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EDP Porto Marathon

EDP Maratona do Porto

3.8 (14 Reviews)
Porto, Portugal
03 Nov, 2024 (Sun)
Event size: 5000 - 9999 participants

Running

6 km, 12 km, 42.195 km

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18 USD
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About the event

Every year, the EDP Porto Marathon welcomes thousands of runners from around the globe. It is one of the most iconic events in Portugal, held since 2004, usually in November. The course offers a unique combination of seaside and riverside running, with a flat and fast route that passes through three neighboring cities: Porto, Matosinhos, and V. N. Gaia. Participants can marvel at the beauty of the region, from the historic center of Ribeira do Porto, to the renowned Douro Demarcated Region and its famous Porto wine cellars. The most recent edition of the event had over 10,000 athletes from 72 countries in attendance. We invite you to visit Porto, a city with an incredibly rich history, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage in 1996, and awarded the "Best European Destination" title three times, in 2012, 2014 and 2017. Come run the EDP Porto Marathon and experience the magic of the city!

Races offered by this event

You have 31 weeks to prepare

Family Race

03 Nov, 2024 (Sun) - 08:00
Running
12 km
Race size: 1000 - 2499 participants
Solo
On site
Road
City
Lakeside
Historical
River
Scenic
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Maratona do Porto

03 Nov, 2024 (Sun) - 09:00
Running
42.195 km
Race size: 2500 - 4999 participants
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World Athletics Label
Solo
On site
Road
Timed
City
Lakeside
Historical
River
Scenic
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Fun Race

03 Nov, 2024 (Sun) - 09:30
Running
6 km
Solo
On site
Road
City
Lakeside
Historical
River
Scenic
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Course details

Start address

R. Particular Nº 1 Castelo do Queijo 1ª, 4100-379 Porto, Portugal

Finish address

Queimódromo do Porto, Estrada da Circunvalação, Porto, Portugal

Route map

route map

What’s included in entry

These are included in your entry
Finisher medal
Massage
Event T-shirts
Custom BIB number
Toilets
Goodie bag
E-certificate/e-diploma
Nutrition Stations
Drink Stations
Bag drop
Timing chip (single use)
Shower
Accident insurance
Pacers
Dressing rooms
Medical Assistance

Frequently Asked Questions

Reviews

3.8
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Laurent Yang
Nov 2023

I really liked the race, well organized, great route eventhough it was tough due to the weather conditions (cold , then warm, then rainy, with some wind). The race is quite early so not much cheering at the beginning.

Excellent race but tough, the cobblestones with the wind, the rain and the hills make this race quite challenging.

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Andrea Torrini
Nov 2022
42.195 km

Percorso non piatto con curve strette ed andate e ritorno dall’inizio alla fine. Partecipazione pubblico scarsa ristori senza gel , il 99 % dei runner hanno misurato 400/500 metri in più .

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Ulrich Walter
Country flag of DE
Nov 2018
42.195 km

The city of Porto ist really beautiful, and this usually is a good precondition for a nice marathon. And indeed, the first impressions of Porto Marathon in 2018 were very positive. So I was enlighted, that at the bib counter all runners got a paraticipant shirt and a participant backpack additional to the medal and the finisher shirt you get after the run. Then I came to the pasta party, which took place in the vault cellar of the building where you get the bib. What a great atmosphere! It was well-oranized, no long queues, and a saxophonist played in the background. This put me in a very good mood. Unfortunately this changed a bit in the next morning, when I took the metro to get to the start. Already for me it was difficult to gat a place to stand in the train, and at the next stops a lot more runners pushed themselves into the train. I wished that the Porto metro company would be more flexible and send more trains on marathon days. They should know about from the last years where it probably was the same. However, crammed tight like this all runners kept warm. Being crowded also characterized the first part of the marathon. The was a common start time for the marathon and the 15k family race, and the capacity of the course was much too low for such a huge number of runners. It took 11 kilometers until you got the chance to run without steady struggling with your neighbours, but even then the course was too narrow for the remaining 5000 runners. However, it was very nice to run along the shore ot the ocean with its high waves and at the river of Tejo with its impressing bridges. Only the fact of running against the wind disturbed the pleasure, especially because it was only about 12 degrees Celsius and it kept raining all over the day from time to time. And of course the wind changed its direction when I turned in order to run back to the start and finish area. Nevertheless, with better weather conditions it would have been a great joy to run the beautiful course. And maybe with better weather conditions you would not have to wait nearly half an hour in order to get back your clothing bag - without shelter in a open place. I never ever waited so long for this reason, and especially when it is cold and windy this is not acceptable. On the way back with the metro it was the same as in the morning. You had to push yourself anyhow into the train and hope that some others would leave at one one of the next stops. Okay, anyhow you get home, take a shower and then you have a look at the results list - and again you face a lack of organization which I never saw before: The runners are ranked by gun time instead by their net results! This must not be in times of digitalisation, and it is not usual in any other competition I took part (maybe besides the top runners). So, in conclusion, there are some positive aspects like the city of Porto itself, the pasta party, the marathon back pack anad participant shirt and of course the beautiful course, but also there is a dramatical lack of organization. If you intend to visit Porto as a tourist anyhow, the marathon is a good "add on option", but if your primary goal should be to participate in perfect organized competition, you probably should prefer another marathon.

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Paul Carter
Nov 2018
42.195 km

A beautiful, scenic race but the organisation was awful. It's such a shame as running past the sea as the waves come crashing in is such a unique experience. You run along the river, across bridges and through the historic Porto streets. The local support was great and there were food and drinks every 5km. It could have been great but what happened at the bag collection in the freezing cold as the rain poured down was unacceptable. Hundreds of runners were left standing in the cold for over an hour because the organisers had not planned how to distribute bags to runners. It was a major health and safety risk and I'm amazed no one died. As the bags were not covered, some people found their clothes were wet so they had no warm clothing to wear. Before the race, the venue was not well signposted from the metro stop so some runners were not sure where to go. British runners also found the website hard to navigate. The Expo was good and the pasta meal was lovely. I would not do this race again but am proud that I completed it.

It was a rather long marathon at 26.6 miles but that may be due to running sideways.

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João Girão
Country flag of PT
Nov 2018
42.195 km

Running in Porto is always an amazing experience: crossing three municipalities (Matosinhos, Porto and Gaia) gives a unique opportunity to enjoy the beautiful scenery along the sea and river. However, the organization clearly failed this year in providing the best conditions to the runners: queue lines for the wardrobes of more than 20 minutes in the beginning; the luggage was left in the rain and the runners had to wait over an hour to receive them back after finishing the race. Such an amazing route should deserve a much better organization.

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Nathan Belois
Country flag of US

It was especially rainy and windy, and the course was very packed with runners. I think it's a great course and event, but I didn't perform as well as I'd hoped.

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Vitor Ribeiro

Great route. Well organized.

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Bartosz Stodolski
Country flag of GB

Not easy but great place to run ...

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Laura Dapkuviene
Country flag of LT

Nice race :)

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Filipe Conceição
Country flag of PT

Very nice and flat

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Sunny Schippers
Country flag of NL

The 2018 edition was tough and the organisation wasn't prepared for bad weather...

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stoffi null
Country flag of DE

sehr gute Organisation

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Ulrich Walter
Country flag of DE

Porto ist eine schöne Stadt, und auch der Marathon hat seine Vorzüge. So gibt es neben Medaille und Finisher-Shirt noch ein Teilnehmer-Shirt und einen Rucksack. Außerdem findet die Pasta-Party stimmungsvoll in einem Gewölbekeller statt. Das Marathon-Erlebnis selbst leidet jedoch unter der unzureichenden Kapazität der öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel, die einen hin zum Start und wieder zurück in die Stadt bringen sollen, unter der schlechten Organisation (z.B. lange Wartezeiten bei der Kleiderbeutelausgabe) und unter der Tatsache, dass verschiedene Läufe gleichzeitig starten (was zu Platzmangel auf der Strecke führt). Zur Abwertung führt auch, dass die Finisher-Plazierung nach der Bruttozeit berechnet wird. Für Marathon-Touristen ist der Lauf dennoch durchaus okay.

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Ulrich Berghäuser
42.195 km

Some informations for the German runners.... Look at my homepage and read my report! http://ulrichberghaeuser.de/marathon/berichtemarathon.html

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Results 2019: EDP Porto Marathon

04 Nov, 2019 (Mon)

Credit : RunportoTV Deso Gelmisa grinded past more than 3895 runners to win in 02:09:08. He finished une minute 48 secondes ahead of Victor Kiplimo. Rounding out the top three was Debele Belda with a time of 02:14:22. In the ladies race, Bontu Bekele Gada got a win, finishing with a time of 02:33:38 . She finished 5 minutes 36 secondes ahead of Mestawot Tadesse. Genet Getaneh got the third place in 02:40:59. Top 5 Men 1 Deso Gelmisa ET 02:09:08 2 Victor Kiplimo KE 02:10:56 3 Debele Belda ET 02:14:22 4 Justus Kiprotich KE 02:16:15 5 Geoffrey Rotich KE 02:19:59 Top 5 Women 1 Bontu Bekele Gada ET 02:33:38 2 Mestawot Tadesse ET 02:39:14 3 Genet Getaneh ET 02:40:59 4 Tizita Terecha ET 02:44:38 5 Rosa Madureira PT 02:49:53 Complete results
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Results 2018: Maratona do Porto

06 Nov, 2018 (Tue)

Credit : Viver o Porto Pc ROBERT CHEMONGES won the race with a time of 02:09:05. OLIVIER IRABARUTA secured second in this year’s race with a time of 02:09:48. FIKADU KEBEDE got the third place in 02:10:41. In the ladies race, ABEBA-TEKULU GEBREMESKEL took top honours by finishing the race in 02:30:13 . MESKEREM ABERA HUNDE earned runner-up honours with a time of 02:33:50. The third place went to ELVANIE NIMBONA with a time of 02:44:24 Top 5 Men 1 ROBERT CHEMONGES 02:09:05 2 OLIVIER IRABARUTA 02:09:48 3 FIKADU KEBEDE 02:10:41 4 JACKSON KIBET LIMO 02:12:19 5 ABRAHAM GIRMA 02:12:46 Top 5 Women 1 ABEBA-TEKULU GEBREMESKEL 02:30:13 2 MESKEREM ABERA HUNDE 02:33:50 3 ELVANIE NIMBONA 02:44:24 4 ROSA MADUREIRA 02:50:06 5 LÍDIA PEREIRA 03:01:47 Complete results
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Monica Jepkoech set a new course record at Porto's Marathon

07 Nov, 2017 (Tue)

Credit : JUP Multimédia Hugo Filipe Nunes Gonçalves outran roughly 4552 runners to win with a time of 03:05:27. Jackson Limo secured second in this year’s race with a time of 02:11:34. The third place went to Daniel Pinheiro with a time of 02:17:57 In the women’s race, Monica Jepkoech scored victory with a time of 02:26:58, setting a new record for the course. She bested Salome Rocha who crossed the finish line 4 minutes 3 seconds behind her. Finishing third was Chaltu Bedo Negashu (02:43:41). Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results= The next edition of the Maratona do Porto will be on November 04, 2018. §staticmap(1407,5,800,200)
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