Long-distance running

Today athletes from 5 continents will run on the streets of Sofia. This will happen in one of the oldest marathons in Europe, which has a 34-year history. The marathon route will block many streets in Sofia. This year, a record number of participants will take part in the Sofia Marathon - 3000. It is expected that about 1/3 of them will be foreigners.

Athletes smile for the camera at the starting line of the 35th Spartathlon, beneath the Acropolis, early on Friday morning. The grueling 246-kilometer ultramarathon celebrating Pheidippides, the Athenian messenger who was sent to Sparta in 490 BC to seek help against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon, is this year being attempted by 400 athletes from around the world.

Sign up for the Spetses Mini Marathon, which includes running and swimming events for kids and adults, as well as a stand-up paddle board race. Participation for the majority of the events is free of charge. Now in its sixth year, the annual event is expecting up to 6,000 athletes and 12,000 visitors on the Saronic island.

Turkish ultramarathon runner Şirin Mine Kılıç is a strong and challenging woman. I met her on the last day of the 2013 Runfire Cappadocia Ultra Marathon.

My GPS's batteries had run out and I had left behind the spare ones, thinking I couldn't carry them on the last day with me.

The cautious have likened it to an attempt to send a manned mission to Mars. However, Yannis Pitsiladis, professor of sport and exercise science at the University of Brighton in the UK, is aiming to achieve it by 2019.

Veteran marathon runner Maria Polyzou, Greece's record holder, will attempt to run three entire marathons around Greece on three consecutive Sundays to promote the cause of bone marrow bank Orama Elpidas.

BELGRADE - The 30th anniversary Belgrade Marathon will be held on April 22, 2017, featuring ten of the world's greatest athletics legends as promoters, the organisers announced on Tuesday.

The 30th Belgrade Marathon will be held on April 22, featuring ten of the world's greatest athletics legends as promoters, the organizers announced on Tuesday.

The photograph of him crossing the finish line of the Athens Authentic Marathon on November 13 is still making the rounds on the web. With a cap and sunglasses hiding his features, and a tight black T-shirt accentuating his portly figure, the 47-year-old seemed to breeze through the last few meters into the Panathenaic Stadium. His time was 3 hours and 31 minutes.

Nearly 250 marathon and long distance runners will take part in the 34th Athens Authentic Marathon, scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 13.