Day01Tue, Mar 7
RomeItaly
Arrival
Arrive independently; airport transfers all day. Afternoon walking tour of the Colosseum, the Forum and Palatine Hill. Welcome dinner at 19:00, with the race briefing and your starting wave.
Day by day
Fourteen days. Rome to Rio.
Seven races, five flying days and thirteen nights in hotels, from 7 to 20 March 2028. Four of the seven race days end with no flight at all, and the hotels at Giza, Petra and the Taj are all within walking distance of the finish line. Times are local and indicative; the final schedule is issued ninety days before departure.
- RomeDay 2
- CairoDay 3
- PetraDay 5
- AgraDay 7
- MutianyuDay 9
- Anchorage
- Chichén ItzáDay 11
- Rio de JaneiroDay 13
7Race days
5Flying days
13Nights in hotels
8Countries
Day02Wed, Mar 8
RomeMarathon 1 · The Colosseum
Race day
Early wave 05:00, main wave 06:30 on the Via Appia Antica. Course closes 13:30. Depart for Fiumicino at 14:15, wheels up 16:00, Cairo at 20:00, hotel by 21:30.
Day03Thu, Mar 9
CairoMarathon 2 · The Great Pyramid
Race day · No flight
Early wave 05:30, main wave 07:00 on the Giza plateau. Course closes 14:00. The hotel is at the foot of the pyramids, so you walk back to your room, shower, and go straight into the site — rolling visits from 11:00 until the plateau closes.
Day04Fri, Mar 10
To PetraJordan
Transfer
Wheels up 09:00, Aqaba 11:05, at the hotel beside the Petra gate by 13:00. Afternoon free — swim, sleep, physio. Optional Petra by Night in the evening.
Day05Sat, Mar 11
PetraMarathon 3 · Petra
Race day · No flight
Early wave 05:30, main wave 07:00 from the visitor centre, through the Siq and the site before it opens, then into the desert hills. Course closes 14:00. Back into Petra on foot in the afternoon, at your own pace. Second night at the gate.
Day06Sun, Mar 12
To AgraIndia
Transfer
Wheels up 08:00 from Aqaba, Delhi 15:45, then the Yamuna Expressway to Agra — three hours, arriving at the hotel by 19:15. The hotel is a few hundred metres from the Taj.
Day07Mon, Mar 13
AgraMarathon 4 · The Taj Mahal
Race day
Early wave 05:30, main wave 07:00 along the Yamuna. Course closes 14:00. Shower and walk to the east gate: rolling guided visits inside the Taj from 12:30, then the Red Fort. Depart for Delhi 17:30, at the airport hotel by 20:30.
Day08Tue, Mar 14
To BeijingChina
Transfer
Wheels up 09:00, Beijing 16:30, at the hotel below Mutianyu by 18:15. An early dinner and an early night: tomorrow is the hardest course of the seven.
Day09Wed, Mar 15
MutianyuMarathon 5 · The Great Wall
Race day
The latest start of the seven: early wave 08:00, main wave 09:30. Course closes 16:30. Depart for the airport 18:00, wheels up 21:00 — and because the route crosses the date line, you land in Anchorage at 13:35 the same afternoon. The rest of the day in Alaska is yours.
Day10Thu, Mar 16
To YucatánMexico
Transfer
Wheels up 07:00 from Anchorage, Cancún 18:45, Valladolid by 20:15.
Day11Fri, Mar 17
Chichén ItzáMarathon 6 · Chichén Itzá
Race day
Early wave 05:00, main wave 06:30. Course closes 13:00. Rolling visits to the site as runners finish, then a swim in a cenote before the drive to Cancún for the night.
Day12Sat, Mar 18
To RioBrazil
Transfer
Wheels up 08:00, Rio de Janeiro 18:00, hotel by 19:30. Final race briefing.
Day13Sun, Mar 19
Rio de JaneiroMarathon 7 · Christ the Redeemer
Race day · No cut-off
Early wave 04:30, main wave 05:30 along Flamengo. No time limit on this one. Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf in the afternoon. Finish celebration and medal ceremony at 19:30.
Day14Mon, Mar 20
Rio de JaneiroDeparture
Departure
Late checkout and airport transfers all day. Companions and family are welcome to stay on; we can help with onward arrangements.
Sixty people will see the seven wonders this way.
Places are allocated in order of deposit. Finishers of any Runbuk event may reserve before general registration opens.