com/ neujahrsmarathon StraLugano Richi Umberg E: richi@stralugano.ch W: www.stralugano.ch

TANZANIA

MAy

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

THAILAND

juL

Course not measurable to AIMS standards

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

Dushanbe International Half Marathon Apr Dilshod Kurbanov E: dushanbemarathon2011@mail.ru W: dushanbeinternationalhalfmarathon. com

jAn

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

Apr

juL

BDMS Bangkok Marathon nOV Manus Klaimanee E: admin@bkkmarathon.com W: www.bkkmarathon.com/home-EN. php fb: facebook.com/Bkkmarathon Bangkok Midnight Marathon Dec Boonperm Intanapasat E: pom@moveasia.co.th W: www.bangkokmidnightmarathon. com fb: facebook.com/ Bangkokmidnightmarathon/ Bangsaen21 Half Marathon Rut Jiroajvanichakorn E: info@Bangsaen21.com W: www.Bangsaen21.com/en fb: facebook.com/bangsaen21/

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Bangsaen42 chonburi Marathon Rut Jiroajvanichakorn E: info@BANGSAEN42.com W: www.bangsaen42.com fb: facebook.com/BANGSAEN42 Bangsaen10 Rut Jiroajvanichakorn E: rut@mice.co.th W: www.bangsaen10.com fb: facebook.com/Bangsaen10K Buriram Marathon Tanaisiri Chanvitayarom E: brrmarathon@gmail.com W: www.burirammarathon.com fb: facebook.com/bru.marathon/

nOV

Sep

jAn

chombeung Marathon jAn Akom Chareonsuk E: Akom_ch@hotmail.com W: www.chombuengmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/chombuengmarathon Khon Kaen Int’l Marathon Piansak Pakdee E: info@khonkaenmarathon.com W: www.khonkaenmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ khonkaenmarathon

jAn

river Kwai Int’l Half Marathon Sep Mallika Polanan E: mpolanan@gmail.com W: amazingfield.net/event-detail-EN/ RIVER-KWAI-INTERNATIONALHALF-MARATHON-2020

Laguna phuket Marathon Roman Floesser E: info1@phuketmarathon.com W: www.phuketmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ phuketmarathon

Dec

nong Khai ASeAn Marathon Dec Veerathorn Earsakul E: mpolanan@gmail.com W: amazingfield.net/event-detail-EN/ NONGKHAI-ASEAN-MARATHON2020 phukethon Boonperm Intanapasat E: pom@moveasia.co.th W: www.phukethon.com fb: facebook.com/Phukethon/ thai Sikh run Mr. Jasvinder Sachdev E: mpolanan@gmail.com W: www.thaisikhrun.com

nOV

FeB

Sfax Marathon Olive trees nOV Naamen Bouhamed E: contact@sports-med-events.com W: www.sportsmedevents.tn fb: bit.ly/20VpGLC Semi Marathon Int’l de Sfax Mounir ben Belguith E: contact@smisfax.com W: www.smisfax.com

Apr

Marathon cOMAr Dec tunis - carthage M. Lotfi Ben Haj Kacem E: dg@comar.tn, marathon@ comar.tn, marketing@comar.tn W: www.marathon.comar.tn fb: facebook.com/comarmarathon/ *tunisia Women’s run Int’l Half Naamen Bouhamed E: naamen-bouhamed@ sports-med-events.com W: www.sportsmedevents.tn

Apr

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

Oct

TUNISIA the carthage race Int’l Marathon FeB Naamen Bouhamed E: info@the-carthage-race.com W: www.sportsmedevents.tn fb: facebook.com/ThecarthageRace/

TURKEY runatolia Marathon (Half + 10km) Esma Ilteray E: info@runatolia.com W: www.runatolia.com fb: facebook.com/Runatolia Vodafone İstanbul Marathon I. Renay Onur E: renay.onur@spor.istanbul W: www.maraton.istanbul fb: on.fb.me/IRa8pQ

MAr

nOV

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Vodafone İstanbul Half Marathon I. Renay Onur E: renay.onur@spor.istanbul W: www.yarimaraton.istanbul

Sep

FeB

Andrea Trabuio E: andrea.trabuio@rcs.it W: therakhalfmarathon.com

fb: on.fb.me/1OYHCP2

fb: facebook.com/therakhalfmarathon

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

Dec

UKRAINE Bila tserkva Marathon Sergey Bocharov E: org@bc-marathon.org.ua W: www.bc-marathon.org.ua fb: on.fb.me/1oWXmp8 Wizz Air Kyiv city Marathon Dmytro Chernitskyi E: veremiienko@runukraine.org W: www.kyivmarathon.org fb: facebook.com/ kyivmarathon/?fref=ts

Oct

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

the ras al Khaimah Half Marathon

MAr

ADnOc Abu Dhabi Marathon Dec Andrea Trabuio E: andrea.trabuio@rcs.it W: www.adnocabudhabimarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ADNOCADmarathon/

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Big Sur Int’l Marathon Doug Thurston E: info@bsim.org W: www.bigsurmarathon.org fb: on.fb.me/1f9jxV9

Apr

Monterey Bay Half Marathon nOV Doug Thurston E: doug@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

Sep

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

Oct

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

nOV

*run716 15K and 3 person relay Larry Brownell E: LarryBrownell@Yahoo.com W: RUN716.com

VIETNAM nOV

MAr

AuG

W: www.manulifedanangmarathon.com fb: facebook.com/ dananginternationalmarathon

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

*VpBank Hanoi Marathon

Oct

Nguyen Manh Hung E: vie@mf.iaaf.org W: hanoiheritagemarathon.com

techcombank Ho chi Minh city Int’l Dec Marathon Duy Do Huynh Khanh

MAr

E: duy@sunriseevents.com.vn W: marathonhcmc.com fb: bit.ly/2z9Rcjt

Longbien Marathon

nOV

Pham Thanh Tung

VENEZUELA cAF caracas Maratón Apr Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia E: maratoncaf@caf.com W: maraton.caf.com fb: facebook.com/MaratonCafCaracas XIX Gatorade ccS rock 10K Sonia Rosales E: srosales@hipereventos.com W: www.hipereventos.com fb: on.fb.me/IRe3mA

AuG

E: info@pulse.vn

URUGUAY

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

Manulife Danang Int’l Marathon Bady Pham

UZBEKISTAN

philadelphia Marathon nOV Leo Dignam E: info@philadelphiamarathon.com W: www.philadelphiamarathon.com fb: facebook.com/PhiladelphiaMarathon rock ’n’ roll Dc Marathon & Half Marathon Kevin Buffalino E: rnrdc@competitorgroup.com W: www.runrocknroll.com/DC fb: facebook.com/RocknRollDC

Humana rock ’n’ roll Las Vegas Marathon & 1/2 Nicole Keilman E: rnrvegas@runrocknroll.com W: runrocknroll.com/las-vegas fb: facebook.com/RnRVegas/

Oct

E: race@longbienmarathon.com W: www.longbienmarathon.com/en

ZIMBABWE econet Victoria Falls Marathon

Dec

John Addison E: info@kilimanjaromarathon.com W: www.vicfallsmarathon.com fb: www.facebook.com/ VictoriaFallsMarathon

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Over 470 of the world’s top distance races in 120 countries across the world are members of AIMS, the leading body for organising and certifying distance running worldwide. AIMS – with you for the long run, since 1982.

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OFFICIAL TRAVEL AGENCY

www.jtb-global.com

REGISTRATION PARTNER

runners.co.jp

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PHOTO PARTNER

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MEDAL LASER PARTNER

medallasser.com

fundaciontrinidadalfonso.org

SUPPORTING PARTNER FOR CHILDREN IN SPORT

www.tetsu-stc.com

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