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The ČSOB Bratislava Marathon is a road marathon through central Bratislava that starts and finishes at the Eurovea shopping centre on Pribinova ulica. It is held on a Sunday in April, as part of a two-day running weekend with a half marathon, relay races, a 10 km and a 4.2 km run. The marathon is two laps of a city circuit through the districts of Staré Mesto, Ružinov and Petržalka, on asphalt, concrete and paving with no significant climbs, and the course holds an AIMS certificate. The 2026 route went out along Mlynské nivy and Ružinovská street to the tram turnaround, came back through the old town past Námestie SNP, Michalská and Rybné námestie, crossed the Danube on the footbridge of the SNP bridge to the Petržalka embankment, and returned over the Old Bridge footbridge to Pribinova. The time limit is five hours, an average pace of 7 minutes per kilometre. The marathon has been held since 2006, and in 2026 the weekend drew a record 17,500 registered runners from 91 countries. The course records, both from 2015, are 2:17:18 for men (Hosea Kiplagat Tuei) and 2:35:35 for women (Hellen Jepkosgei Kimutai), both of Kenya.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
April in Bratislava is cool and changeable: average highs are around 17°C and lows around 6°C, with rain of 1 mm or more on about nine days in the month.
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Marathon running in Bratislava goes back to the Štefánik Marathon of 1932. After 1989 the cross-border Danube Marathon was held from 1991 to 2001, and the current Bratislava marathon began in 2006, when Bogdan Dziuba of Poland won the men's race in 2:33:08 and Andrea Bérešová won the women's race.
The men's course record of 2:17:18 was set by Hosea Kiplagat Tuei of Kenya in 2015, and the women's record of 2:35:35 by his compatriot Hellen Jepkosgei Kimutai in the same year. The organiser's rules still list both records, and pay a special bonus to a winner who beats them.
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