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At a glance
Maratona di Pisa 2026 takes place on 20 December 2026 in Pisa (PI), Toscana. Distances: 42.195 km, 21.098 km. Start at 09:00 from Largo Cocco Griffi, Pisa.
- Date
- Sunday, 20 December 2026
- Location
- Pisa (PI), Toscana, Italy
- Start
- Largo Cocco Griffi, Pisa
- Finish
- Piazza del Duomo, ai piedi della Torre di Pisa
- Distances
- Marathon · 42.195 km · Competitive
- Half marathon · 21.098 km · Competitive
- Start times
- 09:00
- Finishers at the last edition
- Marathon about 900 · Half marathon about 700
- Entry fees
- Marathon €69 · Half marathon €39
- Registration
- Registration open until 14 December 2026 · Register now ↗
- Organiser
- Trio Eventi S.S.D a R.L.
- Official website
- maratonadipisa.com ↗
- Edition
- 27th edition
- Series
- Boston qualifier · World Marathon Majors qualifier
Last updated: 19 October 2026
The race
The Pisa Marathon closes the Italian season: its 27th edition is on Sunday 20 December 2026, listed in the FIDAL and AIMS – World Athletics calendars, starting at 9:00 from Largo Cocco Griffi, next to the Piazza dei Miracoli, and finishing at the foot of the Leaning Tower. The course is flat and fast: it leaves town along the Arno, passes the basilica of San Piero a Grado, crosses the countryside of the San Rossore park and reaches the sea at Marina di Pisa before returning along the river.
Alongside the marathon, capped at 2,600 runners, the half marathon «La Pisanina» runs on the same route with a turnaround at km 13. On Saturday there is the Christmas Run, 9 non-competitive km through the centre. Fees rise by date and number of entries, from €49 to €79 for the marathon and from €29 to €45 for the half.
Bibs and race packs are collected at the Expo Village on Viale Duomo on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 December: nothing is handed out on Sunday. The 6h30 time limit, valid for the half too, opens the race to walkers and fitwalkers.
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Course
Start at Largo Cocco Griffi, a few steps from Piazza del Duomo. After the first city kilometres the course follows the Arno embankments to Porta a Mare, then Via Conte Fazio, Via II Settembre and Via Livornese towards La Vettola and San Piero a Grado with its Romanesque basilica. From there Via Vecchia di Marina, Via di Torretta and Via Bigattiera cross the farmland and woods of the San Rossore park to Marina di Pisa on the sea.
The return follows the Arno along Viale Gabriele D'Annunzio, re-enters the old town through Porta a Mare and finishes in Piazza del Duomo, beneath the Tower. The half marathon uses the same course with a turnaround at km 13. Fully asphalt and flat, measured and certified by FIDAL and AIMS. Aid stations every 5 km; cut-off at km 30 at 4h35.
Entry fees
- Until 24 February 2026o primi 300 iscritti€49
- Until 3 June 2026o 1.000 iscritti€59
- Until 30 November 2026Nowo 1.700 iscritti€69
- Until 14 December 2026anche all'Expo€79
What's included
- Aid stations
- Finisher medal
- Race pack
- Bag drop
- Chip timing
- Cronometraggio
- Medical assistance
- Finisher certificate
Rules and requirements
- FIDAL membersMembers of an Italian athletics club (Italian Athletics Federation).
- RuncardFIDAL card for runners without a club: buy it online and pair it with a competitive athletics medical certificate.
- Sports promotion bodiesMembers of an Italian sports promotion body recognised by FIDAL, with a competitive medical certificate.
- International runnersMembers of a federation affiliated to World Athletics, or with a Runcard and a competitive medical certificate.
Marathon for those aged 20 in 2026, half marathon from 18. Open to FIDAL members, Runcard or Runcard EPS holders with a competitive medical certificate for athletics, and athletes of clubs in World Athletics federations (with a self-declaration signed at bib collection). Foreigners with no licence or certificate can run the non-competitive event, listed alphabetically among finishers without prizes.
Entries online only on ENDU. Fees by date or number of entries: marathon €49 until 24 February, €59 until 3 June, €69 until 30 November, €79 from 1 to 14 December and at the Expo; half €29, €34, €39 and €45. Caps of 2,600 marathoners and 6,000 participants overall.
The fee includes race pack, aid stations, medical assistance, medal, online certificate and bag drop; there are no showers or changing rooms. Fees are not refunded, but by 9 December you can transfer or defer to 2027 for €10. Time limit 6h30 for both races, cut-off at km 30 at 4h35; slower than 8'30" per km you must follow traffic rules.
MyLaps chip in the bib with gun and real time. Marathon prize money from €1,000 for the winning man and woman down to tenth place, prizes for the top ten Italians and a €1,000 course-record bonus (2h15'00" men, 2h36'43" women).
