Runners crossing Sydney Harbour with the Harbour Bridge and Opera House in view

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Last days: Sydney ballot closes Monday 7am

Five minutes this weekend could get you to your next Major. The 2027 TCS Sydney Marathon ballot is free to apply — you are only charged if your name is drawn.

Last weekend to apply · closes Mon 19 Oct, 7am SGT

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Evelyn Li jokingly tells her running club members that she was such an active baby, her mum had a premonition that she would give birth to a female runner! She meant what she said and named her daughter after American champion Evelyn Ashford, the legendary star who qualified for every U.S. Olympic team (and took gold four times) between 1976 and 1994. Evelyn grew up to honour her name, but these days, the fashionable Singapore runner has become enamoured with another name: Lorna Jane. This talented Aussie sportswear designer has set the world ablaze with her cutting edge togs, and we are impressed enough with three new designs from her collection to review them.

Every year, on the last Sunday in June, at the base of Mt Kilimanjaro, the little town of Moshi, Tanzania, Africa bursts into life on the international running scene. Heralded one of Forbes Traveler magazine’s top ten African Adventures, the Mt. Kilimanjaro Marathon has clinched several awards and is part of the Seven Continents Club.

A relatively small prefecture located at the southeastern corner of the Kantō Plain, Japan’s Kanagawa is nestled between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Sagami Bay and Tokyo Bay on the south and east. But don’t overlook this marathon—with an anticipated total of 24,000 participants, you can be sure that this JAAF-certified race is well-organised as it is popular.