Attention! This is preliminary race info which is being updated. Year specific details, such as opening times and locations, will be posted 2 weeks before the race at the latest.
BSI reserves the right to change the route, program, and date of the event.
Date
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Start/Finish area
Pázmány Péter sétány, Budapest, 1117 – in front of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus
Distances
SPAR Verde 10 km
Riska Minimarathon 5 km
SPAR 5+10 km
SPAR Fun Run School Run 1st Start (not available for individuals)
SPAR Fun Run School Run 2nd Start (not available for individuals)
Real Nature Fun Run Individual, 2.3 km
SPAR enjoy. Walking 2.3 km
NESTLÉ Family Run 500 m
FODISZ Disability Run: 500 m (no online registration)
SPAR Fun Run Relay for 4 – 4 x 2 km
Timetable
Wheelchair and handbike racers can start ahead of the field but they have to consult with the race organizers in advance about passing the lead car.
SATURDAY, October 10, 2020
9:00 – START– SPAR Verde 10 km (start for 10+5 km race participants as well!)
10:50 – START – Riska Minimarathon 5 km (start for 10+5 km race participants as well!)
11:50 – START – SPAR Fun Run Relay for 4 (4 x 2 km)
13:20 – START – Real Nature Fun Run Individual 2.3km
13:25 – START – SPAR Enjoy. Walking 2.3 km
14:15 – START – FODISZ Disability Run: 500 m (registration is not available)
14:35 – START – NESTLÉ Family Run
SUNDAY, October 11, 2020
9:00 – START – 35th SPAR Budapest Marathon
9:00 – START – SPAR Budapest Marathon Relay for 2
9:00 – START – Tolle UHT Marathon Relay for 4
9:40-10:15 – START – Regnum 30 km
The courses run in the heart of Budapest passing several of the most well-known sites of the city.
Click here to see the maps of the courses.
In advance:
Online at entry.budapestmarathon.com until 23:59 on October 7, 2020. – Click here for prices and further details.
On-site:
If the limit has not been reached registration is also possible on-site at the race center.
There is no on-site registration for wheelchair and handbike racers!
The registration fee includes:
- participation in the race
- race number
- a unique cotton T-shirt with the race logo for:
- Riska Minimarathon 5 km
- SPAR Fun Run Relay for 4
- Real Nature Fun Run Individual
- a unique technical T-shirt with the race logo for the SPAR 10 km race
- refreshments
- finisher’s bag
- medical service
- course closed to traffic
- chip timing for the following distances:
- SPAR 10 km
- Riska Minimarathon 5 km
- SPAR Fun Run Relay for 4
- other programs before and after the race
- 21.26% VAT
Start
Date: 09:00 AM
Location: Pázmány Péter sétány, Budapest, 1117 – in front of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus
Course
Distance: 10.000 m
To see 2019’s course animation video, click here
To see 2019’s course map, click here
The course may change due to construction works in the city.
Each kilometer will be marked with a signboard along the course, placed at 2 meters height. This is intended to help you to keep up the planned pace throughout your running.
Start list
To see the start list, click here
Starting Zones
You must start from the starting zone indicated by a sticker on your bib number with yellow background + black zone number. (How to know which is your starting zone? You indicated a planned pace during your registration)
Zones will open approximately 25 minutes before the start and close 5 minutes before. Afterward, you have to stand and start from the back of the field.
- 1st zone: pace under 4:30 min/km
- 10 km finish time under 45 min
- 2nd zone: pace between 4:30 and 5:00 min/km
- 10 km finish time between 45 min and 50 min
- 3rd zone: pace between 5:00 and 5:30 min/km
- 10 km finish time between 50 min and 55 min
- 4th zone: pace between 5:30 and 6:00 min/km
- 10 km finish time between 55 min and 1 hour
- 5th zone: pace over 6:00min/km
- 10 km finish time over 1 hour
If you would like to change and/or if you did not indicate your zone during registration, please ask for a new sticker at the Race Center.
Wheelchair and handbike racers can start ahead of the field but they have to consult with the race organizers in advance about passing the lead car.
Pace Runners
If you think you won’t be able to run at a predetermined speed, several pace runners aiming for different goal times and 
paces can help you realize your goals.
We choose all of our pace runners very carefully, all of them are experienced runners and they are able to surpass their own interests and do everything for the runners who are following them and trust them. They think instead of the runners, check the time regularly and encourage others.
You will be able to recognize them easily as you will see their beach flags (with their goal race pace and goal finish time) attached to their backs from a great distance.
The pace runners’ 10 km planned finish times:
- 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
Refreshment Stations
More details soon
Runners cannot hand over individual refreshment.
Please think green!
Large garbage containers will be placed at every refreshment point on both sides. Last garbage containers will be placed 50 meters from the refreshment points. We ask you to put your garbage there at the latest.
Do not throw it away, don’t leave it on the ground.
Selective waste collectors will be established at the refreshment points as well.
Time Limit
1 hour 15 minutes net time (Gun time: 1 hour 22 minutes, according to the start time of the last runner)
A sweep bus follows the runners at a steady 7 min 30 sec/km pace. If the last runner of the field is running faster than that, then the sweep bus is following him/her. If you are passed by the sweep bus, you have to get on the bus, your race number will be crossed and you are not allowed to enter the finish area.
Time measurement
The UHF chip will be located at the back of your bib number.
Consequently, it is essential that you wear your own bib correctly: well visibly on your chest without folding it.
Failure to do so may result in a 10-minute time penalty.
Prizes
Prizes will be issued to the top 3 male and female individuals.
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 time at one of the checkpoints along the course will not be given a rank.
- Those who received a 10-minute penalty will be marked with an asterisk.
What you will get for the registration fee
- participation in the race
- race number
- a unique technical T-shirt with the race logo for the Landliebe 10 km race
- refreshments
- finisher’s bag
- medical service
- course closed to traffic
- chip timing
- other programs before and after the race
- 21.26% VAT
Personalize your finisher medal
SPAR 10km runners can order a medal insert engraved with name and time result!
Order it, and 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 by anyone running a longer distance individually than 10 km.
The price of the medal insert with shipping and handling (to a foreign address) is 6€.
Order Deadline: 18 October 2020
Start
Date: 10:50 AM
Location: Pázmány Péter sétány, Budapest, 1117 – in front of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus
Course
Distance: 5.000 m
To see the course animation video, click here
To see the course map, click here
Pázmány Péter sétány – U-TURN –Budai alsó rakpart – U-TURN – Budai alsó rakpart – Bertalan Lajos utcai felhajtó – Műegyetem rakpart – U-TURN – Műegyetem rakpart – Pázmány Péter sétány sétány
The course may change due to construction works in the city.
Each kilometer will be marked with a signboard along the course, placed at 2 meters height. This is intended to help you to keep up the planned pace throughout your running.
Start list
To see the start list, click here
Starting Zones
You must start from the starting zone indicated by a sticker on your bib number with yellow background + black zone number. (How to know which is your starting zone? You indicated a planned pace during your registration)
Zones will open approximately 25 minutes before the start and close 5 minutes before. Afterward, you have to stand and start from the back of the field.
- 1st zone: pace under 4:30 min/km
- 5 km finish time under 22 min 30 sec
- 2nd zone: pace between 4:30 and 5:00 min/km
- 5 km finish time between 22 min 30 sec and 25 min
- 3rd zone: pace between 5:00 and 5:30 min/km
- 5 km finish time between 25 min and 27 min 30 sec
- 4th zone: pace between 5:30 and 6:00 min/km
- 5 km finish time between 27 min 30 sec and 30 min
- 5th zone: pace over 6:00 min/km
- 5 km finish time over 30 min
If you would like to change and/or if you did not indicate your zone during registration, please ask for a new sticker at the Race Center.
Wheelchair and handbike racers can start ahead of the field but they have to consult with the race organizers in advance about passing the lead car.
Refreshment Stations
More details soon…
Runners cannot hand over individual refreshment.
Please think green!
Large garbage containers will be placed at every refreshment point on both sides. Last garbage containers will be placed 50 meters from the refreshment points. We ask you to put your garbage there at the latest.
Do not throw it away, don’t leave it on the ground.
Selective waste collectors will be established at the refreshment points as well.
Time Limit
There is no time limit for the 5 km race, but a sweep bus will follow the runners at a steady 8 min/km pace
Time measurement
The UHF chip will be located at the back of your bib number.
Consequently, it is essential that you wear your own bib correctly: well visibly on your chest without folding it.
Failure to do so may result in a 10-minute time penalty.
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 time at one of the checkpoints along the course will not be given a rank.
- Those who received a 10-minute penalty will be marked with an asterisk.
What you will get for the registration fee
- participation in the race
- race number
- a unique cotton T-shirt with the race logo for:
- finisher’s bag
- refreshment
- medical service
- course closed to traffic
- chip timing
- other programs before and after the race
- 21.26% VAT
Start
Date: 3:00 PM
Location: Pázmány Péter sétány, Budapest, 1117 – in front of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus
Course
Distance: 4 x 2.000 m
To see the course map, click here
Pázmány Péter sétány – U-TURN ( in front of the Rákóczi híd) – Pázmány Péter sétány – U-TURN ( after Petőfi híd) – Pázmány Péter sétány
The course may change due to construction works in the city.
Start list
To see the start list, click here
Refreshment
- Runners can use water taps located around:
- the Starting zones
- in the Finish area after the race
Time Limit
There is no time limit for this race
Time measurement
A UHF chip will be attached to the end of the baton.
Rules of Relay Exchange
Teams will receive 4 individual bibs and a baton.
Upon exchange, the baton must be handed off to the next runner.
- Do not remove or injure the chip inside the baton
- Make sure you use your own team’s baton
- Please leave the measuring areas as soon as possible
- Never cover both ends of the baton with your hands
- The baton will be collected from the last runner when leaving the finish gate area
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 time at one of the checkpoints along the course will not be given a rank.
- Those who received a 10-minute penalty will be marked with an asterisk.
What you will get for the registration fee
- participation in the race
- race number
- a unique cotton T-shirt with the race logo for:
- finisher’s bag
- refreshment
- medical service
- course closed to traffic
- chip timing
- other programs before and after the race
- 21.26% VAT
Start
Date: 1:20 PM
Location: Pázmány Péter sétány, Budapest, 1117 – in front of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus
Course
Distance: 2.300 m
To see the course map, click here
Pázmány Péter sétány – Budai alsó rakpart – Egri József utcai felhajtó – Pázmány Péter sétány
The course may change due to construction works in the city.
Time measurement
There won’t be time measurement on this distance, therefore, there won’t be a time limit, online start list/result list, prizes neither.
Refreshment
- Runners can use water taps located around:
- the Starting zones
- in the Finish area after the race
What you will get for the registration fee
- participation in the race
- race number
- a unique cotton T-shirt with the race logo for:
- finisher’s bag
- refreshment
- medical service
- course closed to traffic
- other programs before and after the race
- 21.26% VAT
Start
Date: 1:30 PM
Location: Pázmány Péter sétány, Budapest, 1117 – in front of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus
Course
Distance: 2.300 m
To see the course map, click here
Pázmány Péter sétány – Budai alsó rakpart – Egri József utcai felhajtó – Pázmány Péter sétány
The course may change due to construction works in the city.
Time measurement
There won’t be time measurement on this distance, therefore, there won’t be a time limit, online start list/result list, prizes neither.
Refreshment
- Runners can use water taps located around:
- the Starting zones
- in the Finish area after the race
What you will get for the registration fee
- participation in the race
- race number
- finisher’s bag
- refreshment
- medical service
- course closed to traffic
- other programs before and after the race
- 21.26% VAT
Start
Date: 2:15 PM
Location: Pázmány Péter sétány, Budapest, 1117 – in front of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus
Course
Distance: 500 m
To see the course map, click here
Participants have to stand at the starting zone from the direction of Rákóczi híd.
Time measurement
There won’t be time measurement on this distance, therefore, there won’t be a time limit, online start list/result list, prizes neither.
Refreshment
- Runners can use water taps located around:
- the Starting zones
- in the Finish area after the race
What you will get for the registration fee
- participation in the race
- race number
- finisher’s bag
- refreshment
- medical service
- course closed to traffic
- other programs before and after the race
- 21.26% VAT
Race center
he Race Center will be located in the North Building of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus.
You can pick up your bib during the Opening times of the Race Center:
- Friday, 9 October, between 12:00-18:00
- Saturday, 10 October, between 07:00-08:30
Bib Pick-up
You must have your registration confirmation with you to pick up your bib, either printed or the e-mail on your phone. To collect the bib of another runner you must show his/her registration confirmation.
If you don’t have your registration confirmation, please go to the desk ’Replacing lost registration confirmation’ with your photo ID. Our colleague will issue a card for you, with which you can pick up your bib. We can only issue a card for you personally, not for another runner.
Changing rooms
Facilities will be open before and after the race.
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.
Storage
FOR LANDLIEBE 10K runners:
- Look for the storage tent that your bib number belongs to
(Each bib number belongs to different storage tent which will be indicated on boards. Location: Behind the „South building” of the Eötvös Lóránd University Lágymányosi Campus)
- Tear off the baggage tag from the bottom of your bib number. Attach it to your baggage firmly with the safety pins provided in the race packet.
- Hand over your baggage either to our event staff workers or drop it off at the tent.
- After the race, you can reclaim your baggage by showing your bib number to our event staff workers
OPENING HOURS
- baggage drop-off : from 7:00 AM until 8:30 AM
- baggage pick-up (10 km): from 9:35 AM until 11:00 AM
- baggage pick-up (10+5 km km): from 9:35 AM until 12:00 PM
FOR RUNNERS OF RISKA MINIMARATHON, REAL NATURE FUN RUN, SPAR ENJOY. WALKING, NESTLÉ FAMILY RUN, FODISZ DISABILITY RUN, SPAR FUN RUN RELAY FOR 4
- Look for the storage tents indicated with RED/WHITE/GREEN
(Location: Behind the „South building” of the Eötvös Lóránd University Lágymányosi Campus)
- Here, you will be given a wristband that will have the same number as the sticker which will be put on your baggage.
OPENING HOURS: from 7:00 AM until 5:00 PM
Attention! For valuables and personal items lost at the storage tents, the organizers cannot take any responsibility. After closure, any bags left at the storage tents will be automatically transported to and can be picked-up at BSI registration office (1138 Budapest, Váci út 152-156.) on the week following the race.
Toilets
There will be portable toilets and urinals for men near the race centre and the start/finish area.
There is no time measurement on other distances.
Only those race results will be published online real-time, that have chip time measurement:
- Spar Verde 10 km
- Riska Minimarathon 5 km
- SPAR Fun Run Relay for 4
Other distances do not have time measurement, consequently, no result lists will be available for:
- Real Nature Fun Run Individual, 2.3 km
- SPAR enjoy. Walking 2.3 km
- NESTLÉ Family Run 500 m
During the race, medical services are available in the medical area beside the finish line.
If you see someone collapsing along the course please notify the race organizers posted at each kilometre sign or at the refreshment stations.
At the back of each bib, you can find the phone number of the medical team.
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!
- Please wear your race number on the front and make sure that it is clearly visible at all times and don’t fold it! Make sure you put your race number on your T-shirt properly with the safety pins which can be found in your race packet and also on the registration tables. Improper wear might result in a 10-minute time penalty.
- Participation in the event is open to any properly trained runner or wheelchair racer who has agreed to the standard terms and conditions.
- When you use earphones, you are unable to hear noises from outside, so you might obstruct a runner who is trying to pass you or race marshals or members of the medical team. It is not recommended to listen to MP3 players or any other devices plugged into both ears.
- Among the runners, there will be race organizers on bikes and motorbikes, and also ambulances if needed.
- Participants are not permitted to roller-skate, bike, run without a race number, or run with a dog. Those attempting to run accompanied by someone on a bicycle or on roller-skates can be disqualified.
- Any commercial or promotional activity should be permitted by BSI in advance, in a manner determined by BSI.
- BSI reserves the right to limit the number of participants and close registration at any time.
- BSI reserves the right to change the route, the program and the date of the event.