The marathon is a true celebration of runners. Completing a run at the royal distance of 42,195 meters is the dream of many amateur runners. After a two-year hiatus, the run at this distance in 2025 was again held in Gdansk. The city of Gdansk has unique pages in its history. It was here that World War II began on September 1, 1939, it was here that Poland’s first independently self-governing trade unions were established. Finally, it was in Gdansk that social changes were initiated that gave impetus to other societies in Europe, and these gave impetus to bringing down the Berlin Wall or restoring independence to the Baltic republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. That is why the seventh edition of the Gdansk Marathon was held under the slogan “Run in the City of Freedom!”. The next opportunity to participate in the run will be in April 2026.

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e want as many people as possible to be able to prepare professionally for the 42,195m run. To this end, together with the technical partner of the Gdansk Marathon, the Brooks company, we will conduct a training action called Brooks Be ready! The action will start 12 weeks before the start. Each person signed up for the Gdansk Marathon will receive a weekly training plan, as well as the opportunity to participate in running training with highly qualified coaches. In weeks 1 – 6 there will be one training session per week (Sunday), while in weeks 7 – 12 there will be two training sessions per week (Wednesday and Sunday). Detailed information on the collection locations for the workouts will be provided to those signed up for the Gdansk Marathon.