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Meet upcoming Antarctica Marathon participant - Anna Hocking. She will be joining several other Bermudians on our 2022 Antarctica Marathon experience. She kicked off the year with Marathon Tours & Travel Antarctica Virtual Half-Marathon and finished with completing her goal of 2021 miles in 2021! Read More
While several companies focused on marathon-centered tours haven’t been able to relaunch trips yet, one that has is Marathon Tours & Travel. When asked how sales for his company have been since resuming trips, Jeff Adams had good news to report. “Some are over 30 percent above pre-Covid figures while the majority are slightly above average,” said the president of Massachusetts-based tour operator, which took runners to the Iceland Volcano Marathon on July 24.Read More
Since we are not able to physically go to Antarctica in person this year, we have created a virtual experience with you specifically in mind! This special event will bring together alumni, future travelers and our global running community. Read more
The virtual Runners Café was held on October 3 and celebrated all that is loved about the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running. The line-up included guests such as Vassos Alexander (sports presenter), Tom Craggs (Runner's World head coach, MTT President Jeff Adams (starting at 21.26 minutes) and more who share brilliant memories of Loch Ness moments.Read More
Marathon Tours & Travel is honored to be a featured sponsor for the first-ever Boston Marathon Virtual Experience! To commemorate this week, we interviewed a number of athletes, motivators, 'shakers', and winners of the Boston Marathon. We invite you to enjoy these engaging conversations led by CEO Thom Gilligan and President Jeff Adams. To visit our Boston Marathon Virtual Booth visit: https://bostonmarathonexpo.com/marathon-tours-travelRead More
It is rare when one of our clients has not traveled or know of one of our treasured team members - Jacqui Kaufman! She has been a contractual guide for Marathon Tour & Travel for decades, traveling to all seven continents with our clients. She is warm, caring, compassionate, worldly, adventurous, an animal lover and the best salesperson when it comes to our Amazing Maasai Marathon Tour due to her love of her 'second home'...Kenya. We asked Jacqui to share a little about what she has been doing in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado since the pandemic started. Enjoy this little excerpt on our featured #TeammateTuesday and please join us in congratulating Jacqui for recently becoming a USA Citizen! Read more
Despite the name, traveling with Marathon Tours goes far beyond running a marathon or a half, 10K or 5K, which are distances often included for spouses, children and fellow travelers who may not be able to complete a “full”, but want to participate. In fact, other than race day, these trips are very well-organized vacations to explore local habitats, wildlife, culture, cuisine and as such, provide access to amazing experiences that can even make the marathon seem like an accessory to the adventure itself.Read More
Seven Continents Club (SCC) Member and Six Star Finisher hopeful, Claudine Nicholas has already completed 75 half marathons, 14 full marathons and has collected more than 180 running medals and awards over the last ten years. "The moment I learned about Marathon Tours & Travel (MTT), I signed up to become an SCC member. I’m on the list for Antarctica, and my goal is to run both half-marathons and marathons on all seven continents. With MTT, my goal is easier to obtain, plus I have the pleasure to meet other like-minded runners from around the world. MTT is my dream team behind the scenes helping make my dreams come true!" Read More
Today, we briefly converse with Mike Sohaskey and Katie Ho, co-founders of RaceRaves, one of the go-to places for an online community dedicated to races and the race experience. The MTT team is fortunate and proud to work with Mike and Katie to mutually benefit you, our clients. We hope you enjoy the discussion as much as we did!Read more
Our competitive advantage is you! As mentioned in the first of our four Bulletin’s discussing the Course Ahead - the diversity of the Marathon Tours & Travel (MTT) running community is always inspiring with some currently pursuing the Seven Continents Club (SCC) Finishers Medal, others the Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM) Six Star Medal, or the newest experiences available from the Runners Country Club annual vote. Read More
