There are a couple of reasons why I call this the "Eclectic" Marathon Page.  My selection of events is eclectic - they aren't all strictly marathons.   There are a number of "ultra" events, a few 26 mile walking events, plus a few shorter races that seemed interesting when I encountered them.  The second point is the arrangement of the geographical units.  If you look at the United States, you will find all the states listed alphabetically.  On the Canada page, the provinces and territories are listed from west to east.  For the rest of the world, the arrangement snakes around.  It starts off with some Polar events (North and South), followed by Northern/Scandinavian countries, the British Isles, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa (North to South), Australia and New Zealand, Asia, then hops over to the Caribean and Central America, then South America, and finally a very isolated race on St. Helena.  Of course, there are compromises - races in the Asian part of Russia are grouped with Eastern Europe rather than Asia - but this arrangement is reasonably simple.

I make no pretences as to the completeness of the list. If I have left out one or more of your favourites, please let me know by email. There are also quite a few marathons listed without links. Some of these are still being held, some are defunct, and some simply don't seem to have any web pages. Race directors: I would be delighted if you were to prove me wrong (or even ask me to create the page for you!)