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Prague Half Marathon

10:0010:00 AM Prague
Sold out
Old Town Square
Old Town Square. Photograph by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The Generali Prague Half Marathon carries the World Athletics Elite Label; the course records are 58:16 for men and 1:04:52 for women.

The course in short 2 lines
  • An elite-label race with a 58:16 recordElite Label race; records 58:16 (Kwizera) and 1:04:52 (Jepkosgei).
  • A drawn field and a 3-hour limitBallot 21 July to 11 August 2026; 3 hours from the gun.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseFinishAn elite-label race with a 58:16 recordElite Label race; records 58:16 (Kwizera) and 1:04:52 (Jepkosgei).

The organiser calls it one of the most prestigious half marathons in the world, with the World Athletics Elite Label, and part of the SuperHalfs series of European half marathons. The records on its page are 58:16 for men, by Rodrigue Kwizera, and 1:04:52 for women, by Joyciline Jepkosgei. The 2027 race is the 27th edition.

Sourced

Whole courseTacticsA drawn field and a 3-hour limitBallot 21 July to 11 August 2026; 3 hours from the gun.

The ballot for the 2027 race took applications from 21 July to 11 August 2026 and was drawn by 21 August. Entries also went through travel agency and charity partners, and the 2027 race sold out. The limit is 3 hours from the gun, a pace of 7:55 per kilometre, and the minimum age is 18.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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2 gels for Prague, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

  1. km 7.3mile 4.6
  2. km 14.7mile 9.1

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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distance
21.1 km13.1 mi
cut-off
3:00 h

Race week

Timetable

Saturday 3 April Race day

  1. 10:0010:00 AM

    Race start Saturday 3 April 2027, from 10:00.

  2. Time not published

    Time limit 3 hours from the gun, a pace of 7:55 min/km, the half marathon limit in RunCzech's rules for all its races. 3:00 limit: 8:31/km for 21.0975 km3:00 limit: 13:43/mi for 13.1 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Prague time, checked .

Add to calendar .ics file, times in Prague time

Trip

Getting a place

Sold out for the 2027 race As read 15 October 2026.

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The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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