2025 AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP RACE – TCS NEW YORK CITY MARATHON

The fifth annual Abbott World Marathon Majors Marathon Tours & Travel Age Group World Championships race will take place within the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon, and will feature 2,500 of the world’s best age group competitors. Marathon Tours & Travel (MTT) in partnership with Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM) is offering priority access to packages for Age Group World Championship (AGWC) athletes and their companions to include hotel accommodations, special social events including a welcome reception, pre-race dinner, transfer to athlete’s village, post-race celebration and more.

REGISTATION IS NOW OPEN!

2025 AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PACKAGES
(Organized by Country of Residence)

NORTH AMERICA 
SOUTH AMERICA
EUROPE
AFRICA
HONG KONG & MAINLAND CHINA 
ASIA (EXCLUDING HONG KONG & MAINLAND CHINA)
OCEANIA

Congratulations and thank you for joining us in Sydney for the 2024 AGWC Race!

“I have been traveling with Marathon Tours & Travel (MTT) around the world for the last 30 years. To plan a trip with MTT is totally stress free! They make sure we stay in a comfortable, safe and convenient hotel. They offer group city tours, transportation to expos to get our bibs, and make sure we get to and from the race safely. And of course, the camaraderie from the welcome reception, pre-race dinner and celebration party after race. This year’s London Marathon was my third time on this tour, and their staff and service were the same as always, superb! I get to focus solely on my performance, instead of the stress of wondering how to get around in an unknown city. I very highly recommend MTT!” – Jeannie Rice, Multiple Women’s Masters World Record’s Holder and Age Group Winner in the 2023 AGWC

OVERVIEW

Marathon Tours & Travel is the new co-title sponsor of the Abbott World Marathon Majors Marathon Tours & Travel Age Group World Rankings and Championships. You can read the full release here.

HISTORY

Founded by Boston runner and travel visionary Thom Gilligan in 1979, MTT is a longstanding recognized leader and innovator in the destination travel industry for runners and their supporters. With some of our earliest trips being to the New York City Marathon and Boston Marathon, we have decades of experience working with some of the largest marathon events in the world.

Expanding to better meet client needs, MTT is now truly a global running travel company with offices in Boston (USA), Manchester (UK), Adelaide (Australia), and Shanghai (China). We host a variety of our own events and are an approved International Tour Operator to many marathons and other running events, including the AbbottWMM races.

SEVEN CONTINENTS CLUB®

The Seven Continents Club® (SCC), founded in 1995 with the creation of our inaugural Antarctica Marathon®, started with the aim to help those interested in running a marathon on each of the seven continents to accomplish their goal. Now with over 11,000 members from 100 different countries, the SCC has evolved to become a VIP global frequent traveler club for runners that have a passion for traveling to the top destination running events around the globe. One of the many benefits of the SCC is the early registration period for events that are in high demand, such as the AbbottWMM. If you’re interested in joining our package with a guaranteed entry for the AbbottWMM races or other highly sought-after events, the SCC is best way to secure a spot with MTT. To learn more about the SCC priority process go here.

WHAT ARE ABBOTTWMM AGE GROUP RANKINGS?

The AbbottWMM series consists of six of the largest and most renowned marathons in the world: the Tokyo Marathon, Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America, TCS London Marathon, BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, Bank of America Chicago Marathon and TCS New York City Marathon. Candidate races include Sanlam Cape Town Marathon and Shanghai Marathon.

AbbottWMM hosts a points competition across this series for elite open division and wheelchair athletes, as well as the Six Star Program, which rewards any runner who finishes all original six races (Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York) with the Six Star Finisher Medal. Plans are to launch the Nine Star Finisher Medal in 2027 once Candidate Races – Sanlam Cape Town Marathon and Shanghai Marathon – pass qualifications and earn status as an AbbottWMM race. Learn more here.

The Age Group World Rankings rewards athletes aged 40+ with the opportunity to compete against their peers for a place at the Age Group World Championship, and the Global Run Club provides a virtual running platform for the community to participate in challenges across a range of distances. Athletes are ranked according to their single fastest time in a qualifying event with top-ranked athletes in each age group receiving invites to the next year’s Age Group World Championship.

HOW DO I QUALIFY?

An athlete can qualify for the Age Group World Championship by achieving the automatic qualifying time for their age bracket in one of the 375+ qualifying races. Runners who qualify will be notified immediately but must be registered through AbbottWMM.com to receive an invitation. All invitations are for the following year, so if you wish to participate in the 2025 Age Group World Championships, you need to qualify in a 2024 race.

Qualifying times and more information on the qualification process can be found here.

QUALIFYING RACES

In addition to the seven Abbott World Marathon Majors and two Candidate Races (Sanlam Cape Town Marathon and Shanghai Marathon), here are a few ‘Qualifying Races’ packages we offer:

Big Sur International Marathon

TCS Amsterdam Marathon

Acea Run Rome the Marathon

Reykjavik Marathon

Chengdu Marathon

TCS Amsterdam Marathon

For a full list of Age Group World Championship Qualifying Events go here.

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