Contemplative
21.1 km
5:50 /km
Continental half.
Photo · Istanbul Race Library
Istanbul, Turkey·Middle East·November
Istanbul Marathon
Intercontinental, rolling.
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- Official distance
- 42.195 km
- Elevation gain
- +260m
- Mindful tempo
- 5:25 /km
- Character
- Intercontinental, rolling
The only marathon that crosses continents — Bosphorus Bridge start.
Because the streets themselves have carried footsteps for centuries — you are joining a very long relay, not starting a new one.
Two continents, one breath.
Course
Open in OpenStreetMap Map & elevation profile
Course line · live Xymove map
Xymove · rendering the line
Xymove Map
42.195 km loop
Live · pinch, drag, zoom41.008, 28.978
Elevation profile
+260 m gainPeak 260 m · 42.195 km
Elevation profile: total gain 260 metres, peak 260 m above start, low 0 m.A physical profile — respect the ascents; let the descents restore the breath.
Istanbul41.008, 28.978
Race Day
Practical & atmospheric notes
Kind shoulder-season conditions — mild mornings, arm-sleeves off by kilometre eight for most runners.
A warm regional start — clubs in matching kit, coffee vans, a local mayor with a microphone. Human-scale and unhurried.
Steady, generous local support along the main boulevards and finish straight; genuine strangers-turned-friends handing out orange slices in the suburbs.
A quieter stretch usually opens up between km 17 and km 23 — an interior mile to return to yourself before the final push.
Sealed city tarmac — closed to traffic on race day
Elevation and mixed surfaces make this a physical line. Handcycles only with a support team; sturdy adaptive strollers on the flatter opening kilometres.
WheelchairStroller
Recovery
Slow tea by the Bosphorus.
Along the line
Course imagery
Soul-Tuned Variations
One race, three ways to run it.
Recovery echo
6 km
6:30 /km
Old city walk.
Stronger
42.195 km
4:50 /km
Even Bosphorus marathon.
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