The route map for the Helsinki City Marathon 2022 is now ready! The route offers a mixture of beautiful seaside, park and downtown athmosphere. HCM 2022 route has two nearly identical laps. In the first lap, the route takes the runners to Salmisaari, a part that is not included in the second lap’s route. Compared[…]
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Sign up for HCRD 2022 now! Early Bird Registration for Helsinki City Running Day 2022 is now open! The event date is May 14th, 2022. Take advantage of the Early Bird prices and sign up latest on Monday, Oct 4th, 2021. The event T-shirt (value 24,90 e) is included in the Early Bird prices of[…]
Helsinki City Marathon is moved to morning in 2022 In 2022 Helsinki City Running Day race schedule will face some significant changes. The morning will be kicked of with the Helsinki City Marathon at 9.30 am. The first start group of the Helsinki City Run half marathoners will start their race at 2 pm. This[…]
Renewable Minimarathon 2022! Next year Minimarathon will face some improvements: It will still be a part of the Helsinki City Running Day weekend, but it will get it’s own time slot on Friday early evening. The Minimarathon date will be Friday, May 13th, 2022. The new event center and activity area will be located on[…]
Event info in your pocket! We are happy to announce that we have launched the Helsinki City Running Day app! Upload the app for your phone from your app store (App Store or Google Play), and you will have all the important event information with you where ever you go! You will find the app[…]
We proudly present: The Event T-shirt 2021 The Helsinki City Running Day event t-shirt 2021 edition is a high quality Craft t-shirt made of technical, 100 % recycled material. This year’s t-shirt color is fresh green! Environment is important for us HCRD takes a leap towards a more ecological event t-shirt policy. Unlike previous years,[…]
Join us for the Virtual HCRD Measure your spring fitness by participating in the Virtual HCRD event from May 15th-23rd, 2021! You can choose your own, preferred route for completing a distance of 5 km, 21.1km, or 42.2 km. You can try to improve your time as many times as you like within the time[…]
The Helsinki City Running Day is postponed to autumn. The new event date is set for October 2nd, 2021. As last year, the event premises will be located at the iconic and renewed Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The decision to postpone the event is based on the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the possibility[…]
The Helsinki City Run half marathon route faced big improvements last year when the direction of the route was changed clockwise. This change enabled us to offer HCR half marathon runners a faster route with even more seaside scenery. For this year’s event, the most appreciated parts and characteristics of the route remain but there[…]
The Helsinki City 5 route changes a little bit. The changes are minor and the renewed route runs even faster in the same areas of the Olympic Stadium and Töölö Sports Park as before. The start area will be moved from Pohjoinen Stadionintie to Hammarsjöldintie, to a downhill between the swimming stadium and the skate[…]