page_title: Olympus Mountain Running
section_title: Running track
hierarchical_section_title: Olympus Mountain Running / Organizer E.O.S. Thessaloniki / Running track
caption_attribution_description: English: Olympus marathon, track
context_page_description: Since 1986, nearly every year, various initiators organize marathons in the Olympus Mountains in Greece. For these Olympus Marathons the classic distance of 42.195 kilometers provides a clue to the distance of some of the runs in the Olympus. Starting in 2010, events established that surpass the classic marathon distance. In some races, runners run over distances of 57 km, 70 km or almost 100 km.
  At the stations along the route, the runners are provided with drinks and snacks and mostly medical aid. They are offered water, electrolytic drinks, bananas, salty biscuits, sandwiches, chocolates and more. The medical care is provided by rescue services. The fastest runners finishes the race in about four hours.
context_section_description: Start at the mountain hut Stavros, altitude 920 m
  4 km to the junction Gortsia, altitude 1125 m
  6 km to the refuge Petrostrounga, altitude 1940 m
  3.2 km to Skourta, altitude 2420 m, also named after the mountain climber Voula Nikitidou, who had a fatal accident in the Olympus.
  3.1 km to the refuge Christos Kakkalos, altitude 2648 m (named after the first climber of Mytikas, with 2918 m the highest peak of Mount Olympus)
  5.1 km below and along the summits Mytikas and Stefani to the hut Spilios Agapitos, altitude 2085 m.
  6.55 km to Prionia, altitude 1100 m
  3 km to the chapel of Agios Dionysios, altitude 800 m
  2.35 km to Koromilies, altitude 650 m
  3 km to Sara, altitude 495 m
  1.35 km to Portes, altitude 630 m
  4.15 km to the finish at the central park of Litochoro, near the Nautical Museum, altitude 295 m
  The overall length of this running track is about 41.85 kilometers.
caption: Mountaineer Marathon, running track
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