The Minister of Youth and Sports wants at least five running events to become marathon circuits.

  Youth and Sports Minister Erick Thohir wants Indonesia to have at least five major running events that can be promoted as global events for runners from various parts of the world.

"If possible, there should be at least five marathons (as marathon circuits) in Indonesia," said Erick at the Pocari Sweat Run 2026 press conference, which was also attended by Deputy Minister of Tourism Ni Luh Puspa and the President's Special Envoy for Youth Development and Arts Workers Raffi Ahmad, at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.

Erick expressed his appreciation for the Pocari Sweat Run, which has been running since 2014, with the number of participants continuing to grow to more than 50,000.

This event, he said, not only makes the community healthy, but also boosts the national economy.

Erick wants such events to be pushed to become global events.