Race Info

Date

September 8, 2019

Start/Finish area

Pázmány Péter sétány, Budapest, 1117 – in front of the Eötvös Lóránd University (ELTE) Lágymányosi Campus

Distances

Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon: 21.097,5 m
Half Marathon Relay for 2: 21.097,5 m in two sections run by two runners
Half Marathon Relay for 3: 21.097,5 m in three sections run by three runners
Fun Run: 2.3 km

The length of each leg will be in between 5 and 13,5 km. The specific length will be published after the course has been measured and certified.

Start

Wheelchair and handbike racers can start ahead of the field but they have to consult with the race organizers in advance about passing the lead car.

The course runs through the heart of Budapest, crosses several bridges and passes the most well-known sites of the city.

The exact course changes every year, however, you can take a look at the course of the previous edition here.

Race center

To be announced later

Bib pick-up

You can pick-up your bib number at the race center at the following times:
– September 6, Friday: between 8:00 and 19:00
– September 7, Saturday: between 9:00 and 19:00
– September 8, Sunday: between 6:00 and 7:30 for Half Marathon and Relay

You must have your registration confirmation with you to pick up your bib, either printed or the e-mail on your phone. To collect the bib of another runner you must show his/her registration confirmation.

Participants running their first half marathon are entitled to wear another bib on their back with „MY FIRST HALF MARATHON” will be written on it.
If you indicated in the registry form that this would be your first half marathon, you will get this race number automatically when picking up your race number. If you didn’t indicate it when registering for the event, you can ask for it at the problem-solving table in the race centre.

Changing rooms

Facilities will be open before and after the race. Showers are also available on location for individual half marathon runners.
Additionally, there will be changing rooms at the relay exchange stations.

Cloakroom

In tents at the start/finish area. It can be used with the baggage tag attached to your bib.

     Attention! We don’t guard valuables in the cloakroom!
There will be no cloakroom at the relay exchange stations.
There will be a monitored bike rack at the site of the race.

Toilets

There will be portable toilets and urinals for men near the race center, at the start/finish area, at each refreshment and relay exchange station.

There will be refreshment stations set up around ever 4-5 km along the way.

Next to water, they serve other drinks and snacks to help your run, such as iso-drinks, banana, and glucose.

If you think you won’t be able to run at a predetermined speed, several pace runners aiming for different goal times and paces can help you realize your goals.
We choose all of our pace runners very carefully, all of them are experienced runners and they are able to surpass their own interests and do everything for the runners who are following them and trust them. They think instead of the runners, check the time regularly and encourage others.
You will be able to recognize them easily as you will see their flags (with their goal race pace and goal finish time) attached to their backs from a great distance.

Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon pace runner pairs (planned):

• 1 hour 30 minutes finish time (4:14-4:15 min/km pace) at an even pace
• 1 hour 45 minutes finish time (4:48-4:59 min/km pace) at an even pace
• 2 hours finish time (5:38-5:44 min/km pace) slowing down gradually
• 2 hours 15 minutes finish time (6:18-6:30 min/km pace) slowing down gradually
• 2 hours 30 minutes finish time (7:00-7:10 min/km pace) slowing down gradually
• 2 hours 45 minutes finish time (7:38-7:56 min/km pace) slowing down gradually

In advance: online at entry.budapestmarathon.com until 17:00 on September 3, 2019. – Click here for prices and further details.

On-site: If the limit has not been reached registration is also possible on-site at the race centre.
There is no on-site registration for wheelchair and handbike racers!

The registration fee includes:

• participation in the race
• race number
• a unique  technical T-shirt with the race logo (cotton T-shirt for Fun Run)
• a unique finisher’s medal for finishers (not included for Fun Run)
• refreshments
• finisher’s bag
• medical service
• course closed to traffic
• chip timing (not included for Fun Run)
• other programs before and after the race
• 21.26% VAT

Entry limit

BSI reserves the right to introduce an entry limit at any time prior to the race.

Time limit

2 hours 45 minutes net time
A sweep bus follows the runners at a 7:38-7:56 min/km pace. If you are passed by the sweep bus, you have to get on the bus, your race number will be crossed and you are not allowed to enter the finish area.

Age requirement

By race day, registrants for this event must be 12 or older (born before September 8, 2007).

There is no age requirement for the Fun Run.

Order your medal insert engraved with your name and your result!
By doing this you can skip the long queues and you don’t have to bother with cash. Buy it online and after the event we will send you the medal insert engraved with your name and time that fits neatly into the back of your finisher medal.
We will engrave your name and time on a small stick-on metal card and send it to your postal address. When you get it you can easily stick it onto the back of your medal and your personalized medal is ready!
The medal insert can be ordered prior the race online at the entry.budapestmarathon.com website.
The personal medal insert can only be ordered for those with an individual result.
The price of the medal insert with shipping and handling (to a foreign address) is 6€.

The UHF chip will be located at the back of your bib number.
Consequently, it is essential that you wear your own bib correctly: well visibly on your chest without folding it.
Failure to do so may result in a 10-minute time penalty.

Prizes will be issued to the top 3 male and female individuals and teams. The official results will be based on the brutto times.

A list of results will be published online real time, the lists are being updated while runners are crossing the finish line.
Runners who do not have a time at one of the checkpoints along the course will not be given a rank.
Those who received a 10-minute penalty will be marked with an asterisk.

During the race, medical services are available in the medical area beside the finish line.

If you see someone collapsing along the course please notify the race organizers posted at each kilometre sign or at the refreshment stations.

At the back of each bib, you can find the phone number of the medical team.

Fill in the emergency section on the back of your bib. Do not forget to mention if you have taken any medication before the race!

• Please wear your race number on the front and make sure that it is clearly visible at all times and don’t fold it! Make sure you put your race number on your T-shirt properly with the safety pins which can be found in your race packet and also on the registration tables. Improper wear might result in a 10-minute time penalty.
• Participation in the event is open to any properly trained runner or wheelchair racer who has agreed to the standard terms and conditions.
• When you use earphones, you are unable to hear noises from outside, so you might obstruct a runner who is trying to pass you or race marshals or members of the medical team. It is NOT PERMITTED to listen to MP3 players or any other devices plugged into both ears. Anyone breaking the rules can get a 10-minute time penalty.
• Among the runners, there will be race organizers on bikes and motorbikes, and also ambulances if needed.
• Participants are not permitted to roller-skate, bike, run without a race number, or run with a dog. Those attempting to run accompanied by someone on a bicycle or on roller-skates can be disqualified.
• Any commercial or promotional activity should be permitted by BSI in advance, in a manner determined by BSI.
• BSI reserves the right to limit the number of participants and close registration at any time.
• BSI reserves the right to change the route, the program and the date of the event.