My favorite hobby is to travel the world to run marathons. I have finished more than 100 marathons outside my home country. … I haven’t counted since, but you can if you care, the list is below – and on this world map.

Marathons around the world I have finished

 

Olympic Marathon Challenge

I have a goal to finish a marathon in all the cities, that have held the Olympic Games. So far I have finished marathons in these olympic cities:

Olympic marathon

Athens (1896, 2004)
Atlanta (1996)Paris (1900, 1924, 2024)
St. Louis (1904)
London (1908, 1948, 2012)
Stockholm (1912)
Antwerp (1920)
Amsterdam (1928)
Los Angeles (1932, 1984, 2028)
Berlin (1936)
Helsinki (1952)
Rome (1960)
Tokyo (1964, 2021)
Munich (1972)
Montreal (1976)
Moscow (1980)
Seoul (1988)
Barcelona (1992)
Sydney (2000)

So I am missing: Melbourne (1956), Mexico City (1968), Beijing (2008), Rio de Janeiro (2016).

Just a list of marathons around world that I have finished:


25/4-2010 Marathon Hamburg, Germany. Time: 3:06:30
10/10-2010 Chicago Marathon, USA. Time: 3:13:53
18/4-2011 Boston Marathon, USA. Time: 3:03:18
6/11-2011 New York City Marathon, USA. Time: 3:35:59
21/4-2013 London Marathon, United Kingdom. Time: 3:46:07
27/9-2015 Berlin Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:42:02

2017 marathons:
19/3: Utrecht Science Park Marathon, Netherlands. Time: 4:15:40
23/4: Vienna City Marathon, Austria. Time: 3:59:40
7/5: Prague Marathon, Czech Republic. Time: 4:22:21
14/5: Riga Marathon, Latvia. Time: 4:08:13
2/9: Helsingborg Marathon, Sweden. Time: 4:35:15
8/10: Lübeck Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:51:54
21/10: Växjö Marathon, Sweden. Time: 3:52:00
5/11: Maratona do Porto, Portugal. Time: 3:54:59
12/11: Beirut Marathon, Lebanon. Time: 3:54:26

2018 marathons:
1/1: Neujahrsmarathon Zürich, Switzerland. Time: 4:20:31
25/2: Tokyo Marathon, Japan. Time: 3:41:26
18/3: Shamrock Marathon, USA. Time: 3:40:15
8/4: Hannover Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:37:08
15/4: Gdansk Maraton, Poland. Time: 3:31:56
22/4: Zürich Marathon, Switzerland. Time: 3:29:40
29/4: Marathon Düsseldorf, Germany. Time: 3:25:26
6/5: Flying Pig Marathon, USA. Time: 3:35:07
12/5: Night Marathon Luxembourg. Time: 3:45:41
13/5: Würzburg Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:57:52
20/5: Rock ‘n’ Roll Liverpool, United Kingdom. Time: 3:35:27
2/6: Stockholm Marathon, Sweden. Time: 3:45:48
10/6: Flensburg liebt dich Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:39:40
16/6: Midnight Sun Marathon, Norway. Time: 3:34:22
1/9: Spring Hultsfred, Sweden. Time: 3:30:34
9/9: Tallinna Maraton, Estonia. Time: 3:25:12
16/9: Kassel Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:20:18
30/9: Chisinau Marathon, Moldova. Time: 3:21:26
7/10: Marathon Bremen, Germany. Time: 3:22:10
13/10: Brocken-Marathon – Harz-Gebirgslauf, Germany. Time: 4:17:30
14/10: München Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:37:16
20/10: Rügenbrücken-Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:54:19
21/10: Dresden Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:36:57
28/10: Brussels Marathon, Belgium. Time: 3:43:43
11/11: Istanbul Marathon, Turkey. Time: 3:38:46
2/12: Macao International Marathon, China. Time: 3:47:59
9/12: Singapore Marathon. Time: 4:23:23

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2019 marathons:
11/1: Doha Marathon, Qatar. Time: 3:49:07
20/1: Marathon Bahamas. Time: 3:55:22
17/2: Kristallmarathon, Germany. Time: 3:54:07
16/3: Frozen Lake Marathon, Norway. Time: 4:23:34
7/4: Bratislava Marathon, Slovakia. Time: 4:11:51
14/4: Marathon de Paris, France. Time: 3:57:35
27/4: Western Pacific Marathon, USA. Time: 4:001:58
28/4: Big Sur International Marathon, USA. Time: 3:55:49
18/5: Helsinki City Running Day Marathon, Finland. Time: 3:56:57
26/5: Edinburgh Marathon, United Kingdom. Time: 3:46:35
2/6: Tórshavn Marathon, Denmark. 3:46:13
15/6: Alpin Marathon, Liechtenstein. Time: 5:33:13
16/6: Marathon du Vignoble d’Alsac, France. Time: 4:24:53
23/6: Flensburg lieft dich Marathon, Germany. Time: 3:56:04
27/7: Int. Bad Pyrmont Marathon, Germany. Time: 4:13:11
31/8: Helsingborg Marathon, Sweden. 3:50:16
22/9: Moscow Marathon, Russia. Time: 3:43:43
6/10: Kiev City Marathon, Ukraine. Time: 3:37:53
20/10: Amsterdam Marathon, Netherlands. Time: 3:39:26
27/10: Ljubljanski maraton, Slovenia. Time: 3:37:41
16/11: Golf Bank 642 Marathon, Kuwait. Time: 3:52:17
15/12: Maratón de Málaga, Spain. Time: 3:32:55

2020 marathons:
12/1: Walt Disney World Marathon, USA. 3:47:03
24/1: Dubai Marathon, United Arab Emirates. 3:47:36
22/2: Kiel-Marathon, Germany. 3:43:23
1/3: Malta Marathon. 4:18:09
8/3: Los Angeles Marathon, USA. 3:45:46
25/7: Öland Marathon, Sweden. 3:38:50
18/10: Cuxhavener Marathon, Germany. 3:31:59

2021 marathons:
31/6: Marathon Nacht Rostock, Germany. 4:12:38
19/9: Küstenmarathon, Germany. 3:49:33
3/10: Marathon Bremen, Germany. 3:56:41
9/10: Harz-Gebirgsluafes, Germany. 4:39:06
10/10: Magdeburg Marathon, Germany. 4:13:53
17/10: Great Bruges Marathon, Belgium. 3:51:32
30/10: Åland Marathon, Finland. 3:52:40
14/11: Athens Marathon, Greece. 3:51:56
19/12: Maratona di Pisa, Italy. 3:42:22

2022 marathons:
20/3: Limassol Marathon, Cyprus. 3:49:04
3/4: Mein Freiburg Marathon, Germany. 3:36:11
10/4: Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands. 3:44:13
24/4: Kaunas Marathon, Lithuania. 3:43:16
1/5: Belfast City Marathon, United Kingdom. 3:41:20
8/5: Marató Barcelona, Spain. 3:40:31
15/4: Beogradski Marathon (Belgrade), Serbia. 3:42:39
4/6: Spitsbergen Marathon, Norway. 3:48:10
30/7: Nocny Maraton Szczeciński, Poland. 4:12:49
4/9: San Marino Marathon. 3:53:18
18/9: Maratón de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 3:54:56
25/9: Marathon de Montréal, Canada. 3:55:26
1/10: Zagreb Marathon, Croatia. 4:13:28
9/10: Bucharest Marathon, Romania. 3:46:37
14/10: Amman Marathon, Jordan. 4:17:49
27/11: Spijkenisse SPARK Marathon, Netherlands. 3:52:04

2023 marathons:
15/1: Bermuda Marathon, United Kingdom. 3:55:58
29/1: Marathon International de Marrakech, Morocco. 4:04:07
24/2: Tel Aviv Marathon, Israel. 3:53:09
12/3: Bienwald Marathon, Germany. 3:49:25
19/3: Run Rome the Marathon, Italy. 3:41:03
2/4: Go! St. Louis Marathon, USA. 3:39:47
23/4: Spreewald Marathon, Germany. 3:47:42
7/5: Globus Marathon, St. Wendel, Germany. 3:38:06
4/6: Cork City Marathon, Ireland. Time: 3:37:57
13/7: Isle of Man Marathon, United Kingdom. Time: 3:57:43
19/8: Reykjavik marathon, Iceland. Time: 3:45:36
3/9: Göteborgsvarvet Marathon, Sweden. Time: 3:53:53
17/9: Sydney Marathon, Australia. Time: 4:18:47
24/9: Prishtina Marathon, Kosovo. Time: 4:10:15
1/10: Skopje Marathon, Macedonia. Time: 4:14:11
8/10: Sofia Marathon, Bulgaria. Time: 3:54:16
15/10: Budapest Marathon, Hungary. Time: 3:43:49
22/10: Antwerp Marathon, Belgium. Time: 3:42:48
29/10: Polar Circle Marathon, Greenland, Denmark. Time: 4:28:31
5/11: Podgorica Marathon, Montenegro. Time: 3:50:02
12/11: Taipei Marathon, Taiwan. Time: 3:48:01
26/11: Curacao Marathon, Curaçao. Time: 4:47:59
3/12: Amazing ​Thailand​ Marathon​ Bangkok​, Thailand. Time: 4:11:46
10/12: Ho Chi Minh City Marathon, Vietnam. Time: 4:18:58

2024 marathons:

14/1: Cebu City, Philippines. Time: 4:54:43
28/1: Muscat Marathon, Oman. Time: 4:23:05
24/2: Atlanta Marathon, USA. Time: 3:53:37
17/3: Seoul Marathon, South Korea. Time: 3:50:49
28/4: Maratón de Santiago, Chile. Time: 4:15:11
12/5: Maratón de San José, Costa Rica. Time: 4:34:25
2/6: Aruba Marathon, Aruba, NL. Time: 4:46:40
31/8: Jönköping Marahon. Time: 3:55:30
1/9: Flensburg liebt dich Marathon. Time: 4:03:08
7/9: Fehmarn-Marathon. Time: 4:06:32

Running marathon all over the world

 

Ultramarathon

A few times I have chosen to run a bit further than the marathon (42,195 meter):

21/11-2015: Grenå 6 timer, 64,961 km
22/10-2016: Randers 100 km, 10:45:20
19/11-2016: Grenå 6 timer, 61,092 km
7/1-2017: Boller Slot Ultra 80 km, 9:20:30
1/4-2017: Bergen Ultras 63,3 km (Norway), 6:57:18
12/8-2017: Viborg 100 km DM, 11:19:04
26/5-2018: Slotvoldsmarathon Ultra 56 km, 6:14:37
5/7-2018: SM 100 km (Sweden), 9:51:02
18/8: UltraVasan 90 km (Sweden), 11:19:48
25/8-2018: Ringkøbing Fjord 100 km, 10:46:48
2/2-2019: Bygholm Slot Ultra 50km, 5:13:21
9/6-2019: Comrades Marathon up-run (South Africa), 9:27:43
23/11-2019: No Finish Line 24 hours (Monaco), 58,966 km
3/11-2020: Nordic Ultra Run, 59,967 km
15/7-2023: Burginsellauf, (Germany)