Distance

42.2 km

Climb

107 m

Start

08:30

To go

19 weeks

A city marathon through central Rome. It starts on Via dei Fori Imperiali beside the Colosseum and passes Piazza Venezia, runs along the Tiber on the Lungotevere, past Castel Sant'Angelo and down Via della Conciliazione towards St Peter's, before finishing at the Circo Massimo. Parts of the course are on cobbles. Route map and elevation profile below.

Friends and family following you? jrny.run/finder/run-rome-the-marathon shows them when you’ll pass each point.

1. Every run, one timeline. Your Strava runs land week by week on the build to Rome, whatever plan you follow: a coach, a book, your own.
2. Race week sharpens. The course, its hills and the weather at your start time, your goals, and a race-morning checklist.
3. Line it up with a past race. This build against your last marathon, week by week to race day. jrny shows where you are; what it means is your call.

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