{"id":103106,"date":"2026-02-02T18:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/103106\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:12:13","slug":"pittsburgh-marathon-partners-with-icelands-reykjavik-marathon-in-first-international-collaboration-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/103106\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Marathon partners with Iceland\u2019s Reykjavik Marathon in first international collaboration \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 The Pittsburgh Marathon has partnered with another marathon, and it\u2019s a whole lot more than 26.2 miles away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">On Wednesday, it was announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2025\/11\/26\/dicks-marathon-runners-world.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon<\/a> was collaborating with Iceland\u2019s Islandsbanki Reykjavik Marathon. The international marathon partnership was formed to invite runners to \u201cexperience two distinctly different, yet equally unforgettable, destinations through the shared passion of running.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to a release from P3R, the organization that puts together the Pittsburgh Marathon, the partnership connects the Pittsburgh race, which is in an urban setting, with the Iceland race, which is more of a scenic, nature-infused event. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to P3R, additional details, including runner travel opportunities and partnership programs, will be released soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/01\/28\/marathon-partners-reykjavik-iceland.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/01\/28\/marathon-partners-reykjavik-iceland.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Pittsburgh Marathon has partnered with another marathon, and it\u2019s a whole lot more than 26.2&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[28480,49909,9153,49911,6402,73,75,9155,74,49910],"class_list":{"0":"post-103106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-collaboration","9":"tag-iceland","10":"tag-marathon","11":"tag-marathon-partnership","12":"tag-partnership","13":"tag-pittsburgh","14":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","15":"tag-pittsburgh-marathon","16":"tag-pittsburgh-news","17":"tag-reykjavik-marathon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}