Sunday 11 May 2025

KVOK Half Marathon, Kolín, Czech Republic - one of the aid stations along the course (Copyright © 2015 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

KVOK is a half marathon race held annually in April or May on a very flat out-and-back course between the town of Kolín and the village of Velký Osek in the Czech Republic.

The route begins and ends at the Atletický Stadion Mirka Tučka in Kolín, an old town of about 33,000 people, situated approximately 60 kilometres east of Prague.

Participants run along the Labe (German: Elbe) river ...

 

KVOK Half Marathon, Czech Republic - runners at the Labe (Elbe) river in Kolín (Photo: Copyright © 2025 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

...and then, mainly on cycleways, through agricultural land to Velký Osek.

 

KVOK Half Marathon, Kolín, Czech Republic - barefoot runner Vojtěch Hrabánek (Copyright © 2015 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

Along the route, you can expect a lot of support by friendly helpers at the aid stations and by cheerful locals in the villages.

 

 

In addition to the půlmaratón (half marathon), the event offers a 5k run.

 

Map of the venue:

 

67. KVOK:

Date:

  • 11 May 2025 (Sunday)

Race information:

 

Number of half marathon finishers:

  • 2024: ?
  • 2023: ?
  • 2022: 43
  • 2021: 83
  • 2020: 81
  • 2019: 110
  • 2018: 178
  • 2017: 104
  • 2016: 151
  • 2015: 140

 

No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.