[Local/Road] Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027 — second-round ballot results out Oct 7; second-round payment closed Oct 10, 11:59 p.m. — Second-round public-ballot (individual and team) results were released from 2 p.m. on Oct 7; successful runners had to pay by Oct 10, 11:59 p.m., with unpaid places auto-cancelled. The 2027 field is a record 78,000 places (marathon 18,000, half 29,000, 10K 31,000), drawing a record 140,000+ applications. A new 5 km Harbourfront Run (3,000 places) has been added on Jan 16, 2027 at Kai Tak Sports Park as an entry-level event (official key dates).
[International/Road] Chicago Marathon 2027 applications now open — 48th running also on Oct 11 — Applications for the 49th running (Oct 10, 2027), both guaranteed and non-guaranteed, opened Oct 8, 08:00 CT and close Oct 29, 14:00 CT; fees are US$250 (US residents) / US$260 (international), with non-guaranteed drawing results emailed Dec 8. The 2026 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is also run in Grant Park on Oct 11, with organisers having announced one of the deepest elite fields ever (Chicago Marathon apply page).
[International/Road] Sydney Marathon 2027 ballot open — closes Oct 19 — The ballot opened Sep 29, 10:00 AEST and runs to Oct 19, 10:00 AEDT; entry is free and not first-come (random draw). Results are emailed Nov 3 with automatic card charges (A$280 domestic / A$330 international), and unsuccessful applicants are told the same day about charity and tour-operator options; race day Aug 29, 2027 (TCS Sydney Marathon ballot page).
[International/Trail] HOKA Val d’Aran by UTMB 2027 direct registration opened Oct 9 — The TDL 75K / PDA 55K / EXP 30K ballots are complete and winners notified; the other races — VDA 163K / CDH 110K / SKY 18K / SKY Promesas / Vielha 10K — opened general registration on Oct 9, 11:00 CET, first-come and subject to availability (the UTMB Index priority phase began Oct 7) (official registration notice).
[International/Trail] Chihuahua by UTMB 2026 wraps in Mexico’s Copper Canyon — Held Oct 1–3 in the Rarámuri homeland: Spain’s Cristofer Clemente Mora won the men’s Rarámuri 118K in 13:58:51, while American Alexa Romano took the women’s race in 18:11:43. Mexico’s José Luis Nieto Salgado and local Rarámuri runner Jenifer Yáñez Cruz won the Wériga 93K; Canada’s Reid Burrows was 93K runner-up and earned direct entry to the 2027 CCC (Electric Cable Car · Canadian Running).
[Local/Trail] Hong Kong Cross Country Championships 2026 (Oct 17) — 10 km full — HKAAA shows the 10 km quota as full; the championships are held on Oct 17 at the park east of Fan Kam Road (next to the Fanling golf course). The same day, the first leg of the Action Asia CBRE Hong Kong 50 series starts at The Peak (50K / 24K / 6K) (HKAAA · Action Asia).