Marathons

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This ‘run concierge’ takes hotel guests on running tours around Marina Bay

Besides being the official hotel for elite runners at the Stanchart Marathon, The Westin Singapore is big on inclusivity and supporting people with disabilities

The flag-off for the 2025 Singapore Marathon will be at the F1 Pit Building, with the finish line at the Padang.
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Ironman Group aims for 60,000 runners at StanChart Singapore Marathon

There will likely be more international participants for the 2025 edition, with strong interest from Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia

The 2024 edition of SCSM attracted more than 55,000 runners from Singapore and around the world.

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon returns on Dec 6-7 with new format

The half-marathon and full-marathon races will be held on separate days for the first time

The marathon is a return course running through central Pyongyang, passing major landmarks and heading out into the countryside before coming back through the city to a stadium filled with 50,000 spectators, Koryo Tours says.

North Korea holds first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years

[SEOUL] North Korea on Sunday (Apr 6) held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years, hosting foreign runners in the reclusive country that has largely closed its borders since the pande...

Thousands of runners of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon taking off at the start line of the Marathon category on Dec 1, 2024.

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon draws over 55,000 runners from 85 countries

Close to 13,000 participants are from abroad, an all-time high for the region’s only World Athletics Gold Label race

Competitors run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the Sydney marathon on Sep 21, 2014.  Some 25,000 runners will test themselves over a newly re-jigged course on Sunday.

Nervous excitement as Sydney Marathon closes on major status

It will become the first race since Tokyo in 2013 to join long-established majors in New York, London, Boston, Berlin and Chicago

Participants crossing the finishing line at the National Stadium after completing the 21.1 km race at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon last December.
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Strong turnout of over 50,000 runners expected at StanChart Marathon

There are more than 9,000 participants so far from overseas with the top five markets being Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, China and Hong Kong

Runners zoom off at the starting point at the 2023 Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon.

Corporate teams get free Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon Ekiden slots in exchange for fundraising commitment

The 2023 SCSM won the Best Sports Event of the Year at the Singapore Sports Awards

A new category for children was introduced for those aged four to 12 years.
TAKING HEART

Income Eco Run raises S$60,000 in support of zero-waste lifestyle

The funds raised will go to the Singapore Environment Council in support of the Singapore Green Plan 2030

A Raramuri (Tarahumara) competing in the "Caballo Blanco" (White Horse) ultramarathon in the Tarahumara mountains in Mexico's  Chihuahua state on Sunday (Mar 5). 
They do not wear fancy running shoes, but just simple sandals known as huaraches, made of discarded car tyres.

Mexico ultramarathon pits outsiders against indigenous runners

HUNDREDS of athletes on Sunday (Mar 5) completed an ultramarathon through a sun-bleached canyon in north-western Mexico, with legendary Indigenous runners racing against competitors from outside the c...