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Valmiera Marathon

Name: Valmieras maratons 2018 - 16.septembrī
Uploaded: 2018-09-06
Description: Held typically in September in Valmiera, Latvia. Events are full marathon and half marathon.

The city you want to run becomes your next trip.

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Race date Date TBD: Date TBD
City · Distance: Valmiera · 42.195km · 21.0975km
Entry fee: Fee TBDVaries by event and entry period
Status: TBDSee how to enter ↗

Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 8, 2026

About the race How to enter Course Race Prep Travel

Why you dream of this race

THE DREAM

ABOUT THE RACE

A day you'll remember,
long past the finish line.

Held typically in September in Valmiera, Latvia.

Events are full marathon and half marathon.

The road to your own record

Picture the course in advance
and find the pace that fits you.

When the city cheers

Streets lined with cheers, runners all around.
You'll be part of that scene.

The trip that follows the run

Take it slow with the finish still in you,
and meet the city all over again.

#ValmieraMarathon#Valmiera#Overseas Marathon#Full marathon Marathon#World certified marathon

Stories from those who ran it first.

From the joy of finishing to the tough moments — read what runners wrote themselves.

No runner reports yet. We'll add them here as they come in.

See it on video,
feel it through their stories.

Preview the course and read what runners who went before you wrote.

Finisher vlog

View on YouTube

This may be from a past edition. Check the organizer for this year's course and operations.

The way in that fits you

YOUR ENTRY

How to reach the start line —
start with what fits you.

Here are the ways to enter and what each requires.
Check the organizer's page for whether entries are open.

General entry

Registration via the sportlat.lv online registration platform (Sportlat.lv ‘Valmieras maratons’ page).

Latvian marathon national championship and competition.

Official race website Entry options

From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

The 42.195km I'll run

Know the course and time limit, and race day comes into focus.

START

Vecpuišu parks

Valmiera, Latvia · start/finish location for the Valmieras skrējiens series

Start · Google Maps

Original course map · sportlat.lv

The Valmiera Marathon is held annually on the second Sunday of September in Valmiera, Latvia, on the Gauja River.

It offers five distances - a 6.2km race, a 10.55km race, a half marathon (21.0975km),

a full marathon (42.195km) and a 7.5km Nordic-walking/pole event - run through the town's streets, parks and surrounding forest.

World Athletics Label: Label Label

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

To the start line,
step by step.

Pick up your bib, check your wave.
So on race morning, you can just run.

Stations & transport near the venue

Getting to the start

no rail/metro (small city) — Vecpuišu Park, central Valmiera

The former official site (valmieras-maratons.lv) now redirects to bigbankskrienlatvija.lv —

folded into the national 'Bigbank Skrien Latvija' series, local stage also called 'Valmieras skrējiens'.

Per most recent identifiable edition (2026, Sept 6): route runs through central streets, briefly closing Valmiera's main street.

Note: it is unconfirmed whether this continues the historic 'Valmieras maratons' (marathon/half-marathon, est.

1983) or is a rebranded 5km/10km community run — a full 42.195km distance is not certain.

Getting to the finish

same as start — Vecpuišu Park, central Valmiera

More details

No shuttle service found.

Valmiera's bus and train stations are both within the town center but no source explicitly ties them to race logistics.

NOTE: distinguish from the separate 'Rīga–Valmiera' ~107km ultra event (point-to-point road run, no traffic closures) — not this race.

Source · checked Aug 22, 2026

READY TO RUN

From race morning to after the finish.

Your start time, fuel and bag drop.
Know them ahead and the run feels easier.

Start and finish are at Vecpuišu Park in central Valmiera.

As the city is small, there are no rail or metro routes to the race venue.

No shuttle service has been confirmed, and while bus and train stations are both in the city center, there is no indication they connect to race logistics.

The previous official domain valmieras-maratons.lv now redirects to the national series 'Bigbank Skrien Latvija', so registration should be checked there.

The similarly named 'Rīga–Valmiera' ~107km ultra is a separate event.

Times are local to Valmiera. Check the latest official information before the race.

A trip built around the race

STAY A LITTLE

MAKE IT A RUNTRIP