This is Firenze (Florence) Marathon! Along the way you will be surrounded by centuries of art, history and culture, a unique emotion that can only be experienced by those who run in Florence. Thousands of sports people and enthusiasts from all over the world come to participate in this classic race on the last Sunday in November.

The route takes you by all those landmarks of singular beauty that have made Florence famous worldwide: views over the enchanting hills and countryside, and passing right by the Cathedral Square, Piazza della Signoria, Ponte Vecchio (to mention only just a few of historical importance), before entering the majestic Piazza Santa Croce. This event has increased immeasurably recently: this extraordinary increase in participation also testifies to the constant attention given to the organization of the race. The Florence Marathon is now the second Italian marathon (after Rome), and among the 20 most important marathons in the world.

The race involves many narrow streets, but runners also pass by some amazing Italian scenery and architecture. This includes views of the surrounding hills and countryside and a route that passes the likes of the Cathedral Square, Piazza della Signoria and Ponte Vecchio.

Shanghai International Marathon has established itself as the marquee running event on China’s Marathon calendar. Every November, tens of thousand participants run passing the many historical places of this city such as Bund Bull, Customs House, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai Exhibition center, Jing’an Temple, Nan Pu Bridge, Lu Pu Bridge, Long Hua Temple, Shanghai Stadium.

The course records were both set in 2012 as Kenya's Sylvester Kimeli Teimet set the men's standard of 2:09:01 hours and Ethiopian Feyse Tadese broke the women's record with 2:24:08 hours. Participation also reached a new high that year, as over 30,000 runners competed in the marathon.

Shanghai East Best and Lansheng Event Management Co., LTD,are the exclusive organizer of Shanghai International Marathon, Shang-ma Series, and Shang-ma Club. The company aims to achieve breakthroughs in the event organizing and enlarge combined event effect through branding operation, to popularize the spirit of the events through leading citizens into healthy and progressive lifestyle, to make the events more influential through creating fashionable and stylish road race culture and to expand the driving force of the events through forming a creative industrial chain.

The Marathon de La Rochelle is an annual road running event which takes place in late November in La Rochelle, France. It features a full 42.195 km marathon race as well a 10 km race for amateur runners, a half marathon for wheelchair athletes, and a recreational 4 km jog around the city’s harbour.

The city of La Rochelle had its first marathon race in 1981. This competition lasted until 1989 (with shorter 20 km races occurring in 1983 to 1985). Following the absence of a race in 1990, the Marathon de La Rochelle was established in its place, having its first edition on 24 November 1991. The marathon is one of the most popular in France, having had a record high of 10,000 entrants and 8625 finishers at the 20th edition in 2010.

Among French races, only the Paris Marathon has had greater participation. Following the sudden death of Serge Vigot, the race founder and president of the organising committee, during the 2005 Marrakech Marathon, the event was officially renamed the Marathon De La Rochelle – Serge Vigot in his honour. The race as awarded IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status for the first time in 2011.

"Standard Chartered Run" is a world-renowned road running IP, which can be traced back to 1982, and has now held road running events in dozens of countries and regions on four continents, including the famous Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon and other IAAF-certified gold label events in Asia.

In 2018, the Standard Chartered Shanghai 10km Run opened the "Standard Chartered Run" for the first time in Chinese mainland. In 2019, Standard Chartered's global "Belt and Road" run spanned more than 40 "Belt and Road" co-construction markets, and ended successfully with the Beijing 10km run as the final stop.

In 2023, Standard Chartered Run will return to Shanghai with the theme of "Let's Run Farther Together", bringing a high-quality and professional event to many runners.

In 2024, the Standard Chartered Shanghai 10km Run will continue the spirit of "Let's go farther together", creating a better, more professional and more fun experience for runners, and running farther with runners from all walks of life.