The race starts with warm-up exercises at 06:00 and the gun goes off at 07:00 at Selimiye Mosque Square. Runners circle the Selimiye Mosque, then follow Bankalar Street past the historic Gazimihal Bath and the Darülhadis Mosque. The course then crosses the Tunca River and Tunca Bridge, followed by the Meriç River and Meriç Bridge, before reaching the historic Lozan Avenue.
10K
10K runners turn around at the Gendarmerie Memorial on Lozan Avenue and return along the same route to the finish at Selimiye Square.
21K Half Marathon
Half marathon runners continue along Lozan Avenue into the Karaağaç district, pass through the Fine Arts Faculty of Trakya University and exit through the Lozan Monument Gate. They then head towards Pazarkule, turn around in the buffer zone at the Pazarkule Border Gate and run back along the same route to the finish at Selimiye Square.
Course at a glance
- 1StartSelimiye Camii Meydanı
- 2Bankalar Caddesi ve Gazimihal Hamamı
- 3Darülhadis Camii
- 4Tunca Köprüsü ve Meriç Köprüsü
- 510K dönüşLozan Caddesi — Jandarma Şehitliği
- 6Karaağaç, Trakya Üniversitesi G.S.F., Lozan Anıtı
- 721K dönüşPazarkule Hudut Kapısı — tampon bölge
- 8FinişSelimiye Meydanı