Races to Watch This Weekend: Kobe, Richmond, Nanchang, Tunnel Hill and More (Nov 14 to 15)

Most of this weekend's big fields run while the U.S. sleeps. Kobe and Nanchang start on Saturday evening Eastern time, Larnaka just before midnight, and the Italian races in the small hours of Sunday. Richmond, New Orleans, Charlotte and Tunnel Hill run Saturday morning in the U.S. All Eastern times below are EST.

"None found" means the race hadn't published a tracker as of Nov 9. Several post one in race week, and we add them to the race pages when they do.

Kobe

Kobe caps its marathon at 20,000 runners and starts them in two waves, at 9:00 and 9:15. It's a World Athletics Label race on a certified course, so the label road race rules apply to the elite field. The race hadn't linked a live tracker as of Nov 9.

Richmond

Richmond has its own guide with the new RaceRecord app, the corrals and the moved finish at 5th and Byrd. The marathon goes at 7:00 a.m. sharp from 4th and Broad, and the event schedule lists it as sold out, after a 2025 race in which the full, the half and the 8K all sold out.

China's big Sunday fields

Nanchang starts at 7:30 with 20,000 places in the marathon and 12,000 in the half. Guilin runs the same morning, and both carry World Athletics Labels. Changsha runs the same morning from the Du Fu River Pavilion, and says it will post start times on its official WeChat account.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Half is the weekend's only Platinum Label road race. Its 8,000-runner half starts at 7:15 with the competitive Challenge wave, followed by three more waves at 7:45, 8:15 and 8:45.

Europe and the Mediterranean

Larnaka, now the Radisson Hotels Larnaka Marathon, starts its marathon at 6:55 and expects more than 13,000 runners across its races, over 3,000 of them visiting from 85 countries. Last year's eighth edition set a participation record.

Palermo holds its 31st edition with an 8:30 start. Verona marks its 25th anniversary and starts the marathon at 9:00. Tirana reaches its tenth edition, with the marathon and half together at 9:20, after drawing more than 4,000 runners last year.

The Americas

The Marabana in Havana runs its 40th edition at 6:00 a.m. on Cuba's only AIMS and World Athletics certified course. Curitiba, also a Label race, drew more than 16,000 athletes last year; its site gives 5:00 for the wave start.

In the U.S., New Orleans starts at 7:30 at the New Orleans Museum of Art and finishes at Roosevelt Mall in City Park. Charlotte sends the full and half off together at 7:20, with corrals closing at 7:10.

Queenstown, New Zealand, also runs Saturday, with more than 13,000 runners expected. Its site lists an 8:45 start but says that's last year's time and subject to change, and a Nov 8 update says start times are more spread out this year.

Ultras

Tunnel Hill in southern Illinois hosts the 2026 USATF 50 Mile Championships alongside its 100-miler. The race says it is home to five world records, among them Caitriona Jennings' 12:37:04 for 100 miles in 2025. The 100 starts at 7:00 a.m. Central, and the race's "Live Results & Tracking" link goes to ChronoTrack.

Two UTMB World Series races bracket the weekend. TransLantau's 104 km course, with 4,500 m of climbing, starts Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Mui Wo on Lantau Island. Pacific Trails' 51 km race leaves Rancho San Fernando Rey in the Santa Ynez Valley at 7:00 a.m. Saturday. Both run on UTMB Live.