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Rimi Riga Marathon
16 May 2027 · Riga, Latvia
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Distances
2K · 6K · 10K · 21.1K · 42K
The Riga Marathon starts by Riga Castle on the Daugava embankment and crosses the river three times over bridges — essentially the only elevation change on an otherwise flat course. Since 2026, the finisher medal has been part of a four-year collectible "RIGA" series created with the Latvian National Museum of Art: each year adds one letter and a new artwork by artist Boriss Bērziņš. Registration pickup is expo-only, no postal delivery, but bibs are printed with the runner's name on-site. It's usually cooler here than you'd expect — though in 2019 an actual heat wave hit Latvia on race day itself.
Course records
Men
2:08:51
2019 · Andualem Belay Shiferaw
Women
2:26:22
2019 · Birke Debele Beyene
Weather in May
Mid-May in Riga usually brings 8-18°C, but the year-to-year spread is huge — from a cold 9°C to a 22°C heat wave, like in 2019, when runners complained it was "too hot to run good times."
Starter pack 2026
- Номер с персональной печатью имени
- Техническая футболка Nike или футболка «Art Series» с работой художника Бориса Берзиньша
- Финишная медаль (часть коллекционной серии «RIGA», 2026 — буква «R»)
- Батончик мюсли и вода на финише
The medal is part of a four-year collectible series created with the Latvian National Museum of Art — collect all the letters over four years.
Pacers & bib pickup
3:003:153:303:454:004:154:305:00
Bib pickup
Rimi Olympic Centre, ул. Гростонас 6Б, Рига
day before the race only
Bib pickup is expo-only, two days before and the day before the race; there's no pickup on race day.
Course map
Route not added yet
What’s nearby
Walking
Рижский замок и старый город — Right by the start and finish on the 11 November Embankment.
Улица Альберта — Art Nouveau architecture, right on the marathon route.
30 minutes
Юрмала — A resort town with a 26km sandy beach.
2 hours
Сигулда и замок Турайда — Gauja National Park, a medieval red-brick castle.
Dinner before the race
No single pre-race dinner tradition has emerged among runners; general Riga dining guides mention Snatch and Māsa for house-made pasta, but no marathon-runner testimonials confirm either.
After the finish
Officially a muesli bar and water, but per runner accounts also milkshakes, barbecue, and massage in the finish-line "Party Plaza" zone.
Reviews
YanisNanashi (RaceRaves), полумарафон, первый забег2019
Riga is a wonderful city that is absolutely worth a weekend trip! The race goes through downtown and the old town and makes a very good impression; that year, a Baltic heat wave made it sunny but too hot to run good times.
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