Beside the named start
Hotel Forum
The hotel's own site lists Via Tor de' Conti 25, 00184 Rome.
Consider: That is a hotel door, not the start mat, and not a proof the course passes it.
Run Rome The Marathon is Sunday 14 March 2027, 42.195 km. The FAQ starts it on Via dei Fori Imperiali from 08:00. The rules still say about 08:30, so we are not storing one gun. The fee in force since 16 September 2026 is €129, plus a service fee that is not priced. The FAQ calls it flat, with a 30 m high and about 6 km of cobbles. No GPX. The limit is 7 hours.
Checked 5 November 2026 against the FAQ, the September Italian rules, the April English short rules, both expo pages, and the ENDU card that still says Register now. No GPX. The finish is the same named area as the start, not a surveyed mat.
Why we'd pick it
- The course profile is not published yet, so there is no fake climbing number here.
- Open · Direct entry — no lottery to lose.
- A non-racing partner gets a real weekend here — 5/5.
- Race day usually sits 5.9–16.3°C, about 28% chance of rain.
The course
The FAQ puts the 2027 start on Via dei Fori Imperiali and says the start and the finish are at the Imperial Forums and the Colosseum. It calls the course flat, with about 20 m of altitude difference (10 m low, 30 m high) and about 6 km of cobbles, and says the line may change. There is no GPX. The rules allow 7 hours and say the gun is approximately 08:30, while the FAQ says the start is given from 08:00. The 30 m figure is the published altitude ceiling, not a climb total.
Difficulty and PR scores
Difficulty is the course and the conditions. The PR score is a separate read on a fast clock. Missing inputs are dropped and the other weights are rescaled. The method, with the weights.
- Difficulty
- 22 / 100
- PR / BQ friendliness
- Not scored
Weight used: 70%. Need 40% before we print a number.
Weight used: 40%. Need 45% before we print a number.
Weather median for 2011–2025, race date ±7 days, 225 days, at Via dei Fori Imperiali street pin. Grid elevation 19 m.
No cited BQ rate for this race.
| Input | 0–100 | What went in |
|---|---|---|
| G Gain | — | No trusted gain per km. Uncertain stored gain is not used. |
| A Altitude | 0 | 19 m. 0 below 300 m, 100 at 2000 m. Source: open-meteo-grid. |
| H Heat | 50 | High 16.3°C, dew point 6.4°C. The hotter of the two bands is used. |
| W Wind | 15 | 2.23 m/s median. Bands: under 3 → 15, under 5 → 40, under 8 → 70, else 100. |
| C Cutoff | 0 | 420 min. A 5:00 marathon maps to 100 and a 7:00 marathon maps to 0, scaled by distance. |
| S Surface | 15 | road. Road 15, mixed 45, gravel 70, trail 90. |
| T Cool temps | 50 | 100 minus heat (50). |
| B BQ evidence | — | No cited BQ rate. |
| E Execution | 50 | Cutoff 420 min on 42.2 km. Pacers and a course certificate are not in this record, so they add nothing. |
