Events/Athens Marathon "The Authentic"

Athens Marathon "The Authentic"

Running

Date

Sun, 7 Nov 2027

Venue

Athens, Greece

Countdown

November

Distance

42.195km

Total climb

300m

The original marathon, run on the road it is named after. Point to point from the town of Marathon to Athens, finishing on the track inside the marble Panathenaic Stadium, one of the most storied finishes in the sport.

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The course

The route

42.195km point to point from Marathon town to Athens, with around 300m of climbing almost all packed into one sustained ascent from 10km to 31km, then a descent into the city. It finishes inside the marble Panathenaic Stadium, off an 08:30 start in early November.

Weather

Early-November, Athens

20°CTypical high

14°CTypical low

4°CColdest in 20 years

23%Days with rain

Highs around 20°C and lows around 14°C, but it has dropped to 4°C. Rain on 23% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the Athens Marathon "The Authentic"

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What Athens throws at you

Typical sessions

A 21km sustained climb from 10km to 31km, straight through the middle where a marathon already hurts.

A deceptively easy flat opening 10km that tempts you to bank time you will pay back on the climb.

A descent from 31km to 40km that punishes quads already emptied by the ascent.

Greek autumn warmth and real sun exposure on the open climb, typically 12 to 18C at the start.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Sustained-climb long runs of 28 to 35km with 15 to 20km at goal effort, fuelled exactly as on race day.

Uphill threshold efforts, 4 to 6 by 4 to 6 minutes of sustained climbing, to build the strength to run the ascent rather than trudge it.

Downhill durability sessions on long controlled descents to toughen the quads for the 31 to 40km finish.

A dress rehearsal of 28 to 30km on a climb-then-descend route at race effort, with your exact race-day nutrition, kit and shoes.

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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