Let someone else plan your holiday

MARATHON S It’s one thing to say you’ve completed a marathon in your hometown, but how about Berlin, Chicago, Medoc, France or Tokyo? If your running CV aims to include marathons (or half-marathons, or cheering a friend from the sidelines) in some of world’s most iconic cities, just keep on training and let someone else plan your well-deserved pre- and post- marathon holiday. Sports Tours International knows a thing or two about the business of trip planning for people who’ve got better things to do — like besting their personal run time. They’ve been doing the heavy lifting of planning holidays for sports enthusiasts for 40 years.

Not only do they plan trips for marathoners, but also cyclists, triathletes, and those who want to improve their game in a range of activities — fitness, tennis and yogis.

The whole idea is connecting you with a community of like-minded people who love doing your favourite activity and then putting you at the centre of the action.

For example, cyclists who want to watch the Tour de France will get to cycle the stages ahead of the event, and then watch from the prime viewing points while the tennis holiday happens in Majorca at the Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy.