. . and tap into the Marathon Handbook community.
From day one, our mission has been to help other people run far.
Through providing expert advice and resources for runners, we’ve guided and inspired hundreds of thousands of runners, and have grown an engaged and passionate community of runners of all abilities.
Our community is built of lovers of running, health and fitness, nutrition, and self-improvement – and we take their trust seriously.
We ensure every engagement with our audience – be it through reading a blog post or receiving an email from us – is meaningful, adds value, and is relevant to the Marathon Handbook ethos.
We help people achieve their running goals, discover new experiences, and inform them about gear, events, nutrition, and hospitality & travel businesses that are relevant.
At Marathon Handbook we provide relevant, authoritative, timeless, and inspirational content to our community as an alternative to the ‘noise’ of mass-market media.
Meet Our Community
- Motivated and engaged health and fitness enthusiasts and runners,
- An engaged audience of >140k email subscribers for our weekly Monday Morning Mailer (which average open rates of 55-60%),
- An extended community over at our Facebook group ( over 12k members), Pinterest and Instagram (>35k followers).
What Can We Offer?
Marathon Handbook can help bring your product, service, or event to our audience.
Visit our Newsletter Sponsorship page for more information on both newsletter sponsorship and on-site advertising opportunities.
note: we don’t accept guest posts, and any solicitations for paid backlinks or similar will be marked as spam.
Get in Touch With Us Via The Relevant Email Address Below Or Using The Contact Form:
Customer Support For Digital Products: support@marathonhandbook.com
Marketing / PR Enquiries: marketing@marathonhandbook.com
Gear Review Requests: reviews@marathonhandbook.com
Job Enquiries: jobs@marathonhandbook.com
Editorial Enquiries: editor@marathonhandbook.com
Newsletter
Our daily newsletter is one of the biggest and most trusted weekly newsletters in the world of running – every weekday.
For over four years, have received their dose of running advice, news, gear reviews, and interesting stories – straight to their inbox.
The newsletter goes out to over 150,000 readers, and enjoys a >50% open rate ) and click-thru rates in the 5-7% range.
Our readership is entirely made up of runners who have signed up for a training plan – whether that’s for a 5k, half marathon, marathon, or ultra. They recognize and value the Marathon Handbook brand and know we’re selective in only sending them content we believe is of interest to them.
The split is roughly 55% male / 45% female, with a global audience (but the majority are based in the USA).
Most have a strong interest in hearing about new running products and interesting races. Based on extensive polling, nearly 40% earn more than $100,000 per year.
Thank you for your interest, and, please, serious inquiries only. We only consider brands and opportunities that would align with our audience.
If we are a match and we have inventory, we’ll certainly reach out.
