Races in Greece

An evening run in Athens's Kallithea: flat 5 and 10 km through lit-up streets near the coast.

Thessaloniki's night half marathon: lit-up streets, live music on the course and a party after the finish.

An autumn half marathon in the heart of Crete: olive-covered hills and vineyards around Arkalochori.

Running along Santorini's caldera rim and swimming from the volcano: an October festival on Greece's most famous island.

A half marathon through the old town of Xanthi.

An evening run in mountain Karpenisi: 5 and 10 km through the streets of 'Greek Switzerland'.

The very route Pheidippides ran, from Marathon to Athens — climbing until kilometer 31, then finishing in the marble stadium of the first modern Olympics.

A marathon where sport was born: start and finish in the very heart of Ancient Olympia.

A marathon in Greece's first capital: beneath Palamidi Castle, along the Argolic Gulf and past the Bourtzi islet.

Athens' spring half marathon through the city centre, starting at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of Parliament.

A half marathon across the whole of Crete: from the Aegean in the north to the Libyan Sea at Ierapetra.

A half marathon by the rock monasteries of Meteora.

A flat, fast marathon across the Messinian plain — between olive groves and the sea in the southern Peloponnese.

A spring marathon in Chania, one of Crete's most beautiful towns, with distances from 2.5 km to the full 42.

Two loops along the Aegean coast past the medieval walls of Rhodes — one of Europe's flattest certified courses.

From ancient Pella to the heart of Thessaloniki.

A sports festival on Navarino Bay: a seaside half marathon, a trail run and 60-plus activities in the Olympic spirit.

An evening race on Zakynthos: start on Solomos Square and a half marathon that sets off into the sunset.

A half marathon on Tinos, the Cycladic island of marble villages and dovecotes, with Aegean views all around.

From the sea to Zeus's throne and down: a 44 km mountain marathon from Dion to Litochoro over Olympus.

Mountain running in Zagori: the Tymfi ridges, the rim of Vikos Gorge, stone bridges and slate villages — from 5 to 93 km.

A summer city run in Polygyros, capital of Halkidiki: 5 and 10 km near popular beaches.

A sunset race on Cycladic Serifos: 5 and 10 km on the coastal road by Livadi bay.

A mass run along Lake Pamvotis in Ioannina: flat 5 and 10 km in Epirus's 'city of arts'.

246 km from Athens to Sparta in the footsteps of Pheidippides — one of the world's most legendary ultras.

A half marathon on the island of Skyros.

A leg of the national Run Greece series in the port of Piraeus: flat 5 and 10 km by the sea, open to everyone.

Greece's biggest multisport festival on car-free Spetses island: mass 5 and 10 km along the seafront.