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The official race bulletin for the 29th edition of the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon – the 2018 Pyongyang Marathon – has been released by the DPR Korea Amateur Athletics Association.

This official bulletin confirms important information for all amateur athletes participating in the 2018 race. This includes that the route for the marathon will again follow the same return route introduced for the 2017 event including the very popular race start and finish inside Kim Il Sung Stadium in front of 50,000 people, and that the official full marathon race time limit has been extended to 4.5 hours – now you have more time to finish your race and achieve your personal best!

The bulletin also confirms that the organising committee continue to work with Koryo Tours as the exclusive rights holder for all amateur athletes, with the exception of athletes from some south east Asian countries. This means that by traveling with Koryo Tours to get to the Pyongyang Marathon you are automatically guaranteed entry into the marathon.

You can read the bulletin in full by clicking on it below.

We are very excited to bring you this event again in 2018, and look forward to seeing you all on the starting line in Pyongyang!

Thank you for your patience! After an incredible event in 2017, the wait is over with registration now open for the 2018 Pyongyang Marathon!

We are proud to present the 29th Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon – the Pyongyang Marathon – to everyone which will take place on Sunday April 8, 2018. You can again hit the streets of Pyongyang to run in the 10km, half or full marathon races.

All races will start AND finish inside Kim Il Sung Stadium in front of a crowd of 50,000 people cheering you on – it’s the closest experience to being in the Olympics!

Koryo Tours is the exclusive travel partner for the Pyongyang Marathon, and they have prepared a range of tours to get you there for the marathon as well as see Pyongyang and the greater DPRK which you can view and apply for here.

Registration closes February 28, 2018 – but don’t delay as 2017 tours sold out before the registration closing date, so act soon to secure your place on the start line in Pyongyang in 2018!

It’s more than just a race!

We are very pleased to be able to announce an exciting update to the race route around Pyongyang city on 9 April 2017.

The marathon’s organising committee has confirmed that the route next year has changed significantly from the previous 10km loop around the city centre. For 2017’s race, the race is now a return course — rather than a loop — with the route being run through the city centre. Runners will go past many of the iconic buildings, monuments, and streets of Pyongyang, before heading out into the countryside, just outside the urban centre, before running back again.

This new route — which is IAAF certified — gives runners the chance to see more of the capital than in previous years, and also allows more interaction with people along the course, as it takes in more parts of the city than ever before.

Other exciting news about the course is that all three amateur races — the 10km, half marathon, and full marathon — will start and finish inside Kim Il Sung Stadium (including a final lap of the stadium track). This means that everyone participating will get the chance to finish in front of a 50,000-strong capacity crowd of local Koreans who’ll be in attendance at the stadium.

This latest update from the Pyongyang Marathon Committee also reaffirms that they’ve granted Koryo Tours the exclusive rights to enter foreign amateur runners into the 2017 edition of the Mangyongdae Prize Pyongyang Marathon.

If you’re interested in taking part in this unique event then we encourage you to sign up soon. Some of our marathon tours are already full, and once the flights and trains to/from Pyongyang during that period hit capacity, then it won’t be possible to add anyone else to the race.

We look forward to seeing everyone on the starting line in Pyongyang – it’s more than just a race!

[one_half]The course for next year’s race has now been finalized. The route is essentially a 10km-long loop of the city, and takes in many of the sights of Pyongyang, including the Arch of Triumph, the Friendship Tower, the newly renovated May Day Stadium and the Chollima Statue. Those running the 10km do this loop once and finish by Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph. Those doing the Half Marathon run the loop twice; those doing the Full Marathon run it four times. Both the Half and Full finish inside the Kim Il Sung stadium. See this video courtesy of our international travel partners.[/one_half][one_half_last] [/one_half_last]