Athens Marathon

Eight runners completed on Sunday the 255 kilometer nonstop Ultra- Marathon to the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, southern Greece. The winner of the 3rd Dolichos Race which started from the archaeological site of Delphi on Friday afternoon was...

American magazine Forbes has featured Athens Classic Marathon in its top 10 list of “Marathons Worth Traveling For.” “Run the race where it all started: The trek begins on an ancient battlefield in the town of Marathon. This course is challenging, as it...

The winners of the Paris Marathon were for the first time offered symbolic olive wreaths from trees planted at the Tomb of Marathon. The 38th Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris was held on April 6. It is one of the...

Only someone who has run the Athens Classic Marathon at least once, can describe the emotion of the experience and the incredible strain on the feet caused by the difficulty of the marathon route. Athanasios Tsaklas, experienced both to...

The Greek news website inpost.gr came in contact with the paralympian athlete Alexandros Taxildaris, to inform us about his and Makis Kalaras’ exclusion from the Athens Classic Marathon. It was reported that they both submitted an application form, and when...

Thousands of runners created an amazing image of Athens, Greece today! The winner of 31st Athens Classic Marathon is Yego Hillary Kipkogei 2:13.50. Second Kimeli Dicson (2:14:40) and third Rutoh David Kipkorir (2:14:47). First Greek Athlete is Meroussis. "It was the...

The count-down for the 31st Athens Classic Marathon on November 10th has begun. It is an international sports event which illustrates the power of human will and soul. According to the Municipality of Athens there have been a massive number...

At 10am, it was expected for the school wardens to reach Syntagma Square. The “marathon runner” march of  Greek school wardens began in Thessaloniki on the 28th of September with slogan “Marathon of Primary surplus, Unemployment, Poverty and Destitution,” ended...

An initiative is starting in Messinia and Arcadia, the first marathon Navarino Challenge. The Ambassador of the Navarino Challenge, and supporter of the idea of fair play, will be the world’s leading Greek- American Supreme Marathon runner, Dean Karnazes. The...

The Penny Marathon is an initiative aiming at raising awareness of the plight of stray, neglected and abused companion animals, at sensitizing people on stray animals’ adoption and neutering programs. The initiative began in July 2012 by a small group...