Islandsbanki Reykjavik Marathon

14 October 2022, 1pm

Reykjavik opens registration for non-binary athletes

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05 August 2020, 1pm

Reykjavik Marathon cancels

Current regulations “make race impossible”

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Distance Running Edition 2 2015

Looking ahead

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Distance Running Edition 3 2013

A marathon hotspot: The Reykjavík Marathon celebrates its 30th anniversary

From humble beginnings 30 years ago, the Reykjavík Marathon has grown to become a major harvest festival for runners in Iceland and a hotspot for athletes from abroad. It started out as a bit of a tourism stunt. “At the travel agency Úrval, where I was working at the time, we were looking for ways to attract foreign tourists to the country,” reveals Knútur Óskarsson, one of the founders of the Reykjavík Marathon. “Originally I tried to establish a Nordic ski marathon called Lava Loppet in 1981–82 but those plans went up in the air.”

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