World Stage Race

Name: World Stage Race
Start: 2026-04-18T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Paris,France

Schedule

Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Paris,France | Forest, BU

6 races. 6 counties. 1 day. A world record. The greatest one-day running adventure on Earth! The first-ever single-day, multi-country stage race and world record run.
Full details at - https://worldstagerace.net
The Race - Welcome to the World Stage Race, the first race of its kind in human history, and a world record run! On one epic day, you’ll run six separate 5k races, each in a different country (a world record), traveling across Europe with a crew of fellow adventurers and runners. This is not just a race. This is a story you’ll tell for the rest of your life!
A 5k run in Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, and Belgium, all within 24 hours. This is The World Stage Race: The first-ever single-day, multi-country stage race and world record run.
Included in the race registration:
✈️ Round-trip airfare from the USA to Europe
🏨 All hotel accommodations (6 nights in 3 countries)
🚐 All race transport across 6 countries
🏁 Entry to all 6 races + custom race gear + finisher’s swag
📸 Group events, new friends, and an epic European vacation
🎉 A world record for running a 5k in the most countries in a single day (The current record is held by the race director and several friends, many of whom are running this race, set in 2022 as a similar style but much smaller event).
Registration - Total price is $2,490 through December 31st, 2025. The price will increase after this time as our group airline deals expire. Sign up is here: https://worldstagerace.net/register
Your passport to the most incredible running day of your life:
🇦🇹 Austria – Sunrise alpenglow along the Rhine River
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein – One of the world’s smallest countries, one epic run
🇨🇭 Switzerland – Mountains and majesty power your third leg
🇩🇪 Germany – Classic roads meet modern speed
🇱🇺 Luxembourg – A race through the the valley of the seven castles
🇧🇪 Belgium – The grand finale at sunset, with a finish line celebration
All travel logistics are planned for you!
We will all travel together from the USA to France from 5 major airports across the country. No need to research flights, hotels or
logistics. Just show up at your home airport on Sunday, October 12th and join us for the best week ever. Flights, hotels and brand new friends are included in the race registration cost.
More than a race, it's a vacation!
We will arrive in Paris on Sunday and depart for the race starting line on Tuesday. We will arrive back in Paris on Thursday after the race. Will have nearly 4 full days to explore Paris as well as 2 nights in cities abroad the night before and after our race day.
Year One - Our ultimate goal for this race is to become an annual international tradition that fast runners race hard and casual runners from across the globe have on their adventure running bucket list. For year one, we are limiting entrants to US based runners only, and opening registration just a few months beforehand, in an effort to preserve the 5k countries world record until our race on April 22nd.
The Courses - All 5k courses will be an out and back. Courses were selected to be “flat and fast” as well as scenic and safe. The races will either be chip timed or carefully hand-timed depending on total number of entrants. The start/finish lines will not have a lot of fanfare, as the crew needs to be able to tear down and set up in minutes, but we will make every attempt to make each race feel like a big event.
Awards & Swag - Each runner will receive a custom finishers medals. Swag will include a race t-shirt as well as other swag. The age group winners recieve the coolest AG award on earth: 1 free ticket to the Louvre Museum to get a photo with Nike, the winged goddess of victory.
Entry Standards & Time Limits - This race is for everyone! There are no entry standards, but we do ask that you assess your capabilities and are confident you can run 18.6 miles in one day and finish each 5k in less than 1 hour. There is no age limit but we do ask that any entrant under the age of 18 be accomanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Cost - $2,490 and this includes registration into all 6 races, round-trip airfare from your choice of 5 US cities, all hotel accommodations every night and all race transportation across Europe.
FAQS - https://worldstagerace.net/about
Registration - https://worldstagerace.net/register
Contact - https://worldstagerace.net/contact