AIMS races – this weekend – Coming up . . . The Colombo Marathon – the Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon – the IX Bila Tserkva Marathon – the 89th Kosice Peace Marathon – the 27th Spar Budapest Int’l Marathon

On 6 October the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships are held in Kavarna, Bulgaria.

7 October is the most crowded day of the year so far with 15 AIMS Races scheduled.

The 12th Colombo Marathon starts the programme in Sri Lanka, followed by seven races in Europe: The Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon in Romania, the IX Bila Tserkva Marathon in Ukraine, Europe's oldest marathon the 89th Kosice Peace Marathon in Slovakia, the 27th Spar Budapest Int'l Marathon in Hungary, the Zagreb Marathon in Croatia, the Sparkasse 3-Country Marathon starting in Germany and finishing in Austria after passing touching Swiss Territory, and the Brussels Marathon in Belgium.

Action then switches to Africa for the third edition of the Rahal 10km Int'l de Marrakech in Morocco before jumping the Atlantic for the Maraton Int'l de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Moving north the Guayaquil Marathon is held in Ecuador's second city and the Corona Maraton Queretaro in Mexico.

Finally a cluster of races take place in the Pacific North West, with the 41st Portland Marathon in the US state of Oregon, the Okanagan Marathon in Kelowna and the Goodlife Fitness Victoria Marathon, both within the Canadian Province of British Columbia.

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