Practical info

Saturday 11 October 2025

  • Collection bib number: 12 – 5 pm


Sunday 12 October 2025

  • Collection bib number: From 8am
  • The precise start times will be announced later

Start: ‘t Zand
Finish: Grote Markt
Food Market: ’t Zand

The exact locations for collecting bib numbers, bag drop area, showers and changing rooms will be announced later.

For runners

  • Personalized race number with your name*
  • Marathon participants receive the exclusive Athora Great Bruges Marathon T-shirt for free
  • Unique medal at the finish
  • Food market (’t Zand)
  • Refreshment stations on the course and at the finish
  • Changing rooms & showers
  • Free storage of sports bags
  • Correct distance and time indication on the course and at the finish
  • Complete results, available live on the website
  • Detailed course description for every distance, with indication of the supply posts
  • Sportinez-insurance during the races. Click here for more information.

For walkers

  • Personalized race number with your name*
  • Unique medal at the finish
  • Culinary passage through the Spermalie Hotel School
  • Drinks station at the finish
  • Changing rooms & showers
  • Free storage of sports bags
  • Correct distance on the course
  • Detailed course description for every distance, with indication of the supply posts
  • Sportinez-insurance during the races. Click here for more information.


*personalised bib number is only available for participants who register online by Monday 22 September 2025.

If you would like to change the distance or name, you can do so until 22 September 11:59pm via info@golazo.com. We would like to receive the following information from the substitute in case of a name change:

  • Reference number initial participant:
  • Name + first name:
  • Gender:
  • Date of birth:
  • Address:
  • City + postal code:
  • Phone number:
  • Emergency phone number:
  • E-mail address:

After the 22nd, changes can only be made at the registration desk on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 October. If a particular distance has sold out, changes to that distance will not be possible anymore.

Distance change (on-site)

  1. First collect your bib number.
  2. Have your distance changed at the ‘Change of Name/Distance’ desk and receive a new bib number.

Changing to a lower distance is free of charge. For a higher distance, the difference in price will be charged.

Name change (on-site)

  1. First collect your bib number.
  2. Have your details changed at the stand ‘change of name/distance’ and receive a new race number.

Do not forget to bring your ID. For a change of name there is a € 5 administration cost.

You do not have to enter a personal best when registering.

For the start of the marathon you can go and take your place in the start box of the time you are aiming for, just like the pacers. We do not perform checks. Thanks to the fair play of the marathon runners everyone can have a good start.

The start boxes for the marathon have been arranged as follows: 2hrs59/3hrs15/3hrs30/3hrs45/3hrs59/4hrs15/4hrs30/4hrs45/5hrs.
The start boxes for the half marathon have been arranged as follows: 1hr30/1hr40/1hr50/2hrs/2hrs10/+2hrs10.

You can find out more about the refreshment points for the next edition here soon.

At the latest 1 week before the event, all individually registered participants will receive a confirmation email containing their personalised number (registered by 22 September) or an e-ticket. You will be able to collect your participant pack on site from the pre-registration desk with this number or e-ticket.

If you have registered as part of a group with group collection, you will not be able to collect your bib number personally, instead you will have to ask the group leader to do that. That person is responsible for collecting and distributing the bib numbers for the entire group.

Collect your T-shirt by presenting your envelope or e-ticket.

Please note: The size chosen on the registration form is purely informative and does not guarantee this size T-shirt will still be available at the time of collection. The earlier you collect your shirt, the higher the chance your preferred size is still available.

Bruges is a compact city. The use of motor vehicles in the historic inner city is not recommended. The Park and Ride areas are situated right outside of the city centre. Here you can park your car for free and for longer duration. The city centre is a stone’s throw away on foot or by bus. All info: www.visitbruges.be/parking-in-bruges-2.

Athora Bruges Marathon

The time limit for the Athora Bruges Marathon runners is 6 hours. By order of the police, the roads will be reopened to traffic based on a 6-hour pace. Those running slower will be eliminated from the race but can continue the course at their own risk but must adhere strictly to the traffic rules.

Athora Bruges Half Marathon

By order of the police, the course will be opened for traffic after the last runner, following a tight schedule of 7 minutes per kilometer.

Changing rooms & showers

Sint-Leo Hemelsdaele – Potterierei 11

Storage sports bags

You can choose to hand in your sports bag with the storage area provided.

A sticker with a unique number will be stuck on your bag and you will receive a sticker with the same number to stick on your bib number. After your participation in the event, you can collect your bag again upon presentation of the sticker on your bib number. If you lose your sticker, you will only get your bag back if you can give a precise description of the bag and contents.

The organisation will take the necessary safety precautions to guard this space as best as they can, still, use of the storage area is at your own risk. The organisation cannot be held responsible for any damage, loss and/or theft of personal belongings.

Some recommendations:

  • Use a sports bag that can be fully closed and make sure it is all zipped up so that no items can fall out of the sports bag
  • Loose items of clothing or plastic bags will not be accepted
  • Do not leave any delicate items in your sports bag (e.g., iPhone, sports watch, spectacles, wallet, cash, keys, etc.).

A number of very experienced, mainly Belgian ultra runners led by Marnix Callewaert, have committed to be pacers for the Athora Bruges Marathon.

The pacers will easily be recognizable in their start boxes thanks to their colored flags:

Athora Bruges Marathon

  • 2:59 pink flag
  • 3:15 blue flag
  • 3:30 yellow flag
  • 3:45 red flag
  • 3:59 green flag
  • 4:15 black flag
  • 4:30 orange flag
  • 4:45 grey flag
  • 5:00 white flag

Athora Bruges Half Marathon

  • 1:30 pink flag
  • 1:40 blue flag
  • 1:50 yellow flag
  • 2:00 red flag
  • 2:10 green flag

After finishing, you have the option of immortalising your achievement by engraving your name and finish time on your medal. You can tick the box ‘medal engraving’ for only €12 on your registration form.

If you can’t decide yet, not to worry, you can still decide to do it on site and pay €14, while stocks last.

Benefit from a discounted rate of €5 when purchasing your personal action shots taken by our photo service Sportograf. Each package contains photos of you on the course and at the finish. You will receive them by email after the event. For your photos of the Athora Bruges Marathon you pay €29.99, for the Athora Bruges Half Marathon €24.99. You can find more info here about how we process your photos.

Are you injured or can’t participate for a different reason? During your registration you have the possibility of purchasing a cancellation policy.

  • For cancellations up to and including 12 May, 80% of the registration fee will be refunded.
  • If cancelled by 12 August, 50% of the registration fee will be refunded.

Any extras such as the T-shirt, the medal engraving and the cancellation policy itself will not be refunded (non-exhaustive). If you have already registered without this cancellation insurance, it is unfortunately not possible to take out the insurance afterwards. From 13 August, it will no longer be possible to apply for a refund.

The entire course is traffic free. The roads will be reopened to traffic again depending on the position of the participants and will therefore vary from street to street. This information will be published ahead of the event.

Do not hesitate to contact the organisers on info@golazo.com.

For centuries, the Bruges canals have connected the city to the sea, a guarantee of prosperity and wealth. International merchants built Bruges into one of the largest Hanseatic cities. In the 15th century, the city flourished as never before. The authentic medieval urban fabric was preserved, and large parts of the historical heritage remained virtually intact. It is therefore logical that UNESCO recognised the entire inner city as a World Heritage Site.

For info about accommodation and sights, please check out www.visitbruges.be.