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Cape Town Marathon: Running Between Two Oceans at Africa's Southern Tip The morning air carries salt from two different oceans. Table Mountain looms above, its flat summit catching the first light.

The Best Races in Mexico Mexico offers runners something rare: world-class race organization, electric crowd support, and costs that make North American and European runners do a double-take. The c

The First-Timer's Marathon Mistake Catalog: Learning from 50,000 Race Reports Every marathon finish line tells two stories. The first is the official race report, posted with pride in running forum

Running Tourism Economics: How Marathons Transform Small Cities The economics of running tourism tell a story that municipal planners and race directors have learned to read with increasing precisi

Post-Marathon Blues: The Emotional Comedown Nobody Warns You About You crossed the finish line. You got the medal. You posted the photos. Now you're standing in your kitchen three days later, stari

Decoding Marathon Elevation Profiles Marathon elevation profiles tell stories that finish times alone never could. A 3:45 finish on a rolling course means something entirely different than the same

Great Ocean Road Marathon: Running Australia's Most Scenic Coast The morning air in Lorne is cool and salt-tinged. Runners gather at the Surf Lifesaving Club Car Park, stretching beneath eucalyptus

Race Week Logistics: Hotels, Packet Pickup & Peace of Mind You've logged the miles. You've dialed in your nutrition. You've visualized crossing that finish line a hundred times. Then race week arri

The Runner's Complete Guide to Race-Day Fueling: From Training to Finish Line You've logged the miles, conquered the long runs, and fine-tuned your pacing strategy. But here's the hard truth: all t

Training Load vs. Training Stress: What Runners Need to Know Your watch says you're recovered. Your legs say otherwise. This disconnect happens because modern running analytics track two fundament

Garmin vs. Polar vs. COROS: Which Running Watch for Marathon Training? Standing in a running specialty store, staring at three nearly identical GPS watches with wildly different price tags, you mig

The Runner's Holiday Survival Guide: Stay Training-Ready The alarm goes off at 5:30 AM on December 27th. You're sleeping in your childhood bedroom, three time zones away from home, and your trainin

Dubai Marathon: Chasing Fast Times Under Desert Stars It's 6:30 AM on a January morning in Dubai, and the air along Umm Suqeim Road hums with quiet anticipation. The sky shifts from indigo to soft

Indoor Track Running: Your Weather-Proof Training Alternative The forecast shows freezing rain. Your treadmill sits in the basement, its belt squeaking ominously. You've got a tempo run scheduled,

Valencia Marathon: Chasing Personal Bests on Spain's Fastest Course It's 8 AM on a December morning in Valencia, and the air hums with a particular energy. Runners from 80 countries stretch along w

The Marathon Gear Audit: What Actually Matters After 26.2 Miles I've crossed 14 marathon finish lines, and each time I conduct the same ritual. Before I collect my medal, before I grab that foil bl

Ljubljana Marathon: Slovenia's Charming Autumn Classic The morning light filters through the trees along the Ljubljanica River, casting golden reflections on water that has flowed through this city

Base Building for Spring Marathons: Your October-November Training Blueprint October arrives with cooler air and shorter days. While some runners wind down their season, the smartest ones are lacin

Athens Marathon: Running Where It All Began It's 9 AM in the small town of Marathon, Greece, and you're standing beneath the Tumulus—the burial mound where 192 Athenian warriors fell fighting the P

The Complete Marathon Spectator Guide: Making Race Day Special for Your Runner You've watched your runner disappear into the bathroom for the third time before breakfast, listened to endless discus

Running Japan: Tokyo Marathon & Beyond It's 7 AM in Shinjuku, and I'm standing among 38,000 runners at the Tokyo Marathon start line, but what strikes me isn't the massive crowd—it's the silence. I

The Marathon Taper: Why Doing Less Makes You Faster You've logged hundreds of kilometers over sixteen weeks. You've conquered interval sessions that left you breathless, survived long runs that tes

Running Through Mosaics: Discovering the Maratona di Ravenna, Italy's Hidden Gem Marathon A Mosaic of Memories at the Starting Line It's 6 AM in Ravenna, and the air is thick with anticipation

_Nailing Race-Day Logistics Before You Even Leave Home_ Nothing derails 4 months of training like a forgotten pair of shoes or gear lost in translation. Join me as I break down the travel tested esse

> TL;DR is still the go-to app for tracking and sharing every run, but a marathon is more than a string of GPS files; it's a months-long project with trave

Introduction and Summary Can you run too many miles when training for a marathon? Possibly. The data shows that runners who log more weekly mileage finish faster. Though it's not quite as simple.

Running marathons isn't typically associated with indulgence, elegance, or Bacchanalian delight. But the Marathon des Châteaux du Médoc isn't your typical marathon. Scheduled for September 6, 2025, th

We built 42Cal with the goal of inspiring more people to run long distance. Running is an art and we want to foster this art. The races we share on our site are curated and the list will be ever expan