Baku Marathon, which will be held under the slogan “Beat the wind” this year, along with the starting point, will also finish at the State Flag Square, and the marathon covering a distance of 21 kilometers will be held along this route: State Flag Square – Seaside Boulevard – Baku …
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Baku Marathon, which will be held under the slogan “Beat the wind” this year, along with the starting point, will also finish at the State Flag Square, and the marathon covering a distance of 21 kilometers will be held along this route: State Flag Square – Seaside Boulevard – Baku International Sea Station – Neftchilar Avenue – Baku Agshahr Boulevard – Khagani Rustamov Street – Baku Agshahr Boulevard, 8 Noyabr Avenue, part of Yusif Safarov Street – Intersection of Afiyaddin Jalilov and Uzeyir Hajibeyli Streets, “Javanshir” crossing the bridge, Uzeyir Hajibeyli Street-Neftchilar Avenue (Government House, Museum Center, Puppet Theater, Maiden’s Tower, “Azneft” Circle), Baku Funicular, Bayil Circle, Bibiheybat Road (Water Sports Palace) and moving along Seaside Boulevard (Water Sports Palace behind, Baku Crystal Hall) – State Flag Square. The Baku Marathon, organized since 2016, aims to support the development of sports and promote a healthy lifestyle.
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Chaotic at the start!
Nice and flat course along the waterfront and through downtown Baku! Bib pick up is in the Deniz Mall - easy, but no expo at all - you only get … MORE
Nice and flat course along the waterfront and through downtown Baku! Bib pick up is in the Deniz Mall – easy, but no expo at all – you only get your number. Start should have been at 10am. It was very crowded and when I came to the Startblock 20 minutes to 10am I had no chance to get a little closer to the startline. I checked the other runners and was wondering about their running outfit. Most of them didn’t wear proper running clothes. At 9:45am I heard a first countdown and about 5 minutes later the second. I was wondering what the countdowns were for? The guy next to me looked at me and said: you look like you’re running sub 2 hours. I said yes! He then told me that my group had already started. Ok, now I knew that I stood in the middle of the very slow runners and walkers. That really sucked!
You should know: they are talking about 18500 runners taking part in the race, about 13500 runners can be found in the list of results, of which about 7000 did not start (DNS). Of the 6500 runners that started around 4000 runners did not finish (DNF). Around 2500 runners finished the race…
Beside that the race was really good. Some enthusiastic spectators in costumes along the beautiful course. Big party in the finish area with live music acts. Weather conditions were good: sunny with come clouds and quite heavy wind as Baku is a very windy city in general.