Frequently asked questions
On this page you can find all the useful information on the 13th edition of the Wizz Air Milano Marathon, which will be run on Sunday 6 April 2025 at 8.30 a.m. with start and finish in Piazza Del Duomo.
Route, registration, race kit, services, results, our FAQ address all the useful topics for those who are preparing to run the Relay Marathon. Should you still not find an answer to your questions, you can contact us directly at info@milanomarathon.it
About the subscription
What is needed to participate in the marathon?
Participation is open to athletes aged 20 and over (and those who will turn 20 during 2025). Requirements for participation vary according to nationality, residence and membership (or not) of an Athletics Federation.
Click here to view the explanatory document we have prepared for you!
May I register the day of the race?
No, registrations will close at 11:59 pm on April 2, 2025. However, the organizer reserves the right to close registrations before the deadline or to accept entries after the deadline.
May I pay the registration fee when I pick up my bib number?
No, you have to pay in accordance with the payment procedures provided.
May I register even if I haven’t renewed my Athletics Federation license for 2025 yet?
Yes, you can register without entering your Athletics Federation license information at the same time.
You can finalise your registration at any time by uploading your Athletics Federation license’s number (valid on the day of the event, 6 April 2025)
The procedure must necessarily be finalised before collecting the bib number at the Milano Running Festival (3, 4 and 5 April 2025), otherwise the registration will be incomplete.
May I register even if I haven’t got a license or a Runcard or the medical certificate yet?
Yes, you can register without entering your RUNCARD and medical certificate information at the same time.
You can finalise your registration at any time by uploading your RUNCARD number and medical certificate (valid on the day of the event, 6 April 2025)
The procedure must necessarily be finalised before collecting your bib number at the Milano Running Festival (3, 4 and 5 April 2025), otherwise your registration will be incomplete.
How can I check if my registration was successful?
The online registration portal automatically sends an e-mail confirming registration when the payment is validated.
If you do not receive this confirmation, please contact us at info@milanomarathon.it, to be sure that your e-mail can also receive the subsequent communications that we will send.
If I can’t participate, can I get a refund of the registration fee?
During the registration process you will be given the chance to purchase an insurance, at the cost of just 10 Euros, which will allow you to obtain the refund of the entry fee in case of cancellation of your participation for any reason.
If the cancellation is asked by February 2, 2022 the registration fee will be refunded 100%, otherwise 75%. The refund will be made within two months following the event.
Note: you don’t need to prove your impossibility to participate (eg by submitting a medical certificate), but the reimbursement must be requested through the appropriate form, available here
The following costs are not refundable:
- the cost of the insurance itself (10 euros)
- the cost of the online registration service (5 euros)
- the cost of other paid options
The race’s week
The marathon confirmation letter
On March 31, all regularly registered athletes will receive a valid e-mail as an official “confirmation letter.”
This email will contain all the basic instructions for the bib number pick-up and race participation. You do not need to print a hard copy of the email itself; you can bring it on a device like a smartphone or tablet.
Milano Running Festival
The Wizz Air Milano Marathon, is every year preceded by the three day sports and events event, kicking off from Thursday, April 3 until Saturday, April 5. Headquarters the MiCo – Milano Convention Center in City Life, where the Milano Running Festival is located, a large exhibition hub in which there will be entertainment activities, workshop-clinics, event and product presentations. It will be three days dedicated to the world of running and beyond.
Check out the schedule:
Thursday, April 3 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, April 4 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Other races on Saturday, April 5:
from 09:00 a.m. Levissima Family Run, the 3km run open to all, discover more
from 15:00 the Arcaplanet Dog Run, the walk dedicated to 4-legged friends, discover more
How to reach the Milano Running Festival:
Allianz MiCo – GATE 2 EGINARDO – Viale Eginardo Allianz MiCo – GATE 1 PARCO
Nearest subway (Portello, on the M5 lilac line) is about 300 meters from the village
Where can I pick-up my bib number?
You will be able to collect your bib (and the race pack) on the following days:
- Thursday, April 3 from 4pm to 8pm
- Friday, April 4 from 10am to 8pm
- Saturday, April 5 from 9am to 7pm
Allianz MiCo – Milano Convention Center, access:
Allianz MiCo – GATE 2 EGINARDO – Viale Eginardo Allianz MiCo – GATE 1 PARK
Nearest subway (Portello, on the M5 lilac line) is about 300 meters from the village
Bib pickup proxy
To delegate bib pickup, fill out the following form
Can I pick-up the bib number on race day?
The bib number can only be withdrawn during the days when the Milano Running Festival is held.
Do you have sports and non-sports clothing that you no longer use?
Donate, reuse, help with Humana!
This year, together with Humana People to People, let’s give a second life to your sports and non-sports clothing! Humana collects, reuses and donates clothing to those in need, supporting outreach projects around the world.
You’ll find Humana eco boxes at four key locations:
Milano Running Festival
Start Marathon and Relay Marahton
Family Run Village
Charity Village (Relay Arrival)
Take an item you no longer use with you and turn it into an opportunity for someone else.
The great day
How to check the bag with your personal clothes
You can use only the special transparent bag (size 40×60 cm) that will be delivered (or shipped, if you require this service) together with the bib. No other bags or backpacks will be accepted! Do not forget to identify the bag with the appropriate label stating your race number. After arrival, you can pick up the bag while exhibiting the bib number. Please remember that the bag must contain only the personal clothes that you will need after the race. We suggest that you do not leave any object of value in the bag: the organization will not be held liable for loss or theft of such objects.
How to get to the start if you don't have to go through the bag deposit
BY SUBWAY. This is the system that we recommend: using the metro you’ll help the Milan Marathon to be more eco-friendly! The closest stops to the start are:
- SAN BABILA M1 (red) M4 (blue), CORDUSIO M1 (red), MISSORI M3 (yellow)
BY TRAIN. From MILANO CENTRALE station you can reach the start area by the subway (yellow line M3) to the stop indicated above.
BY CAR. You definitely don’t want to reach the start area by car. If you can’t do without car, we suggest that you use the car parks available at numerous metro stations, which offer daily discount rates daily. You can find more information on the ATM website, here.
Start procedure
Access to the starting sectors will be possible from 7:00 a.m. until 8:20 a.m. Latecomers will have to start from the back of the group. The entrances to the “corrals” will be manned by volunteers who will check your race number to verify that you are entering the start corral that has been assigned to you.
The start of the Wizz Air Milano Marathon 2025 will be given at 8:30 a.m.
Safety procedures
In compliance with the provisions of the official communicate by the Ministry of the Interior NR.
555/0P/0001991/2017/1 (so-called “Circolare Gabrielli”) special safety procedures will be implemented. In
particular:
• access to the starting sectors in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II from 7:00 a.m.. The marathon
runners must show their bib number to access;
• To gain access, marathoners must compulsorily show their bib number
• the organization does not guarantee access to the starting sectors in time for the athletes who
will present themselves at the gate after 8:20 am;
• it will not be allowed to bring inside the service area in Piazza Castello any
container (bag, backpack, etc.) other than the special transparent bag provided by the organization
(and marked with the appropriate label with your bib number), inside which the individual items must
be placed in bulk, to allow an accurate and fast control by security officers.
Further information and more details will be provided to the athletes in the days before the race.
Refreshment and sponging stations
As per WA / FIDAL rules, there will be refreshment stations with water after the finish line and every 5
kilometers along the course. Beginning on the 20th km, fruit and cookies will also be available.
In addition to the 8 refreshments provided in the regulations, there will be 2 additional refreshments at km: 33 – 28
A number of sponging stations will also be available at the refreshment stations.
Time limits
The time limit to finish the marathon is 6h30′. There are also two intermediate “gates”: at km 21.1 after 3h15 ‘of the race (about 12:00 pm) and at km 27,8 after 4h20′ of the race (about 1:00pm). If, unfortunately, you do not respect the passage times at the gates, you may be invited by the staff to get on the buses for the retired athletes or, at least, to continue running on the pavement and not on the roadway.
We all know that it’s very unpleasant to be asked to quit the marathon, but please remember that our staff will do that, if necessary, to ensure your safety. After the times indicated above, in fact, the streets will gradually be re-opened to car traffic, according to the race authorization issued by the Municipality.
Timekeeping
Along the way, your passage times at km 10, at the half marathon (km 21.097) and at km 30 will be recorded. And of course we will record the final time on arrival.
Even if we will provide you the net time, please remember that according to the official rules, rankings will be based on the “gun time”, that is the time calculated from the starter’s gunshot.
Pacers
Different groups of pacers will help marathon runners to maintain a constant pace and get to the finish line in the time established in advance. The pacers will be easily recognizable by their clothing an by colored balloons.
The pacers will be available for the following final times: 3h00’ | 3h10’ | 3h20’ | 3h30’ | 3h40’ | 3h50’ | 4h00’ | 4h15’ | 4h30’ | 4h45’ | 5h00’ | 5h30’ | 6h00’ | 6h30’. Choose the group most suited to your needs.
The course
The Wizz Air Milano Marathon is a loop race course, starting and finishing from Piazza Del Duomo, in the beating heart of the city, is improved in detail, year after year, to offer all runners a modern and complete route, capable of reconciling the flowing needs of top runners and advanced amateurs, with the possibility of admiring and enjoying a city that is increasingly beautiful in its combination of historical and contemporary elements.
We remind you that the trajectory used for the measurement corresponds to the minimum distance travelled. It is virtually impossible that you can follow the same trajectory in the race, for which it is normal that your GPS watch records a distance travelled superior to 42.195 km even by several hundred meters.
Transport service for withdrawn athletes
Athletes with an injury or who want to leave the race can get on the “sweep bus” following the last runner to
reach the next collection point (km 12,8 – km 22,3 – km 28). From there they will be transported to the finish area (Piazza Cordusio red line M1), where they can go back to the bag area sited in Piazza Castello (Red line M1 and Lanza green line M2).
Athletes who are able to walk can reach the nearest collection point. Transportation to the finish area will start
from the three collection points, respectively, at: 11:45 – 13:00 – 14:00.
Check the map below to understand how to reach the service area from from Piazza Cordusio
How to follow the marathoners in the race live
To follow live the location of the marathoners in the race download the official app of the Wizz Air Milano Marathon 2025 at the following link
Medical service
With the coordination of I-HELP by BSO, the organization will provide the runners with a timely and qualified
medical service, to help all athletes in difficulty.
An advanced medical post (PMA) will be located in Piazza Del Duomo, a few meters after the finish line. Along
the course, aid stations, ambulances and medical cars will be available approximately every 4 kilometers.
After the race
What happens at the end of the race?
A few meters after the finish line, you will be channeled into special lines along which these operations will take place.
- medal delivery
- delivery of the final refreshment bag
- delivery of the finisher jersey
- delivery of the thermal cape (in case of bad weather conditions)
Going on, you will find the medical area and then the refreshment point. Now, collect the bag with your personal belongings and, finally, reach the changing rooms and toilets.
Where can I find the results?
The intermediate and final times will be available in real time by following the appropriate links indicated on the milanomarathon.it/en/ website. Similarly, it will be possible to download the participation certificate.
Voucher Wizz Air
At the end of the marathon you will receive via e-mail a 20€ voucher Wizz Air to book and plan your next trip around the world!
Massage area
There will be a post-race massage area at the bag deposit area sited in Piazza Castello.