Marathons

The TCS London Marathon organizers have officially announced that the 2027 edition will take place over two full days, Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and 25. This marks the first time in the race’s 47-year history that the event has expanded from one day to two. According to London Marathon CEO Hugh Brasher, the decision is not a permanent change, but rather a one-time event…

For more than two decades, the compass of major international marathons has pointed firmly toward the northern hemisphere. Japan, the United States, and Europe had a monopoly on the dream of aspiring runners to race alongside the legends of the sport, while the African continent—despite being the birthplace of the greatest long-distance runner in history—remained merely an exporter of talent who claimed victory on podiums beyond its borders. This geographical monopoly was finally broken in a historic shift that is redrawing the map of global running; the organizing committee announced that Cape Town would join as the eighth marathon in the Abbott World Marathon Majors series, and the first