What are some upcoming running races on the Isle of Man?
The current Isle of Man event listings reviewed here do not name specific upcoming island running races. One sport listing, Hospice 2026 Marathons (Dublin & Chicago), appears in October 2026, but it relates to overseas marathons. To find local races, check the Visit Isle of Man what's on calendar and its Sport filter.
If you came here looking for a tidy list of island races with dates and entry links, the honest answer is that the current listings do not provide one. The event pages reviewed for this article show plenty of sport, from golf at Mount Murray to gymnastics, but no confirmed Isle of Man running race with a date, start line and registration details. Rather than pad the gap with guesses, here is what the listings do establish and how to use it.
[5]What the current listings actually show
The local events site shows 98 upcoming listings for the Isle of Man, and its October 2026 sport entries include one running-related item: Hospice 2026 Marathons, listed for Sunday 25 October 2026. The name points to the Dublin and Chicago marathons, which are overseas events rather than races staged on the island, so it is best treated as a fundraising listing rather than a local race you can turn up and run. No other running race appears in the visible listings.
[5]Where running races would be listed
Visit Isle of Man publishes a what's on calendar and describes a packed programme of sporting events for 2026, which is the natural place for races to appear. Its search tools let you filter by date range, by area such as Douglas and the East or Ramsey and the North, and by type, including a Sport category. The Isle of Man Government's event directory does not host listings itself; instead it points to several local websites, including visitisleofman.com, isleofman.com's events pages, IOM Guide, Isle of Man Today, Manx Radio and 3FM, and notes that local events also appear on Facebook.
[1][2][3]A practical comparison: two ways to search
Say you are planning a weekend in late October 2026 and want a race to aim for. One approach is the local events site: open the upcoming listings, filter by the Sport category and your chosen month, and read each event page, which carries dates, venues and source-linked information. The other is the Visit Isle of Man what's on search: set a start and end date, choose Sport as the type, and optionally narrow by area. The first is quicker for browsing what is already listed; the second casts a wider net across the island's official tourism calendar. In both cases, the listing is only a starting point, because a saved or viewed event does not reserve a place, and details such as admission are often not supplied.
[5][3]How to verify a race before committing
- Confirm the venue, start date and local time on the event's own detail page, not just the listing summary.
- Check the organiser's current entry, ticket, cancellation and access information, since many listings show admission as not supplied.
- Cross-check with a second source from the government directory, such as isleofman.com's events pages or local radio community listings.
- If travelling to the island for the race, confirm travel and accommodation separately before booking anything non-refundable.
A practical next step: open the upcoming events listings, set the Sport filter, and scan the next two months. If nothing running-related appears, check the Visit Isle of Man what's on calendar for the same period, then follow up with the organiser named on any promising listing to confirm the race is still going ahead and whether entries are open.
[5][1]Sources and dates
- https://www.visitisleofman.com/whats-on · accessed 2026-10-18
- https://www.gov.im/categories/home-and-neighbourhood/event-directory/ · accessed 2026-10-18
- https://www.visitisleofman.com/see-and-do/all-year-round/entertainment · accessed 2026-10-18
- https://www.visitisleofman.com/inspiration/the-seasons · accessed 2026-10-18
- https://localevents.im/ · accessed 2026-10-18