The 11th PKO Cracovia Royal Half Marathon: registration has started!
You can now register to take part in the 11th PKO Cracovia Royal Half Marathon, which will be held on 12 October 2025! Online registration for the largest event of the Royal Triad Running Triad in terms of attendance has begun, and this year as many as 15,000 people will be able to take part! The base of the event will traditionally be the TAURON Arena Kraków, inside which participants will once again experience a magical finish.
Finish again in the TAURON Arena Kraków!
Start at 10:00 a.m., once again from Lema Street - in front of TAURON Arena Kraków. And the finish in the shine of the lights in the dimmed largest sports and entertainment hall in Poland! Runners from all over the world testify that such a finish, with the cheering of fans gathered in the arena, is a real treat and an injection of endorphins. TAURON Arena Kraków together with Small Hall will also once again be the base of the event - the Competition Office, changing rooms and a depository will be located there.
Registration for the 11th PKO Cracovia Royal Half Marathon
Online registration for the 11th PKO Cracovia Royal Half Marathon is available HERE. Before registering, please read the REGULATIONS of the run. Online applications will be accepted until 6 October 2025 or until the limit of participants is exhausted. If there are any vacancies, registration will still be conducted at the Competition Office in Small Hall of the TAURON Arena Kraków - on 10-11 October 2025.
A properly completed application form and payment of the entry fee are considered valid applications. If the payment is not made immediately after registration, the application is considered invalid.
Team registration
There is a possibility of team registration. The minimum number of competitors that may be registered through the team registration is 5. There is a 10% discount for groups of 10 or more. Details on the rules of team registration can be found HERE.
Conditions of participation
There is a limit of starters – 15.000 competitors. The organizer reserves the right to change the above-mentioned limit.
The run may be attended by people who turn 18 on 12 October 2025 at the latest.
The entry fee
170 PLN - until 07.07.2025
200 PLN - 08.07.2025-31.08.2025
240 PLN - 01.09.2025-06.10.2025 r. or until the starting limit is reached
300 PLN - 10-11.10.2025 at the Competition Office, if the starting limit is not reached
The payment of the starting fee is possible only via the PayU payment system (direct transfer from the registration profile) until 6 October 2025, immediately after registering for participation or - if the limit of participants and accepting applications is not exhausted - at the Competition Office by cash or credit card, according to the above-mentioned rates.
Lack of payment upon registration will result in removal from the start list.
The PayU system allows you to pay the entry fee in EURO by calculating the entry fee according to the EURO exchange rate on the date of payment. It is not possible to pay in EURO at the Competition Office.
The possibility of transferring the entry fee to another competitor - until 10 October 2025 at the latest - has been introduced. Details in the regulations.
It is possible to purchase a voucher - a gift for a competitor. Details on paying the starting fee for another person can be found HERE.
Attention! Please read the following documents:
Rules of the 11th PKO Cracovia Royal Half Marathon
Team registration
Voucher purchase instructions
Instructions for collecting the starting package
Second decade of the Cracovia Royal Half Marathon
Already the first edition of the Cracovia Royal Half Marathon was honoured with the Tomasz Hopfer (the great sports promoter) Event of the Year 2014 Award in the Debuts category at the Mass Running Gala in Warsaw. On the map of Polish half marathons, the Kraków's event is a very important point for runners.
The Cracovia Royal Half Marathon course records belong to African representatives. In 2024, with a time of 1:01:33, Kenyan Denis Chirchir improved by one second the previous record set in 2019 by Ethiopian Enyew Mekonnen. Also in 2019, Kenyan Betty Lembus covered the course in a time of 1:10:48, a record among women. The fastest Pole in the history of the Cracovia Royal Half Marathon is Szymon Kulka, who covered the course in 2016 in a time of 1:03:03, and the fastest Polish woman is Izabela Trzaskalska, who finished in the same year with a time of 1:11:33.
The 10th jubilee Cracovia Royal Half Marathon in 2024 saw the magic number of 10,000 participants exceeded for the first time. 10,753 people from 50 countries started, and 10,720 of them checked in at the finish line, setting a new attendance record. The previous one fell in 2018, when the 5th edition of the run was completed by 8758 athletes from 8784 starters. We hope to set another record together in 2025!
The 11th PKO Cracovia RoyalHalf Marathon together with the TAURON 22nd Cracovia Marathon, which was organised on 6 April, as well as the 18th PKO Three Mounds’ Run scheduled for 21 September, form the 8th edition of the Royal Running Triad. The event is also included in the Crown of Polish Half Marathons and the unique ‘Capitals of the Millennium’ series, which takes place only once in history.