RUN YOUR FIRST MARATHON WITH A LUXURY HOTEL

Make your running buddy the Anantara Angkor in Siem Reap. The Khmer Empire Marathon package offered by the resort includes an entry ticket for two for the run (3km, 10km, 21km and 42.5km), transportation to the starting point, breakfast, massages and a champagne breakfast to help you celebrate after the run. You will see that they’ve thought of everything – including a mini bar stocked with energy snacks and bananas.

If anyone is going to help you get across the line, it’s Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris. It’s Paris Marathon Package will make anyone want to tie on their running shoes. On the day of your arrival, you’ll be treated to a 50-minute reflexology massage and a carb-loading pasta party dinner at its Michelin-starred restaurant. Then on the day of the run, you’ll receive a tailor-made gift package, including a bib, a personalised Salomon technical T-shirt and Vuarnet sunglasses. After you return from your run victorious, you can then book in for an 80-minute deep tissue massage. Bliss.

Haven’t got the energy to walk back to your hotel after the run? Well, you don’t have to. Ritz-Carlton’s NYC Marathon package gives you the chance to spend the night close to the starting line at The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park. Here you will receive a welcome package with energy gels and a muscle roller and be treated to a pasta dinner at its 2West restaurant. Then after you have started your run, your luggage will be shipped to The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park that’s near the finishing line. Here you will be welcomed with a post-run recovery meal and a massage at its La Prairie Spa.