Sunday 25 October 2026
Held in Koszalin, a city of about 100,000 people situated near the Baltic Sea coast in Poland, the Nocna Ściema (Night Sham) offers a unique oppportunity to set a fabulous PB over the marathon or half marathon distance—if you don't mind running through the night!
The race starts at 2am on the last Sunday of October, one hour before summer time (daylight saving time) ends.
At 3am, one hour into the race, clocks are set back by one hour.
So, starting at 2am, a sub-3-hour runner could finish the marathon before 4am, in a world-record time of under two hours.
Fast half marathon runners can finish the race in a couple of minutes.
The route begins and ends on the athletics track of the Stadion ZOS "Bałtyk".
The half marathon is three laps and the marathon is six laps through the south-eastern part of Koszalin. The course is a bit undulating.
Since 2025, the event also offers a 7km run (one lap).
Map of the venue:
16. Nocna Ściema:
Date:
- 25 October 2026 (Sunday)
Start time:
- 2 a.m.
Race distance:
- 7.032km (one lap)
- 21.097km (three laps)
- 42.195km (six laps)
Event website:
Number of finishers:
| 42.2km | 21.1km | 7km | |
| 2025 | 32 | 559 | 314 |
| 2024 | 23 | 530 | --- |
| 2023 | 42 | 543 | --- |
| 2022 | 98 | 551 | --- |
| 2021 | 126 | 609 | --- |
| 2020 | --- | 469 | --- |
| 2019 | 109 | 632 | --- |
| 2018 | 142 | 636 | --- |
No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.