Fighting unseasonably warm conditions, Agnes Jeruto Barsosio of Kenya set a new race record to highlight the sixth Ceske Budejovice Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Saturday (3).

Evans Kiplagat of Azerbaijan and Kenya's Agnes Barsosio produced commanding victories at the 38th edition of the Vodafone Istanbul Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (13).

The organizers of 2016 Yellow River Estuary International Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, have assembled deep elite fields for the ninth edition of the race and Kenya’s Moses Mosop will be heading the men’s race entries on Sunday (8).

The 37th Vodafone Istanbul Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, will see defending women’s champion Amane Gobena return to the Turkish city with the aim of chasing the course record of 2:27:25 on Sunday (15).

The 2014 Nagoya Women’s Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, can boast of having two sub-2:23 marathon runners and three sub-2:24 marathon runners who will stand on the start line in the Japanese city on Sunday (9).

Course records are expected to be under threat at the 35th edition of the 2013 Vodafone Istanbul Eurasia Marathon on 17 November, after organisers released their elite field for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Wednesday (6).

Kenya’s David Kiyeng was optimistic that he could beat his own course record of 2:07:57 at the Daegu International Marathon on Sunday 14 April, when the IAAF Silver Label Road Race held its pre-race press conference on Friday (12).

Daegu will revive memories of when it was the host city of the 2011 IAAF World Championships when around 16,000 runners compete in the Daegu International Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on 14 April.