It's official! Abbott World Marathons Majors has just added the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon as the newest major to the slate -- #8. And from everything that I read, it sounded like it was a great addition.
With this newest addition, the schedule is evened out between spring and fall:
March: Tokyo
April: Boston and London
May: Cape Town
August: Sydney
September: Berlin
October: Chicago
November: New York
The Shanghai Marathon is the last one that is in a candidacy mode. If it successfully meets Abbott's requirements in two consecutive years, it will become the ninth and final (for now) marathon major. While the 6-star medal will always remain Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York, they will also institute some sort of 9-star award -- whether it is a similar sort of medal or something else is yet to be seen.
One more personal goal recently added to the list that had basically run out: be a pacer or an Achilles guide at each of the majors. It'll certainly be a challenge getting onto the teams, but it's certainly worth a shot, especially with all of the non-majors pacing that I do, and contacts that I have from that who might be able to put in a good word with some of these races. Fingers crossed!
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