Prague Marathon: The event, attractive to tourists, attracts competitors and high earnings

The marathon of the RunCzech series will take place in Prague after the twenty-ninth, on Sunday, May 5 from 09:00, start and finish at the Old Town Square. Over 10,000 competitors – elite endurance runners and recreational runners – can take part in it.

According to RunCzech marketing manager Jiří Nečásek, the economic benefit for Prague will be around 200 million crowns this year, last year it was 190 million. “When a marathon runner goes to that race, he usually doesn’t go alone, nowadays they also combine it with tourism, and therefore he takes his family or friends with him. So they sometimes have to stay, eat somewhere, usually buy a souvenirso the economic benefit for Prague is there,” said Nečásek.

Don’t underestimate anything

According to Nečásek, the organizers will strengthen their organizational skills this year event measures because at the April half-marathon, which was held in unusually high temperatures, dozens of people had problems with overheating. “We expect that there will be 16 refreshment stations at the Prague Marathon, eight of them with ionic drinks. In total, we have prepared 30,000 liters of water and over 16,000 liters of isotonic drink,” he said. According to him, there will also be 34 first aid medical patrols and four bicycle patrols with defibrillators on the track, and the Golem medical module for mass disasters will be available from the rescue service.

According to Nečásek, the competitors will also be able to refresh themselves with fruit, it will be prepared for them 27,000 bananas and 17,000 oranges. The organizers will inform the participants about the risks of warm weather. Temperatures are expected to exceed 20 degrees Celsius over the weekend.

Tourists will enjoy the sights

RunCzech running races will attract Prague, according to the organizers usually around 107,000 domestic and foreign tourists during the races, i.e. in April, May and September. Nečásek said that apart from the marathon, the Prague Half Marathon, which was held this year on April 6, is particularly popular. Over 15,000 people attended.

The marathon has Prague at the same time global visibility, according to Nečásek, tourists are also interested in Prague’s monuments. In addition, according to him, the race will be broadcast, for example, on the YouTube platform, and according to him, Czech Television should also broadcast it.