Run the World — Marathons, Guide & Gears for Every Runner
(Photo: Xinhua Silk Road / PR Newswire) Shenyang Marathon 2026 Facts Date: September 6, 2026 Field Size: 22,000 runners (10,000 full, 12,000 half) Location: Shenyang Olympic Sports Center, China International city marathons often blur into a repetitive loop of wide concrete boulevards and generic hydration stations. The 2026 Shengjing Bank Shenyang Marathon took a completely … Read more
Photo: Eilish McColgan / Facebook Four months ago, Eilish McColgan crossed the finish line at the London Marathon with blood soaking through her shoe. She placed seventh, refused to stop and then spent the next five months unable to run a single mile. On Sunday she came back to London, lined up at the Big … Read more
The screenless fitness tracker wars just got a new player — and this one is from India. Luna, a health-tech company that quietly built one of the more respected smart rings in the market, walked into IFA 2026 in Berlin and announced that its Luna Band is now shipping worldwide. No fanfare, no celebrity partnership, … Read more
Breaking the 19 hour barrier at UTMB used to sound like bad math. The elevation profile alone demands respect but American ultrarunner Ben Dhiman just rewrote the playbook. After two previous DNF results in 2023 and 2024 and a runner up finish in 2025 he returned to Chamonix and delivered a performance that will be … Read more
India’s most brutal half marathon just made history again. On the morning of 6 September 2026, thousands of runners hauled themselves up the slopes of Yawateshwar hill in Satara and, in doing so, officially broke a Guinness World Record that Satara itself had set and reset multiple times before. The 15th edition of the Satara … Read more
Jack White did not lead the 33rd Jungfrau-Marathon for most of its 42.195 kilometres. He won it anyway. The British runner charged down defending champion Erik Hille on the long climb above Interlaken on Saturday to take the men’s title in 3:08:27, finishing 70 seconds clear of the German. Meanwhile, Germany’s Laura Hottenrott did what … Read more
Race: 5th Sohra International Half Marathon Date: September 5, 2026 Location: Sohra (Cherrapunji), Meghalaya Total finishers: 11,672 Distances: 21km (elite and Meghalayan categories) and 10km (age group) Elite men’s winner: Satish Kumar Verma — 1:03:04 Elite women’s winner: Tejaswini Narendra Lambkane — 1:15:20 Most runners dream of racing somewhere beautiful. Not many sign up to … Read more
Race Date: Saturday, September 4, 2027 Location: Ishpeming to Marquette, Michigan (Upper Peninsula) Course: Point-to-point, net downhill, USATF certified Distances: Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 3-Person Relay, Wildcat 5K, Pebble Fun Run Finish Line: Superior Dome, Northern Michigan University Registration: tickets.nmu.edu Early Bird Deadline: December 31, 2026 Most runners discover the Marquette Marathon the same way: … Read more
Six of the seven Abbott World Marathon Majors will hand you a paper cup and wave you on come race day. On October 11, Chicago becomes the exception. The Bank of America Chicago Marathon has confirmed it will offer on-course water refill stations for runners carrying their own bottles and flasks, a first for any … Read more
📍 Location: South West Coast Path, Cornwall, UK 📅 Race dates: 22–24 January 2027 🏁 Race HQ / Finish: Perranporth Airfield, Saint Agnes, Cornwall TR5 0XS — new finish venue for 2027 🏃 Distances: Arc 100M (173km) · Arc 100K (82.7km) · Arc 50K (49.4km) · Arc 20K (22.1km) ⛰️ Elevation gain (100M): 5,507m+ ⏱️ … Read more