AIMS announces 4-year sponsorship renewal with Marathon-Photos.com

The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) is delighted to announce a four-year renewal of the sponsorship agreement with race photography company ‘Marathon-Photos.com Ltd'.

This will see that will see the global company with its head office based in New Zealand retain their position as ‘Photo Partner' of AIMS until 2020.

Marathon Photos first sponsored AIMS in 2002 and have maintained that sponsorship throughout.

Founded in 1999, Marathon Photos have grown into a world leader in the provision of photo and video content to races and their runners through all forms of communication in the digital age, photographing more than 700 events in 35 countries annually.

Marathon Photos are at the forefront of developing innovative services to races and their runners. They were the first company to offer photos online, accessed by searching for name or bib number. They were also the first company to offer personalised race videos and animated compilations of race route, personal photos/video and statistics.

Marathon Photos are always striving to develop new, innovative products and services. Full details of their services can be found at https://www.marathon-photos.com/.

Announcing the deal, AIMS President Paco Borao commented: "We are very pleased to announce the continuation of the relationship between AIMS and Marathon Photos. They provide a world class service to many of our members and we look forward to working together for years to come. It has been very pleasing to see Marathon Photos grow and develop into a major worldwide quality service provider to the running world."

Francis Kay, Managing Director of ‘Marathon-Photos.com Ltd' commented: "We are delighted to continue this positive relationship with AIMS. We have worked with AIMS and AIMS members for fifteen years and look forward to bringing our services to even more races and runners in the future. AIMS is an association known and respected around the world and we are proud to be their official photo partner. Our long association has forged great relationships and friendships that have helped Marathon-Photos.com become a worldwide business."

For further information on AIMS please visit:  www.AIMS-worldrunning.org.
About AIMS

AIMS is a member based organisation and since being established in 1982 has grown to a membership of more than 425 of the world's leading distance races, from over 112 countries and territories. AIMS Members come from every continent on the planet and include the Athens Marathon, The Authentic formed on the legend of Pheidippides, the Greek soldier-runner who ran from the town of Marathon to Athens in 490 BC to announce the Persians had been defeated in the ‘Battle of Marathon'.

Other AIMS members include many of the world's greatest distance races in history such as the Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Comrades, New York, Paris & Tokyo Marathons. The three key objectives of AIMS are:
 

1. To foster and promote distance running throughout the world
2. To work with the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) on all matters relating to international road races.
3.  To exchange information, knowledge and expertise among members of the association

Peter McLean,
Director of Public Relations
Association of International Marathons & Distance Races