Runners start · local time — 42km 07:00 · 10km 07:30 · 5km 08:30 · 2.5km 11:30
The Crete Marathon is an international road race held in Chania, Crete, Greece.
It is aimed at combining sporting events and local cultural events, and is included in the official schedule of the Greek Athletics Federation.
This competition is run with the purpose of honoring Irineos Galanakis, who carried out religious, humanitarian, and social activities.
The fact that remembering the city and local people is placed alongside long-distance running shows the nature of the competition.
The revealed full marathon starts in front of the Chania Sports Facility and passes through the market and Halidon Street before entering the old port.
After passing through Talo Square and the coastal streets, it extends west towards Maleme,
and after returning, passes Kalamaki and Agiyi Apostoli Park, north of Hrish Akti, and returns to Chania.
In course, you will see different scenery of Chania by running through the market street, the old port, and the coastal road leading out of the city.
The final is inside the Chania Stadium, so the route from the city center and the coast ends at the stadium.
In addition to full marathon, we also run short road events, and each event is given a local commemorative figure and the meaning of a popular sport.
The structure is such that long-distance participants and short-distance participants run Chania in the same event.
The current official course introduction suggests the area around the old port and beach as the main route.
Rather than a specific hill or elevation difference,
the outline of the city from the market to the port and back to the west coast becomes the basis for understanding this competition.
