A directory of every country with active events on TrainerDay. Each one has its own scene — different terrain, different distances, different culture. Pick a country to dive in.
Austrian endurance is mountain-defined. Vienna City Marathon and Graz Marathon anchor road racing, but the country's pull is alpine — Großglockner Berglauf, Tour de Tirol, Wachau Marathon along the Danube.
Czech running runs on RunCzech — Volkswagen Prague Marathon, Mattoni Half Marathons in Karlovy Vary, České Budějovice, Olomouc, Liberec and Ústí — plus the bezeckyzavod.cz catalog of over 1,100 races across every weekend of the year.
France runs road, trail and mountain in roughly equal measure — Marathon de Paris and Marathon de Bordeaux pull big urban fields, while UTMB Mont-Blanc, Grand Raid des Pyrénées, and Templiers in the Aveyron drive the trail world.
German running is built on the Volkslauf — thousands of small-town races every weekend, all weather, all year — plus three massive city marathons (Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt) where world records get set.
Italian running mixes storied city marathons (Roma, Maratona di Sant'Antonio Padova, Stramilano, Firenze) with iconic mountain races — Lavaredo Ultra Trail, Tor des Géants, Eiger Ultra Trail and the dolomite trail circuit.
Dutch endurance is bicycles. The Amstel Gold Race amateur Toerversie, the Tour de Tegel and Limburg's Heuvelland sportives — plus a deep TT and brevet calendar — anchor the cycling year.
Poland's running scene runs on volume — Warsaw Marathon, Cracovia Marathon, and Wrocław Marathon each pull tens of thousands, while the Polskie Biegi Górskie series and Tatra ultra-trails draw the mountain crowd.
Slovak running splits between Bratislava (ČSOB Bratislava Marathon, Telekom Night Run series in Bratislava, Štrbské Pleso and Donovaly, Fun BILLA Run) and the High and Low Tatras where ultra-trail thrives — Slovak Ultra Trail series,…
Spain runs year-round thanks to the climate. Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia Marathons are the big roads (Valencia is now Europe's fastest), and trail thrives in the Pyrenees, Sierra Nevada and Mallorca's Tramuntana ridge — Ultra-Trail Cap…
Switzerland packs more elevation per kilometre than any other endurance destination. Jungfrau Marathon, Zermatt Marathon and Sierre-Zinal define alpine running — every race finishes higher than it starts.
UK running culture is parkrun — over 700 free 5K races every Saturday morning — built on top of an enormous club scene and brutal trail ultras (Lakeland 100, UTS Snowdonia, Highland Fling).
American running is enormous and fragmented. Six World Marathon Majors qualifiers (NYC, Boston, Chicago), thousands of half-marathons, the Spartan and OCR scene, and an ultra and trail calendar that includes Western States 100, Hardrock…