Ljubljanski maraton
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The Ljubljana Marathon (Ljubljanski maraton) is Slovenia's largest running event, held over a weekend in the third week of October. The City of Ljubljana organises it and the Društvo Timing Ljubljana association runs it. The weekend opens on Saturday with children's, school and 10 km races, and on Sunday the marathon and half marathon start together at 09:00 on Slovenska cesta near Trg Ajdovščina. Both finish on Kongresni trg in the city centre. The courses run through the middle of Ljubljana and its outskirts on closed roads, and the organiser describes the marathon route as flat, with eight food stations and six water stations. The time limit is 6 hours; runners who pass 20 km slower than 2 hours 45 minutes gross are diverted to the finish and ranked in the half marathon results. The first race was held on 27 October 1996, when 673 runners took part, 153 of them in the marathon. In 2026, the 30th edition, 22,509 runners entered the marathon and half marathon, and both course records were broken: 2:04:55 for men (Enock Onchari) and 2:19:17 for women (Haftamnesh Tesfay).
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
Mid-October in Ljubljana is cool and often damp: average highs are around 16°C and lows about 8°C, with some rain on around 13 days of the month when light rain is counted.
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The first Ljubljana Marathon was held on 27 October 1996, with 673 runners in all races and 153 in the marathon. It was won by two of Slovenia's best marathon runners, Roman Kejžar in 2:20:12 and Helena Javornik in 2:37:58. Javornik won the first three editions.
At the 30th edition in October 2026, Kenya's Enock Onchari won the marathon in 2:04:55 and Ethiopia's Haftamnesh Tesfay won the women's race in 2:19:17, and both times were new course records. Onchari finished just ahead of Hillary Kipkoech (2:05:08) on a foggy day.
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