Essentials 2018

Location & Starts

Start/Finish area

Ötvenhatosok tere, 1146, Budapest
Pázmány Péter sétány, Budapest, 1117 – in front of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus

 

Starts – Saturday

10:00 – NESTLÉ Family Run
10:15 – FODISZ  Disability Run
10:45 – SPAR Fun Run Relay for 4
12:00 – Erste Fun Run 2.3 km Individual Start
12:40 – Erste Fun Run 2.3 km School Run 1st Start
13:20 – Erste  Fun Run 2.3 km School Run 2nd Start
13:25 – Győri Édes Walking for All
14:30 – Riska Minimarathon 5 km
15:45 – Landliebe 10 km

Starts – Sunday

9:00 – SPAR Budapest Marathon (42 km) & Budapest Marathon Relay for 2 and 4

9:40-10:15 – Real Nature 30 km from the Danube Enbankment

How to get there (recommended):

  • Walk to ‘Petőfi-híd budai hídfô’,
  • then take tram 6 or 4 to ‘Blaha Lujza tér’.
  • Then take any bus in the direction of Buda (5, 7, 8E, 133E, 108E) to ‘Ferenciek tere’,
  • then walk to the lower Danube embankment of Pest at the ‘Erzsébet-híd’
SPAR Budapest Marathon and Landliebe 10 km – Starting zones

You must start from the starting zone indicated by a sticker on your bib number. It was allocated by the planned pace you indicated at registration. Zones will open approximately 25 minutes before the start and close 5 minutes before. Afterwards, you may stand and start from the back of the field.

  • 1st zone: pace under 4:30 min/km
    • Marathon finish time under 3 h 10 min
    • 10 km finish time under 45 min
  • 2nd zone: pace between 4:30 and 5:00 min/km
    • Marathon finish time between 3 h 10 min and 3 h 30 min
    • 10 km finish time between 45 min and 50 min
  • 3rd zone: pace between 5:00 and 5:30 min/km
    • Marathon finish time between 3 h 30 min and 3 h 52 min
    • 10 km finish time between 50 min and 55 min
  • 4th zone: pace between 5:30 and 6:00 min/km
    • Marathon finish time between 3 h 52 min and 4 h 13 min
    • 10 km finish time between 55 min and 1 hour
  • 5th zone: pace between 6:00 and 6:30 min/km (and over for 10 km runners)
    • Marathon finish time between 4 h 13 min and 4 h 34 min
    • 10 km finish time over 1 hour
  • 6th zone: pace over 6:30 min/km
    • Marathon finish time over 4 h 34 min

If you would like to change your zone please ask for a new sticker at the Race Center or at the Information Tent.

Real Nature 30 km – Starting zones

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Course

Click here to see the maps of the courses.

Changing rooms, cloakrooms, toilets

Changing rooms

Facilities will be open before and after the race. Showers are also available on location for individual marathon and 30 km runners.
Additionally, there will be changing rooms at the start of 30 km and at the relay exchange stations.

At the start/finish area the women changing rooms will be in the ELTE Lágymányosi Campus South Building. Men can change in a tent next to the information tent.

Cloakroom

In tents at the start/finish area. Individual runners must use the baggage tag attached to their bibs, while relay runners will receive armbands.

Opening hours – Saturday

between 8:00 and 17:30

Opening hours – Sunday
  • Marathon and Relays:
    • drop-off between 7:00 and 8:30
    • pick-up until 15:30
  • Real Nature 30 km: bags handed in at the start will be transported to the cloakroom at the finish.
    • drop-off before 10:00
    • pick-up until 15:30

There will be no cloakroom at the relay exchange stations.
There will be a monitored bike rack at the site of the race.

Toilets

There will be portable toilets and urinals for men near the race center, at the start/finish area, at each refreshment and relay exchange station.

Refreshment stations

Saturday

There will be refreshment stations set up at the start and finish, serving water.

Riska Minimarathon 5 km

  • Start area: water taps
  • 2.3 km: water
  • Finish area: water taps

Real Nature 10 km

  • Start area: water taps
  • 3.1 km: water, Gatorade, banana, glucose
  • 8 km: water
  • Finish area: water taps

Sunday

There will be refreshment stations set up around ever 3-4 km along the way.

Next to water they serve other drinks and snacks to help your run, such as iso-drinks, banana, and glucose.

Marathon, Relays, and 30 km 2017 (planned)

The location on the 30 km course is put in brackets.

  • Start area: water taps
  • 3.3 km: water
  • 6 km: water, Gatorade, banana, lemon, glucose
  • 10.3 km : water, Gatorade, banana, lemon, glucose
  • 13.1 km (0.9 km): water, Gatorade, banana, lemon, glucose
  • 16.3 km (4.1 km): water, Gatorade, banana, lemon, glucose
  • 20.4 km (8.2 km): water, Gatorade, banana, lemon, glucose
  • 23.1 km (10.9 km): water, Gatorade, banana, lemon, glucose
  • 25.3 km (13.1 km): water
  • 27.6 km (15.4 km): water, Gatorade, banana, lemon, glucose
  • 32 km (19.8 km): water, Gatorade, banana, lemon, glucose, Pepsi Cola, calcium and magnesium drinks
  • 35.9 km (23.7 km): water, Gatorade, banana, lemon, glucose, Pepsi Cola, calcium and magnesium drinks
  • 40.3 km (28.1 km): water
  • Finish area: water taps
Individual Refreshments

You may send your own refreshment to any refreshment station. Please mark it with your bib number clearly.
Drop-off: Sunday morning before 8:15 at the race center
Find your refreshment at the table marked ‘Egyéni frissítő/Individual refreshment’ at the station you sent it to.

Relay Exchange

SPAR Marathon Relay for 2 

At the relay exchange station, you have to hand over the relay bib (the one with the chip tag) to the next runner in the designated zone.

Location: on the lower Danube Embankment of Buda to the left of the ‘Halász utcai’ exit at 21.4 km, on the left-hand side of the road

How to get there (recommended):

  • From the race centre walk to the Buda’s head of Petôfi Bridge,
  • then take tram 6 or 4 to Blaha Lujza tér.
  • From there you can take metro line M2 to Batthyány tér,
  • then walk to Halász utca and down to the Danube Embankment

Tolle UHT Marathon Relay for 4

At the relay exchange station, you have to hand over the relay bib (the one with the chip tag) to the next runner in the designated zone.

1st Relay Exchange Station

Location: on ‘Attila út’ shortly after ‘Alagút utca’ at 9 km, on the right-hand side of the road

How to get there (recommended):

  • From the race centre walk to the Buda’s head of Petôfi Bridge,
  • then take tram 6 to Móricz Zsigmond körtér, or take tram 4 to Újbuda központ.
  • Then take tram 56 to Krisztina tér,
  • then walk to the relay exchange station (Attila út)
2nd Relay Exchange Station

Location: on the lower Danube Embankment of Buda to the left of the ‘Halász utcai’ exit at 21.4 km, on the left-hand side of the road

How to get there (recommended):

  • From the race centre walk to the Buda’s head of Petôfi Bridge,
  • then take tram 6 or 4 to Blaha Lujza tér.
  • From there you can take metro line M2 to Batthyány tér,
  • then walk to Halász utca and down to the Danube Embankment
3rd Relay Exchange Station

Location: on the ‘Fő tér’ of Óbuda at 30 km, on the left-hand side of the road

How to get there (recommended):

  • From the race centre walk to Rákóczi bridge,
  • then take tram 1 to the Buda’s head of Árpád Bridge,
  • from there you can walk to Fô tér.

(Attention! The tram’s journey time is about 50 minutes!)

Rules of Relay Exchange

  • Do not remove or injure the chip on the back of the team bib
  • Make sure you use your own team’s bib
  • Please leave the measuring areas as soon as possible

Pace runners

SPAR Budapest Marathon pace runner pairs:
  • 3 hour 30 minutes finish time at an even pace
  • 3 hour 45 minutes finish time  slowing down gradually
  • 4 hours finish time  slowing down gradually
  • 4 hours 15 minutes finish time  slowing down gradually
  • 4 hours 30 minutes finish time  slowing down gradually
  • 4 hour 45 minutes finish time  slowing down gradually
  • 5 hours finish time  slowing down gradually
  • 5 hours 15 minutes finish time  slowing down gradually
  • 5 hours 30 minutes finish time  slowing down gradually
Actimel 10 km pace runner pairs:
  • 50 minutes finish time (5:00 min/km pace) at an even pace
  • 1 hour finish time (6:00 min/km pace) at an even pace
  • 1 hour 10 minutes finish time (7:00 min/km pace) at an even pace

 

Barilla Pasta Party – the N°1 pasta in Italy!

All participants are invited to take part in the Barilla Pasta Party on Saturday!
The pasta party is included in the registration fee of the SPAR Budapest Marathon and Real Nature 30 km, while others can purchase their ticket on site.

Date: 6th October, from 11:00 until 17:00
Location: in the tent set up next to the race centre
Ticket price: 1500 Ft or 5 EUR (subject to availability)

The ticket includes:
  • one portion of pasta
  • one drink (Erdinger beer or Primavera still mineral water)
  • one bar of chocolate
You can choose from the following pastas (while stocks last):
  • Fusilli pasta with Basilico sauce
    • Ingredients of Basilico sauce: tomato pulp, tomato concentrate, onion, sunflower seed oil, basil, sugar, salt, natural flavouring
  • Bavette pasta with Pesto Genovese sauce
    • Ingredients of Pesto Genovese sauce: sunflower seed oil, basil, cashews, grana padano, whey powder, salt, pecorino romano, sugar, extra virgin olive oil, basil extract, natural flavourings (milk), garlic, buttermilk powder, acidity regulator: lactic acid
      • Ingredients written in bold may cause allergic reactions
Ticket pick-up:

Tickets must be picked up in person on Saturday starting from 10:30 in the tent next to the pasta party.

  • Participants of the SPAR Budapest Marathon and Real Nature 30 km can pick-up their free ticket by presenting their bib numbers
  • Ticket purchase is possible at the same tent (subject to availability)

Only 2500 tickets are available. Come early to make sure you do not miss out!

Barilla Pasta Party – the N°1 pasta in Italy!

Personalize your finisher medal

Order your medal insert engraved with your name and your result!
By doing this you can skip the long queues and you don’t have to bother with cash. Buy it online and after the event we will send you the medal insert engraved with your name and time that fits neatly into the back of your finisher medal.
We will engrave your name and time on a small stick-on metal card and send it to your postal address. When you get it you can easily stick it onto the back of your medal and your personalized medal is ready!
The medal insert can be ordered prior to the race online at the entry.budapestmarathon.com website.
The personal medal insert can only be ordered for those with an individual result.
The price of the medal insert with shipping and handling (to a foreign address) is 6€.
Deadline: October 21, 2018

 

Results

A list of results will be published online real time, the lists are being updated while runners are crossing the finish line.
Runners who do not have a time at one of the check points along the course will not be given a rank.
Those who received a 10-minute penalty will be marked with an asterisk.

Fill in the emergency section on the back of your bib. Do not forget to mention if you have taken any medication before the race!