Patras Half Marathon

Pasta Party by MISKO

On Saturday evening, April 5, at 7:00 PM, the heart of Patras will beat with excitement at Georgiou Square, as we kick off the Patras Half Marathon with the delicious Pasta Party by MISKO!

Standing proudly beside the Patras Half Marathon, MISKO takes care of our runners’ preparation in the tastiest way possible. Enjoy mouthwatering pasta dishes — the perfect fuel to boost your energy ahead of Sunday’s big effort — and experience an authentic carb-loading event full of flavor and fun!

As part of the evening, we will also host the official presentation of the race, where the latest details about the event will be shared.

Don’t forget to wear your entry wristband, which you’ll find inside your race kit.

We look forward to welcoming you as we officially kick off this year’s Patras Half Marathon — together!

The 3rd Patras International Half Marathon attracts runners from all over Greece, a driving force to turn the city into a major sports’ destination. Travel safe, fast and easy by KTEL Achaias (intercity bus transportation) offering a 50% discount as a support to the venue, to those traveling to Patras from Athens, Thessaloniki, and all intermediate stops.

 

How to Get the Discount

To take advantage of this offer, runners must follow these steps:

Offer Validity Period

The discount applies to trips to Patras from Thursday, April 3rd, to Tuesday, April 8th, covering both arrival and departure for participants.

This initiative enhances accessibility to the event and makes it easier for runners to travel and join the race.

 

The city of Patras is working at full speed to welcome runners for the 2025 Patras Half Marathon, with four dynamic and scenic routes that promise unique experiences and personal records.

The 21 km, 10 km and 5 km routes are certified by AIMS, thus ensuring the highest standards of organization and safety for all participants.

 

21 km – Half Marathon Route: Challenge for a personal record!

The Half Marathon route has been designed to offer the best conditions for runners to achieve their personal records. The flat and fast coastal route starts and finishes at the emblematic Vasileos Georgiou A’ Square, offering a unique panoramic view of the Rio-Antirio Bridge and the Gulf of Patras.

Route: Runners start from King George A’ Square , run the new picturesque pedestrian street of Maizonos, turn onto the traditional pedestrian street of Agiou Nikolaou, pass by Trion Symmachon Square and head along the seafront of the city to Kanellopoulou str. They then return to the city center, continue south to Vrachneika suburb and, contnue running along the magnificent coastal route, to the finish line at King Square A’ again.

 

10 km. – Speed ​​and view

The 10 km route added this year combines speed and unique views, offering a unique experience to runners looking for speed, having the blue backdrop of the Gulf of Patras.

Route: It starts from the heart of Patras, King George A’ Square, crosses the new picturesque pedestrian street of Maizonos and Agiou Nikolaou, passes Trion Symmachon Square and follows the route next to the blue sea to the Minucipal Beach “Plaz EOT”. The track returns again through Agiou Nikolaou ends in the lively center of the city: King George A’ Square.

 

5 km. – The fastest route

If your dream is to achieve a new personal record in 5 km, this route is your best opportunity. Fast, flat and moving along the coast is a challenge for all runners.

Route: From Georgiou Square to the new picturesque pedestrian street of Maizonos, we go down the pedestrian street of Agiou Nikolaou, we pass Trion Symmachon Square, we move along the coast towards the South Park and we reach the New Port. On the way back, always along the seafront, we go up Agiou Nikolaou Street and finish where we started: in the city center!

 

1 km – Children’s course

Our offspring runners have a different experience this year: they run on a circular route that allows them to enjoy running at its most.

Route: Start and finish at King George A’ Square, with a circular route for the most enjoyable experience for future running stars!

 

Patras Half Marathon Pasta Party by Masoutis supermarkets

On Saturday, April 8 at 19:30 in Esperos (21 Georgiou Square) Patras is getting into the rhythm of the Patras Half Marathon. All runners invited from all over Greece and abroad will be there.

A meal rich in carbohydrates is indicated on the eve of a long distance race.

So, in the opening ceremony of the event, let’s all come together and enjoy a pasta marathon from the sponsor of the event, Super Markets “Masoutis”.

Are you ready to boost your energy before the big race?

*️ Participants will receive a voucher for the Pasta Party in the Registration Kit.

The heart of the 1st Patras International Half Marathon beats in PELOPONNISOS newspaper premises.

The secretariat of the event and the delivery of the race kit to the participants will be hosted at the premises of the newspaper PELOPONNISOS on 206 Maizonos Street and Papaflessa in Patras.

The publishing group of the oldest regional newspaper opens its doors to welcome more than 2,200 runners from Greece and abroad in the foyer lounge.

The secretariat will operate on the following days and hours:

Friday 7/4, 16:00 – 21:00

Saturday 8/4, 10:00 – 18:00

We would like to remind all who want to subscribe that the registration platform will remain open until Tuesday, April 4.

The secretariat will also operate on the day of the race at Plateia Georgiou (King George A’ Square)  from 7:30 ONLY for the runners who have completed registration and demonstrate  the official email of the event (electronically or in print) where their participation number is indicated.

No new registrations will be enlisted at the day of the race.

The Greek Veteran Athletic Association of Patras, always at the forefront of the sports movement, is added to the list of institutional supporters of the 1st Patras International Half Marathon!

A moving gesture that the organization highly values the support of the veterans, the athletes who built the edifice of athletics with their personal life commitment and continuous effort.

GVAA Patras completes 30 years in action, in 1994. A group of retired athletes and friends of classical sports formed the core of the Association. Among them Antonis Kanellopoulos, Dionysios and Nikos Balasis, Thanasis Siozos, Panagiotis Mendzelopoulos, Mavra Papalamprou, Spagadoros, Sotiris Athanasopoulos and more.

The Association organizes local competitions, regional and pan-Hellenic championships with great appeal and success. Its athletes, even participate in pan-European and world championships for veterans. The Association has been awarded, many distinctions being on the top of Veterans’ Athletic Associations.

Patras Port Authority SA supports as strategic partner the 1st Patras International Half Marathon. The athletes  are running alongside the seafront of the city, where the facilities of the port are located, being the main Western Gate of the country, commuting passengers and commodities. The Port of Patras dominates the Western Port System of Greece and has always had specific characteristics:

It serves passenger and commercial services in Southern and Central Greece. Its contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of the region and the country over time was and remains significant.

It belongs to Ports of International Interest (Category K1). It is a member of the Trans-European Transport Network and the central network as categorized for the period 2014-2050.

The strategy of Patras Port Organization focuses a) on maintaining and strengthening the leadership position among the ports of Western Greece as the most important Western Gateway of the country,

b) on its dynamic strategies to attract the interest the tourist market by emerging as a tourist port (Mega Yachts, cruise) and c) to expand into new markets (e.g. containers, etc.).

In this context, actions taken are the following:

a) to strengthen an extrovert plan of cooperation between the ports of the Adriatic sea in matters of the port industry

b) to develop new business activities aiming at the upgrading of the competitiveness of the port and its contribution to integrated multimodal maritime transport and

c) to develop initiatives and its active participation in the port industry sector in the new Macro – Adriatic – Ionian Region of the EU.

The support the Port Organization a key player in the development and prosperity of the region to the event of the Patras International Half Marathon, further broadens the vision of establishing and international athletic institution that will attract athletes and spectators from all over Greece and abroad as s “premier legue” running event.

The Organizing Committee of the 1st Patras International Half Marathon announces its collaboration with the innovative tool OLYMPASSMARK powered by MPDO (www.olympassmark.gr) which is now among the Institutional Supporters of the Race.

This is another pioneering project implemented by the Region of Western Greece and concerns the implementation of the OLYMPIAN LAND SPORT CLUBS PASSMARK – OLYMPASSMARK program. It is addressed to amateur Sports Clubs and Sports Organizations and recommends a system of self-evaluation and self-improvement of their organization in order to operate more efficiently, while opening new paths to sustainable development and financing. The goal of OLYMPASSMARK is the development of sports organizations through “excellence” and their connection with businesses and organizations within the framework of Corporate Social Responsibility policies and the ESG goals of sponsoring businesses.

The company UpCycle supports the 1st Patras International Half Marathon

The Organizing Committee of “Patras Half Marathon 2023” welcomes the cooperation of UPCYCLE, as a Silver sponsors of the event.

UpCycle is the exclusive representative of Fit & Shape nutritional supplements in Greece. The Fit & Shape company specializes in the production and distribution of high quality, effective and safe nutritional supplements.

Fit & Shape products complement the nutritional needs of athletes who engage in intense physical activity. They are certified of good quality and production standards  (HACCP, GMP, ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 22000) and do not contain genetically modified ingredients. Used by football and cycling teams at national and Olympic level the products of the company are sold  in Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Ukraine, Germany, Romania, Cyprus, Portugal, Serbia, Bulgaria, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait , Norway and the Canary Islands. In Greece they are mostly used by triathlon athletes and most champions and coaches in cycling and running sports.

The Hellenic Open University was founded in 1992 in Patras and is the only online/distance learning university in Greece. The Hellenic Open University was established to fill a gap for telematic and distance education in the higher education system of the Hellenic Republic in response to the growing demand for continuing education and lifelong learning. 

It is an honor to welcome the support and collaboration of the Hellenic Open University as an institutional supporter of the 1st Patras HalfMarathon.

 

The Running Team of HOU has already been mobilized, the hashtag #fastertogether has been around for some time! The Hellenic Open University, based on the participation program of its students, will take place with a big team of participants substantially supporting the goal to create an international istitution empowering the running movement in the area and further out. The Hellenic Open University offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, life long training programmes. The Schools of the University are : School of Humanities: 

The School of Humanities (S.A.E.) is one of the four schools having actually The School currently has 16 Members of TRS (Teaching and Research Staff), (6 Professors, 7 Associate Professors, 3 Assistant Professors). It offers a total of twenty-one study programs (three undergraduate study programs and nineteen postgraduate study programs). School of Social Sciences: 

The School of Social Sciences is one of the four Schools of the HOU established by the founding law N.2552/97, formed into an entity in 2005. The School of Social Sciences has as its main objective the provision of knowledge and skills in the social sciences, with particular emphasis on management and economics. 

School of Positive Sciences and Technology:  The School currently has 15 D.E.P. At S.H.E.T. subjects of Positive Sciences (Physical Sciences, Mathematics), Informatics and Engineering Sciences (Environmental Engineering and Environmental Planning, Management and Construction of Technical Projects, etc.) are taught. Studies in Film Writing, Practice and Research. 

If only we could award a gold  metal for the commitment and support and sports’ spirit then we

have a winner Hellenic Open University thank you !!!