About the project

caucasus.run is a race calendar, running clubs, tools and knowledge for runners in the Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey. Marathons, half marathons, trail, parkrun, ultra, triathlon. Started in 2026, built in spare time, gradually expanding into other sports — cycling, swimming, skating, triathlon, padel, tennis, gym training, yoga.

What already works

Race calendarGeorgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey

Running clubsClub and community profiles

BlogStories and notes about running in the Caucasus

GlossarySports terms — running, trail, cycling, swimming, triathlon, gym, padel, nutrition

For runnersServices, specialists, recipes, products

Three languagesRussian, English, Georgian

Calculators

Race pace calculator — Kilometer-by-kilometer pace plan, strategy, finish time
Race time predictor — Predict 5K/10K/half/marathon from one known result
Splits calculator — Target time → per-km pace: even, negative, positive split
Heart rate zones — 5 zones via Tanaka/Gulati/Karvonen — what each does and feels like
Grade adjusted pace — Flat-equivalent pace for uphill/downhill running — built for Caucasus trails
VO2max and VDOT — Estimate VO2max from a race result, compare to norms
Pace & distance converter — min/km ↔ min/mile, km ↔ miles, speed ↔ pace
Running calories — Calories burned by weight, distance, pace and elevation gain
Calorie needs (BMR + TDEE) — Basal metabolism and daily target for loss/maintenance/gain
Macronutrients — Protein/fat/carbs by goal and weight, tuned for runners
Race nutrition & hydration — Gels, water and electrolytes to carry — heat-adjusted

An Android app is in development.

Databases and data sources

Some of the data on the site isn't ours — it comes from open databases. Their licenses require honest attribution, so here it is.

Public domain

Food and nutrition data

Source — USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy dataset: about 7,800 lab-measured foods, no brands or product names ("Bananas, raw", not "Chiquita Bananas 1kg"). U.S. federal government data, free of copyright. We used to run on Open Food Facts (a crowd-sourced barcode database), but it produced noisy results for photo-based food recognition — replaced it.

CC0 1.0

Part of the recipes

Kaggle "Recipes Dataset" (thedevastator/better-recipes-for-a-better-life), CC0 1.0 (public domain). Used as a working base for recipe nutrition calculations — the imported recipes themselves aren't published as standalone pages (that would be secondary English-language content). Public recipes on this site are Caucasian cuisine and original recipes, hand-picked.

Calorie estimates from photos

AI estimation, not an exact measurement. AI can't see how much oil is in the pan or how fatty the sour cream is, so photo-based food recognition carries a 20-50% margin of error. We show an honest range, not a made-up exact number.

Who's behind it

One person, built in spare time. Reach out via the Telegram channel: @caucasus_run.

How to help

Tell us about a race missing from the calendar. Share a good specialist's contact. Spotted an error — message us on Telegram. The project is early-stage, and any feedback helps.

Author and information checks

Aleksei builds caucasus.run.

Listings distinguish confirmed dates from dates that need verification. Before registering, check the organizer's official page: schedules, prices and rules may change. Past editions remain in the archive and do not confirm the details of the next race.

Report an error using the site's feedback button. Include the page and a link to a current source.

Calculators provide estimates. Each tool explains its formulas, sources, examples and limitations.