World Athletics Road Race Webinar tomorrow | 2025 in review | Full programme inside – World Athletics – Alessio Punzi

(Click here to register to tomorrow’s webinar – Wednesday 12 November, at 1pm CET)

Dear race directors, athletes’ reps, Member Federations and athletics family:

We’d love to see you online tomorrow for our final webinar of the year: “2025 in Review: Sellouts, Run Clubs, Trail, and Majors”.

It has been a spectacular few months. What lessons can we learn, and what trends should we keep an eye on?

Our international panel of speakers will explore:

• The 7^th Star: TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS – a spectacular success
• Spotlight Cape Town: Host of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships 2027
• The run club boom
• Running over clubbing: Gen Z and the new socialising trends
• Registration data and insights from around the world
• Plus, upcoming and future conferences to mark in your diary

Join us tomorrow, 12 November, at 7am New York | 12pm London | 8pm Singapore

FULL PROGRAMME (all times approximate and CET)

• 1:05pm: Celebrating the 7^th Star: Sydney’s resounding success. With Wayne Larden (Event Director, TCS Sydney Marathon Presented by ASICS)
• 1:25pm: Cape Town Spotlight: Towards a spectacular World Mountain and Trail Running Championships 2027. With Stuart McConnachie (Course Designer of WMTRC 27), David Bellairs (Chief Operating Officer, Golazo South Africa) and Toni McCann (Pro Trail Runner and WMTRC 27 Ambassador), in conversation with Natacha Manchado (Running Project Manager, World Athletics)
• 1:50pm: The Year in Review: Global Updates. Chris Robb (Founder & CEO Mass Participation World) in conversation with: Ayman Hakky (Founder, Tri Factory – Africa); Su Tien Ng (General manager, MYLAPS Sports Technology – Asia); Daniel Krutman (CEO, Ticket Sports – Latin America); Shawn K Sullivan (Executive Director, Running USA); Greg Broekmans (Director of Running, Golazo Sports – Europe)
• 2:30pm Running Updates from World Athletics, with me
• 2:40pm: The Global Explosion of Running Clubs. With Sheyong Tan (Co-founder of BiiB & RUNLIGA), in conversation with Natacha Manchado.
• 2:55pm: Conferences for your diary: MPW25, Ho Chi Minh City; African Running Conference, Lagos 2026; WA Global Conference + World Road Running Championships Copenhagen 26; European Business Running Conference, Porto 2026.

Sign up here.

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ALESSIO PUNZI

Head of Running
Competitions & Events Department

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