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Antarctica Marathon® Race Directors Join Oceanites Board of Directors
Antarctica Marathon® Race Directors Join Oceanites Board of Directors 5.10.2022 Announcements
    Antarctica, Antarctica Marathon, Jeff Adams, Oceanites, Thom Gilligan

Marathon Tours & Travel (MTT) is pleased to announce that Founder/CEO Thom Gilligan and President Jeff Adams were elected to the Board of Directors of Oceanites – a research based nonprofit organization focused on the effects of climate change and tourism on Antarctica. The relationship between MTT and Oceanites began more than a decade ago with the goal to raise awareness of these issues with participants of the Antarctica Marathon® & Half-Marathon. Additionally, Antarctica Marathon® is awarded the registered trademark through the US Patent and Trademark Office. Read More

Working Together to Save the Penguins and Raise Awareness
Working Together to Save the Penguins and Raise Awareness 3.08.2022 Announcements
    Antarctica, Antarctica Marathon, Oceanites

Recently, on unseasonably mild days, Marathon Tours & Travel held the 21 and 22 running of the Antarctica Marathon® and Half-Marathon, which has taken place on King George Island since its inception in 1995. Back then, runners dealt with brutal conditions, as they ran through snow and navigated sheets of ice. This year, after a two-year absence due to the global pandemic, runners’ encountered milder conditions and instead of snow or ice, their challenge was a very hilly course and lots of mud. Climate change is real and is being witnessed first-hand. Read more

Virtual Antarctica Marathon & Half-Marathon
Virtual Antarctica Marathon & Half-Marathon 2.10.2021 Announcements
    Antarctica, Antarctica Half-Marathon, Antarctica Marathon, Virtual

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

2020 Loch Ness Marathon Virtual Runners Cafe
2020 Loch Ness Marathon Virtual Runners Cafe 10.04.2020 Announcements
    Inverness, Loch Ness Marathon, Scotland

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

Boston Marathon Virtual Expo
Boston Marathon Virtual Expo 9.09.2020 Announcements

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

#TeammateTuesday
#TeammateTuesday 8.04.2020 Announcements

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

#TEAMMATETUESDAY
#TEAMMATETUESDAY 6.30.2020 Announcements

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

The Course Ahead: Runners Country Club
The Course Ahead: Runners Country Club 5.29.2020 Announcements

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

#TeammateTuesday
#TeammateTuesday 5.26.2020 Announcements
    #TeammateTuesday, Cuba, Havana, Marabana

Upon your arrival into Havana, you immediately are introduced to two of our longtime and exceptional guides - Alexis Hernandez and Abel Contreras. Well-traveled and so wise about world events and politics, they also have a wealth of knowledge about their home country...Cuba.Read more

The Course Ahead: Seven Continents Club
The Course Ahead: Seven Continents Club 5.25.2020 Announcements

In addition to our Seven Continents Club (SCC) Finishers, we have quite a few members in our community who are in the process of earning their SCC Finisher Medal. The SCC offers so much more though than only the opportunity to be recognized for completing the seven continents goal. Many members join the SCC for the VIP Travel Club benefits as they plan for their first international race. Read More

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