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  • Reykjavík Marathon Cancelled

    The Reykjavík Marathon 2021 has been cancelled after initially being postponed to September 18th due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. The organisers of the event came to this decision following discussions with the Ministry of Health, the Department of Civil Protection and others,…

  • Amid Rising COVID Cases, Reykjavik Marathon Postponed To September

    Amid Rising COVID Cases, Reykjavik Marathon Postponed To September

    We all know the drill—a new wave of COVID cases means a new wave of cancellations and postponements. Reykjavik’s Íslandsbanki Marathon has been postponed for four weeks, to September 18th. The event was originally slated to take place on the 21st of…

  • Running 10k At The 2014 Reykjavík Marathon

    Running 10k At The 2014 Reykjavík Marathon

    The Reykjavík Marathon is a degrading event; an awful and undignified occurrence; a grand spectacle of human regression—of which only the lowliest of men take part. Consider the facts: in order to participate, a man is forced to become his own conveyance,…

  • My 42.2 Kilometres

    My 42.2 Kilometres

    On Saturday, August 23, over 15,000 laced their running shoes and donned their finest Lycra to partake in the 31st Reykjavík Marathon. And I was one of around a thousand who braved all 42.2 kilometres of the full marathon. This was the…