6-9 March 2025
The Balaton Szupermaraton (Lake Balaton Supermarathon) is a four-day ultramarathon running event held annually in March at the largest lake in Hungary and Central Europe, the 77km-long Balaton.
Starting and finishing in the resort of Siófok on the southern shore of the lake, the Supermarathon is one lap around the lake. The course is a 196km loop, split in four stages:
Race distance |
Start | Finish | |
Thursday | 48.2km | Siófok | Fonyód |
Friday | 53km | Fonyód | Szigliget |
Saturday | 43.5km | Badacsony | Balatonfüred |
Sunday | 51.3km | Balatonfüred | Siófok |
The route follows cycle paths and minor roads. Some portions of the course are completely flat, others are rather hilly.
The event offers several race options:
- 196km in 4 days:
- Run all four stages
- individual runners and relay teams of 2, 3 or 4 runners
- 94.8km in 2 days:
- Run stage 3 and stage 4
- individual runners and relay teams of 2 or 3 runners
- Marathon+:
- Run one of the four stages
- individual runners and relay teams of three runners
- relay teams of 5 to 8 runners (only on Saturday and Sunday)
- 21.1km Öböl Half Marathon:
- Run a half marathon from Keszthely to Szigliget (on Friday)
- 42.2km MaratonFüred:
- Run a marathon from Badacsonytomaj to Balatonfüred (on Saturday)
- 15.1km BSZM Finisher:
- Run the last 15k of the Supermarathon from Balatonakarattya (on Sunday)
Map of the venue:
15th Lake Balaton Supermarathon:
Date:
- 6-9 March 2025 (Thursday-Sunday)
Event website (in Hungarian and English):
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