{"id":128,"date":"2025-12-17T11:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en-gb.population.marathontours.com\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:59:10","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/population.marathontours.com\/en-gb\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"content\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e83d7382 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-large);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained 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Following the incredible success of the 2025 TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS, the Abbott World Marathon Major series looks set to take on a further \u2028expansion in 2026. 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