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The SwissCityMarathon – Lucerne, called the Lucerne Marathon until 2012, is a road marathon in Lucerne, Switzerland, held on the last Sunday of October and first run in 2007. Start and finish are at the Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, the Swiss Museum of Transport. The marathon is a single-lap course: it follows Lake Lucerne through Hergiswil, Stansstad and Alpnach, turns at Alpnachstad and comes back through the middle of Lucerne's old town to the finish in the museum's arena. The route was redrawn in 2025 to include Nidwalden and Obwalden. The organisers give the elevation as +175 m and -175 m and have the course measured to World Athletics standards. Runners start in staggered slots from 08:25, and the finish closes at 15:00, with a maximum running time of 6 hours 15 minutes. A half marathon, two 10 km runs and a 195 m children's run, the Maratholino, take place on the same day. The men's course record is 2:18:41, set by Lukas Hollaus of Austria in 2025, and the women's record is 2:39:14, set by Martina Strähl in 2013.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
Late October in Lucerne is cool and damp: average highs are about 14°C and lows about 7°C, with rain on around ten days of the month.
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The Lucerne Marathon was first run in 2007 with over 6,000 runners at the start. The finish moved to the Verkehrshaus der Schweiz in 2008 and into its present arena in 2009. In 2013 the route took in Lucerne's old town and the event was renamed SwissCityMarathon Lucerne.
In 2025 the marathon moved to a new route through Lucerne, Nidwalden and Obwalden, with Hergiswil, Stansstad and Alpnach. Lukas Hollaus of Austria won that year in 2:18:41, a new men's course record. The women's record of 2:39:14 by Martina Strähl dates from 2013.
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