The Dandelion Chandelier Luxury Diary for Fitness and Sports highlights the most notable marathons, cycling races, professional tennis matches, Thoroughbred horse races, and professional sports championships around the world in September 2018. For the rest of the Luxury Diary, click here.
While tennis tends to steal the spotlight during the month of September, with events like the US Open, Davis Cup and Laver Cup, there’s plenty of other sports action happening around the world.
Cycling’s Tour of Britain, the start of the NFL season and the NCAA college football season, plus the World Championships in rowing and road cycling, the World Equestrian Games, and golf’s Ryder Cup are all this month. If you don’t want to just watch, but prefer to get in the game yourself, join the Berlin Marathon; head to Switzerland for one of the most beautiful marathons in the world; join in a yoga session at Bhakti Fest; or take a mermaid-inspired fitness class.
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and to raise awareness and funds, the Prostate Cancer Foundation is hosting a PCF Pushup Challenge: participants do 10 push-ups for every $20 they receive in sponsorship funds.
Delta has launched Sweatlag, a do-anywhere workout routine designed to reduce the effects of jet-lag, and inspired by the airline’s A350 aircraft (which is equipped with jet-lag fighting features like LED lighting, wider windows, and improved cabin pressurization).
Cycling’s Tour of Britain kicks off in Pembrey Country Park and Carmarthenshire, with the final stage in London – Sept 2 – 9
Cycling Tour of Britain 2013
The 2018-2019 NFL Season Kickoff will feature a matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field – Sept 6
The most beautiful marathon in the world may be the Jungfrau Marathon in Switzerland. The mountaintop finish is legendary, and the panoramic views at 2,100 meters above sea level aren’t soon forgotten – Sept 7 – 8
Looking for a slightly less serious marathon? Consider the Marathon du Medoc. In addition to French wine at the aid stations, runners partake in a bucolic loop course through vineyards, accompanied by 8,500 new drinking buddies dressed in hilarious costumes. Expect everything from entertaining acrobats at the start to all-you-can-eat oysters, cheese and ice cream in the last 4K – Sept 8
The US Open Finals take place at Arthur Ashe Stadium – Sept 8 – 9
Adidas by Stella McCartney has released its Fall Winter Collection, and we are loving the new Ultraboost X with leopard soles
Bulgaria hosts the World Rowing Championship – Sept 9 – 16
World Rowing Championships
The 2018 edition of the FEI World Equestrian Games will be held in Mill Spring, NC, over thirteen days at Tryon International Equestrian Center. Disciplines competing include Jumping, Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage, Eventing, Driving, Endurance, Vaulting and Reining – Sept 11 – 23
For the first time in Bhakti Fest’s decade long history, Deepak Chopra will be the special guest at this annual yoga festival held in Joshua Tree – Sept 12 – 17
The Evian Championship in France is the one and only major LPGA tournament in continental Europe – Sept 13 – 16
The LPGA Evian Championship
Why use the same old hotel gym when you could be in the pool learning how to be a mermaid instead? That’s the idea behind the Mermazing Mermaid Workout Classes launching at select hotels in Spain, Japan and Mexico. The workouts will be available at Camino Real Polanco Mexico in Mexico City on Sept 1, 8, 15 and 22; at the Kanucha Bay Hotel & Villas in Okinawa, Japan Sept 17 – 21; and at the Zafiro Palace Palmanova hotel in Mallorca Sept 20 – 22
Mermaid Fitness Class
The Davis Cup semi-finals and playoffs begin around the world. This marks the last year before the rules change in 2019 – Sept 14 – 16
The William Hill St Leger Festival kicks off the 4 -day event leading up to UK horse racing’s Doncaster Cup, which is now in its 252nd year – Sept 14
The course for the 45th annual BMW Berlin Marathon winds through the historic heart of the city – Sept 16
The Berlin Marathon
Roger Federer and Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will headline Team Europe at the Laver Cup; they’ll face a team of players from the rest of the world in the second year of the competition – Sept 21 – 23
Innsbruck-Tirol hosts the UCI Road World Championships, featuring 8 days of road cycling – Sept 22 – 30
The biannual Ryder Cup takes place in Paris at Le Golf National. Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Webb Simpson are representing the US, while the European team is yet to be named – Sept 25 – 30
See other September 2018 Events:
— Travel
— The Arts
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