Runners start · local time — 10:00(marathon·half marathon·10km common start), 5km Fun Run 10:15
The Podgorica Marathon is a road race that links several neighborhoods of the Montenegrin capital in one running event.
Its official name is the NLB Podgorica Millennium Run, and it offers the full marathon, half marathon, 10km and a 5km Fun Run.
The Millennium Bridge, which gives the race its name, is the start for every event.
Centered on this bridge over the Morača River, long-distance runners and short-distance participants run the same city streets.
The organizers describe course as a route linking busy boulevards and quiet side streets, the old center and fast-growing new residential areas.
They list the city center, Blok 5, City Kvart, Zagorič, Masline, Donja Gorica, Zabjelo, Ljubović and Stara Varoš as the areas the race connects.
The aim is not just to show off a few landmarks but to bring many different neighborhoods into a single race.
The shift from boulevards to neighborhood streets brings everyday Podgorica into the race scenery.
Podgorica grew up where the Ribnica and Morača rivers meet, and its name comes from Gorica hill, on which the city sits.
The race pitches itself as a chance to get to know this city of rivers and hills on foot.
The local sports organization Multisport Akademija Majer runs the event,
and the event descriptions invite everyone from runners taking on long distances to residents joining in casually.
In particular, the 5km Fun Run has no age limit, and walking, running or turning up in costume are all welcome.
It is a race in which people taking part in many different ways link the capital's different neighborhoods in one event.
