17 March: Get ready to run the Acea Run Rome The Marathon, the Rome Marathon of 2024 and one of the most eagerly awaited sporting events in the capital
Acea is once again the Title Sponsor of the Rome Marathon this year, confirming its commitment to promoting sporting events. The event, which attracts thousands of professionals and amateurs from all over the world every year, winds its way through the majestic architecture of the Eternal City over a distance of approximately 42 km.
The Rome Marathon carries a very important message: #runforwater The marathon serves as a megaphone to spread the message about the need to protect water, an essential resource for both the environment and our health.
The Acea Group has managed the entire water system of the Capital City for over a century, aware that managing water does not only mean administering the service, but also enhancing a resource which is part of the history and culture of the city and intertwines harmoniously with the architecture and urban landscape of Rome.
Acea invites citizens to adopt a healthy and sustainable lifestyle also through the Waidy Wow app which, thanks to its features, helps users to take care of a precious resource such as water, and to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions.
Acea Run Rome The Marathon is also committed to planting 3,000 trees in Guatemala, in the Petén region.
A project with a double goal:
This year's 40,000 runners in the 2024 Rome Marathon will have the opportunity to follow a new, faster and smoother route, which will no longer run through Piazza Venezia, but will head south from Via dei Fori Imperiali, the starting point of the marathon.
The Acea Run Rome The Marathon will start at the foot of the Colosseum on 17 March and will unfold along a 42.195 km route that will take in some of the most evocative and characteristic places in the capital.
Historic landmarks such as the Baths of Caracalla, the Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Castel Sant'Angelo, St Peter's Basilica and Piazza di Spagna with its famous Spanish Steps will be the backdrop for the sporting event. The event will also include some of the capital's most symbolic sporting and cultural venues, such as the Foro Italico and the Auditorium Parco della Musica, before the finish line at the Imperial Fora.
Running a marathon is an experience that requires tenacity, dedication, passion and good training. The preparation for the Acea Run Rome Marathon is a long journey divided into stages, starting at least three months in advance and ending with the big event on 17 March. Running and training in the Eternal City is an extraordinary privilege and an opportunity not to be missed.
The "Get Ready" events dedicated to the Acea Run Rome The Marathon are back!! Free group training sessions open to all, perfectly suited to tackle the 2024 Rome Marathon in the best possible way. Each training session is a real party: live music and Radio 105 DJs, gadget giveaways, and the unique opportunity to run with the official Acea Run Rome The Marathon sprinters that can't be missed. A unique experience that combines fun and preparation, giving you the opportunity to share your passion for running with a community of enthusiastic people. Two exceptional personalities will guide the athletes with the right training tips: Federica Romano, expert roman runner and Marco Caponeri, official Acea Run Rome The Marathon coach.
The dates of the Rome Marathon 2024 'Get Ready' are:
Staying hydrated during the race is essential for both performance and health. In fact, along the "Get Ready" route of the Rome Marathon 2024, athletes will be able to quench their thirst at the public fountains and at the 2,500 "nasoni" (traditional Roman water fountains) distributed throughout the city and marked with coloured balloons. In addition, a team of nutritionists will provide advice and support on proper hydration during the race.
Acea's link with the Marathon testifies to its profound closeness to the Capital where it has been operating for over 110 years to guarantee quality services to the territory and people every day. It was 2 April 1906 when the Emilian Dorando Pietri won the first Rome Marathon by crossing the finish line in Piazza di Siena. Some of the most significant historical moments of this sporting event include the 1960 Rome Olympics, with the feat of the Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila, known to all for his barefoot race. But the marathon that we all know today took shape in 1995 thanks to the Italia Marathon Club, which in just a few years made the Roma City Marathon the number one Italian race in terms of participation and importance, winning the IAAF Gold Label in 2011. In recent years, the competition has continuously evolved until reaching its current form and reputation.
Inclusiveness is one of the keywords of the Rome Marathon 2023, which this year embraces everyone, competitive runners, families, children and even four-legged friends, also wearing bibs.
Another surprise awaits the participants a few moments before the start in the Imperial Forum: the aerobatic team Frecce Tricolori, for the first time in an Italian marathon, will spread the world's largest tricolour in the sky over Rome.
A new mascot for the 2023 edition, the sea turtle Vittoria of the Caretta Caretta species, in agreement with the WWF, was chosen as the symbol in support of the marine species protected by the association.
On the subject of news, the winner of the Rome Marathon 2023 will receive an exceptional prize, a medal inspired by the Colosseum, one of the 7 Wonders of the World and symbol of the city of Rome.
The winner of the 29th edition of the Acea Run the Marathon is Moroccan Taoufik Allam, who finished the 42 km in 2h07’43. The silver medal went to Wilfred Kigen in 2h08’45”, the bronze medal to another Kenyan, Rogers Keror, who clocked 2h10’50”. 3 Italians ended in the 10 top finishers, too. Neka Crippa finished 6th, followed by La Rosa, 8th. Alessandro Giacobazzi registered the third best time among the Italians, finishing behind La Rosa in 2h22'13”.
Kenyan Betty Chepkwony is the 2023 Rome Marathon winner in 2h23'01" followed by Ethiopian Fozya Jemal Amid in 2h25'08". Third position for Zinash Getachew in 2h25'58”.
Already committed to becoming the most sustainable marathon since 2021, Acea Run Rome The Marathon's ambitious goal for the coming years is to achieve carbon neutrality. As part of its goals for 2023, Acea Run Rome The Marathon pursues the idea of becoming “plastic free”. In addition, 3,000 trees will also be planted in Guatemala with the dual purpose of absorbing CO2 emissions and supporting the economy and nutrition of local farming families. From the use of recycled materials to electric mobility, the organisation's ongoing commitment is to promote ever greener lifestyles.
With its flow that accompanies the marathon runners towards the finish line and victory, the river Tiber was chosen as the symbol of the Rome Marathon. For the Acea Run4Rome solidarity relay, the paving with star motif of the Campidoglio was chosen, while on the medal of the Stracittadina Fun Race the Columns are represented, as a tribute to the Temple of Venus.
The medals of the Acea Run Rome The Marathon 2021 feature one of the symbols of the city of Rome: the sampietrini cobblestones. The sampietrini also feature on the Acea Run4Rome relay medal surrounded by some of Rome’s most important historic buildings that form its skyline. Instead, the medals of the Stracittadina Fun Race feature the Colosseum, one of the most representative monuments of the city and the competition.
The winner of the 2021 Acea Run Rome The Marathon is Kenyan Clement Langat Kiprono, in 2h08'23", followed by Emmanuel Naibei, from Tanzania, in 2h08'28". The third athlete on the podium is Ethiopia's Deresa Ulfata Geleta, 2h08'42".
In the women’s marathon, the first across the line was Kenya's Peris Lagat Cherono, in 2h29'29". Her compatriot Judith Jurubet came second, in 2h30'50". In third place, the Ethiopian Jifar Fantu Zewude, 2h32'02".
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