Sometime you are lucky enough to plan your holidays around a marathon abroad, possibly one of the best events around the world. More often you plan your vacations or business trips and then you simply wonder if there is an event in the area. Here is a list of websites that can help you in your quest. If you know more websites or your country is not (yet) listed let us know. Thank you!


Australia
Cool Running Australia (www.coolrunning.com.au/calendar/index.shtml)

Barbardos
Ufukuzo Road Racing Club (www.ufukuzo.com)

Belgium
sport.be kalender (www.sport.be/running/nl/kalender, almost all street races in Belgium are covered)
sport.be “carrefour running tour” (www.sport.be/runningtour/2010/fr, a list of 15 events of the same organizer)
Trail runs in Benelux (http://kalender.ptityeti.be/index.php?lang=en)

Denmark
Motionsløb (Løbskalender: Løbskalender)

Finland
Juoksukalenteri (www.juoksija-lehti.fi/Default.aspx?tabid=3007, In Finnish, above the table is a permanent month and by arrows you can change it back and forwards. In the table the headers are Day, Name of the Event, Place of the Event, Link to registration, Additional Information, Www-link and Results)

France
Sport-up (www.sport-up.fr, click Calendrier)
Jogging International (www.jogging-international.net)

Germany
Running in Germany (www.running-in-germany.de)
Bayerischer Leichtathletik-Verband (www.blv-sport.de, great for Bavaria, choose Laufsport then Kalender)
German Road Races (www.germanroadraces.de)
The complete List of all Marathon Races in Germany: http://www.marathon.de

Ireland
www.runireland.com/events

Italy
Runner’s World Italia (www.runnersworld.it, look for Calendario: trova la gara)
Albanesi.it (www.albanesi.it/Corsa/calendario.htm, main marathons and half marathons)
SDAM (www.sdam.it)
Timing Data Service (www.tds-live.com)

The Netherlands
Inschrijven.nl (inschrijven.nl)
www.dutchrunners.nl (select ‘loopevenementen‘ – go to the map (kaart) by clicking on the grey tab)
www.hardloopevenementen.nl (on the left side all the provinces – at the end of every line you will find a map, kaart)

New Zealand
Cool Running New Zeland (www.coolrunning.co.nz/calendar)
www.trailrunz.blogspot.com (super informative blog for New Zealand trail running)

Norway
db.kondis.no

Philippines
Takbo.ph lists a vast majority of the races across the islands.

Portugal
O Mundo da Corrida
C.Fonseca Atletismo
Running Portugal (English page with mayor running events in Portugal)

Spain
Runner’s World Spain (www.runners.es, click on Calendario de Carreras)
Carreraspopulares.com (www.carreraspopulares.com)
A calendar of Spain’s mountain running races: http://www.corredordemontana.com/carreras/calendario-comunidades/cataluna.html

Switzerland
Swiss Athletics Online Lauf-Guide (www.swiss-athletics.ch/de/laufguide/online-lauf-guide.html all races by date, by region using the map or a combination of both)

Turkey
MaratonTurk (www.maratonturk.com/sayfa, scroll down at the end of the homepage)

UK
Runner’s World UK (www.runnersworld.co.uk)
Scottish Running Guide (www.scottishrunningguide.com, races in Scotland)
Northern Running Guide (www.northernrunningguide.com, races in the north of England)
Southern Running Guide (www.southernrunningguide.com, races in the south of England)

USA
TrailRunner (www.trailrunnermag.com, the reference for trail running)

Many thanks to Arja, Barry, David, Gerard, Jennifer, Marianne, Nancy, Peter, Roberto, Sam, Sarah, Sonia, Terry and Torstein for their valuable suggestions.