Limassol, Cyprus · 42.195 km road marathon
Limassol Marathon 2027
Sunday 4 April 2027
A flat, AIMS-accredited seafront marathon that starts and finishes on the Molos promenade in Limassol, with an early start and a 6-hour limit counted from the gun.
Limassol Marathon at a glance
- Start
- 07:00 or 07:15, provisional, western end of the Molos promenade
- Finish
- Western end of the Molos promenade, at the start line
- Course
- Flat and coastal: two out-and-back legs, first west of the Molos, then east
- Elevation
- From about sea level to 22 m
- Time limit
- 6 hours from the gun; later finishers get no medal or result
- Cut-offs
- None published
- Entry
- Open; 42 euro early bird until 30 September 2026, then 70 euro
- Bib pickup
- Registration Offices (place to be announced), Thursday 1 to Saturday 3 April; no race-day pickup
- Aid stations
- Water about every 2.5 km, gels at km 10, 20 and 40.6
Checked against the organizer's pages on 24 September 2026. Facts for the next edition can still change; the organizer's page is the final word.
Limassol Marathon course map and elevation
Flat and coastal: two out-and-back legs, first west of the Molos, then east. Map, elevation profile and 3D flyover.
› running direction two lines: out and back on the same road race kilometresCourse: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Route drawn by TrailSplits from published race information; approximate. For illustration, not navigation.
What to expect on the course
- A short loop east of the start in the first kilometre, then west along the coast past the start line
- Through Zakaki to a timed turn at about km 10, back to the Molos around km 18
- Twelve kilometres east on the beachfront road past the ruins of Amathus near km 29 to the turn at km 30
- Straight back along the same seafront road for the last 12 km
- Never more than about 22 m above the sea
The line follows the organizer's race-day course map as used in 2026, drawn onto the streets; the 2027 route has not been confirmed separately.
Read the full course description
A flat seafront course, accredited by AIMS, that starts and finishes at the western end of the Molos promenade and is made of two out-and-back legs along the coast. After a short loop east of the start in the first kilometre, the route runs back past the start line and west along the coast to km 5, then through Zakaki, with a school cheering point near km 9, to a timed turning point at about km 10. It returns on a partly different line to the Molos around km 18, then follows the beachfront road east for 12 km, past the ruins of ancient Amathus near km 29, to the second timed turning point at about km 30, and comes straight back the same way to the finish. The organizer calls the course flat and fast; the map line never rises more than about 22 m above the sea, highest near km 33, with roughly 100 m of gentle rises in all. The organizer's race-day map, as used in 2026, puts water at about km 2.7, 5, 7.7, 10, 12.6, 15, 17.3, 20, 22, 25, 27.6, 30, 33, 35.6, 38.6 and 40.6, gels at km 10, 20 and 40.6, and bananas and cola at km 25, 30 and 35.6. A pace team with flags runs the marathon.
Source, licence and file
TrailSplits reconstruction of the published route. Course: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL · original source · Download reference GPX (42.2 km in the file). Approximate terrain-model heights added by TrailSplits, sampled and smoothed at roughly 100 m intervals. Buildings, bridges and small road gradients are not surveyed road elevations.Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.
Three decisions to make before race day
Collect your bib by Saturday 3 April: there is no Sunday pickup
The Registration Offices are closed on Sunday, so collect your bib between Thursday 1 and Saturday 3 April; the location is still to be announced.
More detail
The Registration Offices open Thursday 1 April 11:00 to 19:00 and Friday and Saturday 09:00 to 18:00, and are closed on race day, so a runner who lands on Sunday morning cannot start. The location is still to be announced, and the organizer asks runners to be at the start an hour before the gun, so about 06:00 to 06:15 on the Molos.
Race the clock from the gun, not a 6-hour chip time
The 6 hours run from the gun; at even 6-hour pace you reach the km 30 turn about 4 h 18 in, with 12 km of seafront still to go.
More detail
The limit runs 6 hours from the marathon gun, so minutes spent reaching the line come off your allowance. At even 6-hour pace you reach the km 30 turn about 4 h 18 after the gun, with 12 km of open seafront still to run back. When the six hours are up the route reopens to traffic and later finishers get no medal or result.
Carry your own gels for the long eastern leg
Gels only at km 10, 20 and 40.6: carry your own for the 20 km out-and-back to Amathus.
More detail
Only three gel points appear on the organizer's race-day map: the km 10 turn and one station passed at km 20 and again at km 40.6. Between them lies the 20 km out-and-back to Amathus, where water comes every 2.5 to 3 km and bananas and cola at km 25, 30 and 35.6, so plan to carry gels from km 20.
Your race-day sheet
Even elapsed splits for 42.195 km. All clocks are local to Limassol.
ESTIMATED FINISH
11:00:00
MOVING PACE BUDGET
5:34/ km
ELAPSED PACE
5:41/ km
120 min below the modelled finish limit
| Distance | Elapsed | Local clock |
|---|---|---|
| 5 km | 00:28:26 | 07:28:26 |
| 10 km | 00:56:53 | 07:56:53 |
| 15 km | 01:25:19 | 08:25:19 |
| 20 km | 01:53:45 | 08:53:45 |
| Halfway | 02:00:00 | 09:00:00 |
| 25 km | 02:22:12 | 09:22:12 |
| 30 km | 02:50:38 | 09:50:38 |
| 35 km | 03:19:05 | 10:19:05 |
| 40 km | 03:47:31 | 10:47:31 |
| Finish | 04:00:00 | 11:00:00 |
Training plan for Limassol Marathon 2027
A free week-by-week plan dated to this race. It starts from a stated default (weekly distance, longest recent run, days a week) that you can change; nothing is read from your watch or training history. It does not use the finish-time target above.
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Entry, bib pickup and rules
- Entry:
- Open; 42 euro early bird until 30 September 2026, then 70 euro
- Bib pickup:
- Registration Offices (place to be announced), Thursday 1 to Saturday 3 April; no race-day pickup
Read the full entry and pickup rules
Entry for 2027 is open on the organizer's Race Roster page. The full marathon price is 70 euro, with a 40 percent early-bird price of 42 euro until 30 September 2026; local running-club members and university students pay half, and school students and Cyprus Guard soldiers run free. Fees are non-refundable and a place cannot pass to another runner, but you may move it to the next edition by email, or change distance up to 30 days before race day. Bibs come from the Registration Offices, location still to be announced, on Thursday 1 April 11:00 to 19:00 and Friday 2 and Saturday 3 April 09:00 to 18:00; the offices are closed on Sunday, so there is no race-day pickup. No minimum age appears on the pages checked.
Sources
Checked 24 September 2026; next review due 2026-11-08. Event facts come from the organizer; the pacing sheet, decisions and plan are TrailSplits' own. Independently prepared by TrailSplits, not endorsed by the organizer.
- 2027 entry page (Race Roster, linked from the organizer site)
- Race pack collection
- Race-day FAQ
- Before-the-race FAQ and participation fees
- Route map page
- 2026 marathon page
What each source confirms
- 2027 entry page (Race Roster, linked from the organizer site): The 3 and 4 April 2027 race weekend, the marathon card dated Sunday 4 April 2027 at 07:15 (the half marathon 07:25, 10 km 07:45, Saturday for the corporate 5 km and kids races), the 70 euro full price and 42 euro early-bird price until 30 September 2026, the Molos venue and open entry.
- Race pack collection: Registration Offices hours for 2027: Thursday 1 April 11:00 to 19:00, Friday 2 and Saturday 3 April 09:00 to 18:00, closed Sunday, location to be announced. Read from the 8 June 2026 web-archive copy because the organizer site did not respond on the check date.
- Race-day FAQ: The 6-hour cut-off from the start of the marathon, the road reopening and no medal or result outside it, arriving an hour early, the pace team, aid stations every 2.5 to 3 km with gels at set stations, and bag drop near the start. Web-archive copy of 8 June 2026.
- Before-the-race FAQ and participation fees: Start and finish at the western end of the Molos promenade, no transfer to another person, non-refundable fees with deferral to the next edition by email, and distance changes up to 30 days before; the fees page (pageid=153) gives the 70 euro regular price and the club, student and soldier discounts. Web-archive copies of 8 June 2026.
- Route map page: The embedded race-day Google map behind the map line, with kilometre markers, the two turning points and timing mats, water, isotonic, gel, banana and cola stations and cheering points; it carries 2026 race-day details and no separate 2027 file. The home page describes the AIMS-accredited coastal course to Amathus and back.
- 2026 marathon page: The 2026 edition on Sunday 22 March 2026 at 07:00 from the western end of Molos Park, the flat and fast description, water every 2.5 km and toilets every 2.5 km from km 5. 2026 facts, not 2027 confirmations.