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Event Information:
The
Rome Marathon is an annual marathon
competition hosted by the city of
Rome, Italy on a Sunday of March.
The competition has also doubled as
the Italian Marathon championships
on two occasions; in 1983 and 1986.
The 2010 race was held in
commemoration of the 50th
anniversary of Abebe Bikila's win at
the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon race,
a watershed moment in the
development of East African
competitive running. The 2010 men's
winner, Siraj Gena, earned a 5000€
bonus for crossing the finish line
barefoot in honour of Abebe Bikila's
style.
If
you’re looking for the ideal
combination of athletic challenges
and a nice weekend of sight-seeing,
Rome Marathon is the place to go.
Held annually in March, when nice
days exceed hot days and the herds
of tourists haven’t arrived yet,
Rome Marathon attracts more and more
runners each year. On March 21 2010,
when the last version of Rome
Marathon – or to be exact, Maratona
di Roma – took place, more than
15,000 runners showed up. Ethiopian
winner Siraj Gena finished the race
barefoot to honour his countryman
Abebe Bikila who won the Olympic
marathon in Rome exactly 50 years
earlier.
As a participant in the Rome
Marathon, you get to drink in the
city’s historic atmosphere right
from the beginning. The start line
is placed in front of the 2,000 year
old Coliseum, and from here the
course is a veritable festival of
magnificent sights. Among other
things, you will run past Saint
Peter’s Basilica, the Trevi
Fountain, Piazza Navona, the Spanish
Steps and through a lot of
picturesque, narrow streets in the
old part of the city.
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