Running Calendar: Every Major Running Event In 2025
2025 is going to be a big year for running and athletics. It’s the first year with seven Marathon Majors, we’ll get to see both the indoor and outdoor World Championships, there’s the Diamond League and the brand new Grand Slam Track series, top trail runs like Western States and UTMB, plus dozens of top races held all around the world, where we’ve picked some of the most popular mass participation events plus races which often challenge for world record times.
Here are the major running events taking place in 2025.
If you’re looking for other races, then here are the best U.S. marathons that aren’t Boston, Chicago and New York.
JANUARY
- 19 Jan: Houston Marathon (Houston, USA)
FEBRUARY
- 23 Feb: Seville Marathon (Seville, Spain)
- 24 Feb: Osaka Marathon (Osaka, Japan)
MARCH
- 2 March: Tokyo Marathon (Tokyo, Japan)
- 6-9 March: European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn (Apeldoorn, Netherlands)
- 21-23 March: World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing (Nanjing, China)
- TBC March (probably): The Barkley Marathons
APRIL
- 4-6 April: Grand Slam Track Kingston (Kingston, Jamaica)
- 6 April: Brighton Marathon (Brighton, UK)
- 12-13 April: European Running Championships (Brussels/Leuven, Belgium)
- 13 April: Paris Marathon (Paris, France)
- 21 April: Boston Marathon (Boston, USA)
- 26 April: Diamond League: Wanda Diamond League Xiamen (Xaimen, China)
- 27 April: London Marathon (London, UK)
- 27 April: Manchester Marathon (Manchester, UK)
MAY
- 2-4 May: Grand Slam Track Miami (Miami, USA)
- 3 May: Diamond League | Yangtze Delta Athletics Diamond Gala (Suzhou, China)
- 11 May: Copenhagen Marathon (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- 16 May: Diamond League | Doha Meeting (Doha, Qatar)
- 25 May: Diamond League | Meeting International Mohammed VI d’Athletisme de Rabat (Rabat, Morocco)
- 30-1 June: Grand Slam Track Philadelphia (Philadelphia, USA)
JUNE
- 6 June: Diamond League | Golden Gala (Rome, Italy)
- 12 June: Diamond League | Oslo Bislett Games (Oslo, Norway)
- 15 June: Diamond League | BAUHAUS-Galan (Stockholm, Sweden)
- 20 June: Diamond League | Meeting de Paris (Paris, France)
- 27-29 June: Grand Slam Track Los Angeles (LA, USA)
- 28 June: Western States Endurance Run (California, USA)
JULY
- 5 July: Diamond League | Prefontaine Classic (Eugene, USA)
- 11 July: Diamond League | Herculis Meeting International d’Athlétisme EBS (Monaco, Monaco)
- 19 July: Diamond League | London Athletics Meet (London, UK)
AUGUST
- 16 August: Diamond League | Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (Chorzów, Poland)
- 20 August: Diamond League | Athletissima Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- 22 August: Diamond League | Memorial van Damme (Brussels, Belgium)
- 25-31 August: UTMB World Series Final Week (Chamonix, France)
- 27-28 August: Diamond League Final: Weltklasse Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland)
- 28 August: UTMB World Series Final: OCC (Chamonix, France)
- 29 August: UTMB World Series Final: CCC and UTMB (Chamonix, France)
- 31 August: Sydney Marathon (Sydney, Australia)
SEPTEMBER
- 13-21 Sept: World Athletics Championships in Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
- 14 Sept: Copenhagen Half Marathon (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- 21 Sept: Berlin Marathon (Berlin, Germany)
- 25-28 Sept: World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc (Canfranc, Spain)
- 26-28 Sept: World Athletics Road Running Championships in San Diego (San Diego, USA)
- TBC Sept/Oct: ATHLOS
OCTOBER
- 12 Oct: Chicago Marathon (Chicago, USA)
- 12 Oct: Melbourne Marathon (Melbourne, Australia)
- 19 Oct: Cape Town Marathon (Cape Town, South Africa)
- 19 Oct: Amsterdam Marathon (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- 19 Oct: Toronto Waterfront Marathon (Toronto, Canada)
- 26 Oct: Valencia Half Marathon (Valencia, Spain)
NOVEMBER
- 2 Nov: New York City Marathon (New York, USA)
- 30 Nov: Shanghai Marathon (Shanghai, China)
DECEMBER
- 7 Dec: Valencia Marathon (Valencia, Spain)
- 7 Dec: California International Marathon (Sacramento, USA)
- 14 Dec: European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa (Lagoa, Portugal)
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