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Downhill from km 11 to km 25, a slow rise of 13 m to km 30, then flat home.
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km 0.8mile 0.5
The expo stands at Dunajska cesta 18, a street the organiser lists in the first kilometre out from the start on Slovenska cesta.
km 12.5mile 7.8
The organiser's street list takes the course out along Vodnikova cesta and Šišenska cesta, through the Šiška district, at about 12 km.
km 42.1mile 26.2
The organiser puts the finish on Kongresni trg, and the race secretariat there.
Photo: dalbera from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.
Dashed: bridge
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The organiser calls the route flat, and the ground agrees. The lowest point is at km 31.8, 286 m above sea level. The highest is at km 11.3, 313 m, so the relief is 26.6 m across the whole marathon. The road starts at 300 m and finishes at 301 m.
The organiser gives 159 m of ascent for the whole 2026 course.
Measured
The 2026 course runs out from Slovenska cesta along Dunajska cesta, then through Vodnikova cesta and Šišenska cesta, the Rožna dolina roads and Tržaška cesta. It comes back by Savska cesta and Štajerska cesta, down Dunajska cesta again, and finishes via Gosposvetska cesta, Bleiweisova cesta, Aškerčeva cesta and Slovenska cesta to Kongresni trg.
The start and the finish are about 480 m apart. Along the way there are 8 refreshment stations and 6 water stations.
Sourced
For 2026 the organiser set this rule: a runner who has not finished the first round (20 km) in 2 hours 45 minutes, counted gross from the 9 a.m. start, is redirected to the finish and listed as did not finish. The overall limit is 6 hours.
Counted from the gun, 2:45 at 20 km is a pace of 8:15 per km.
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A flat road marathon through the inner streets and the outskirts of Ljubljana, from Slovenska cesta to a finish on Congress Square, with 159 metres of climbing in the whole race.
The Ljubljana Marathon is a loop of 42.2 km with 69.7 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 286 m and its highest 313 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 17 October 2027.
Entry through the organiser
City of Ljubljana (Mestna obcina Ljubljana), a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.
Toronto, Canada
Sun 17 Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 80 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: CN Tower, by ImagePerson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Zagreb, Croatia
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 104 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Ban Jelačić Square, by Nick Savchenko from Kiev, Ukraine, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth0:59 filmVenice, Italy
Sun 24 Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 25 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Imagery: Google Earth1:00 filmMunich, Germany
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 59 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sun 9 May 202742.2 kmClimb 69 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Nyhavn, by kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Mexico City, Mexico
Aug 202742.2 kmClimb 68 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Angel of Independence, by Carlos Valenzuela, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth0:58 filmDresden, Germany
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 73 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.Not entirely. It has 69.7 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 26 m above the lowest.
Sunday 17 October 2027.
Entry is through the organiser. Entry fee: €55 (for the 2027 race). Entry details on the organiser’s site
Runners have 6 hours to finish.
2,246 runners finished in 2024.
