10th jubilee Cracovia Royal Half Marathon: registration has started!
What better day to sign up for running than International Running Day? There isn't! Just do it - online registration for the 10th jubilee Cracovia Royal Half Marathon, which will take place on 20 October 2024, has just begun. The event will attract 10,000 runners. Be with us - let's set a new attendance record!
Finish again in the TAURON Arena Kraków!
The largest event in terms of attendance of the Royal Running Triad events, which it forms together with the Cracovia Marathon and the Three Mounds’ Run, this year will take place on October 20. Start at 10:00 a.m., traditionally from Lema Street - in front of TAURON Arena Kraków. And the finish in the shine of the lights in the dimmed largest sports and entertainment hall in Poland! Runners from all over the world testify that such a finish, with the cheering of fans gathered in the arena, is a real treat and an injection of endorphins. And on top of that, along the way you cover a picturesque route, leading through many beautiful places in Kraków, both historic and showcasing the modern infrastructure of the European metropolis. TAURON Arena Kraków will also once again be the base of the event - the Competition Office, changing rooms and a depository will be located there.
Registration for the 10th Cracovia Royal Half Marathon
Online registration for the 10th Cracovia Royal Half Marathon is available HERE. Before registering, please read the REGULATIONS of the run. Online applications will be accepted until October 15, 2024 or until the limit of participants is exhausted. If there are any vacancies, registration will still be conducted at the Competition Office - on October 18-19, 2024.
A properly completed application form and payment of the entry fee are considered valid applications. If the payment is not made immediately after registration, the application is considered invalid.
Team registration
There is a possibility of team registration. The minimum number of competitors that may be registered through the team registration is 5. Details on the rules of team registration can be found HERE.
Conditions of participation
There is a limit of starters - 10000 competitors. The organizer reserves the right to change the above-mentioned limit.
The run may be attended by people who turn 18 on October 20, 2024 at the latest.
The entry fee
140 PLN - until 31.07.2024
160 PLN - 01.08.2024-31.08.2024
180 PLN - 01.09.2024-15.10.2024
200 PLN - 18-19.10.2024 at the Competition Office, if the starting limit is not reached
The payment of the starting fee is possible only via the PayU payment system (direct transfer from the registration profile) until October 15, 2024, immediately after registering for participation or - if the limit of participants and accepting applications is not exhausted - at the Competition Office by cash or credit card, according to the above-mentioned rates.
Lack of payment upon registration will result in removal from the start list.
The PayU system allows you to pay the entry fee in EURO by calculating the entry fee according to the EURO exchange rate on the date of payment. It is not possible to pay in EURO at the Competition Office.
The possibility of transferring the entry fee to another competitor - until October 15, 2024 at the latest - has been introduced. Details in the regulations.
It is possible to purchase a voucher - a gift for a competitor. Details on paying the starting fee for another person can be found HERE.
Attention! Please read the following documents:
Rules of the 10th Cracovia Royal Half Marathon
Instructions for collecting the starting package
From debut to records - 10 years of the Cracovia Royal Half Marathon
Already the first edition of the Cracovia Royal Half Marathon was awarded the 2014 Event of the Year award named after Tomasz Hopfer, the great promoter of sport, in the debut category at the Mass Running Gala in Warsaw. On the map of Polish half marathons, the Krakow event is a very important point for runners. The Cracovia Royal Half Marathon is included in the Crown of Polish Half Marathons, which includes ten events from all over the country, including, among others, the Warsaw Half Marathon, the Lechit Run and the Poznań Half Marathon. Within a decade, the run has become a mass event with an international reputation.
The Cracovia Royal Half Marathon course records belong to African representatives. In 2019, Ethiopian Enyew Mekonnen ran the route in a time of 1:01:34. In the same edition, Kenyan Betty Lembus covered the route in a time of 1:10:48. The fastest Pole in the history of the Cracovia Royal Half Marathon is Szymon Kulka, who covered the route in 2016 in a time of 1:03:03, and the fastest Pole is Izabela Trzaskalska, who finished the same year with a time of 1:11:33.
The 2018 event saw a record turnout to date. 8758 people finished the race out of the 8784 who started. Join us today and create a special history with us!