The road to another one of this year's marathon majors got a little bit tighter as the New York Road Runners announced on Wednesday that just three percent of lottery applicants will run the 2025 New York City Marathon. According to NYRR, over 200,000 applications were submitted for the drawing — a new record for …
The Shanghai Marathon was officially announced on Wednesday as China's representative for consideration to be included as a Abbott World Marathon Majors membership in 2027. Abbott announced the change, since the Chengdu Marathon was previously China's candidate race. The Shanghai Marathon now joins the Sydney Marathon and Cape Town Marathons hoping to be one of …