Official date status
Armbrok Yerevan Marathon is listed for October 18, 2026. This date refers to the race represented in this guide; other distances and expo activities may run on different days.
Official date information checked on 2026-10-18. This check covers the date status, not entry availability or final race operations.
Yerevan Marathon 2026: answer first
The Yerevan Marathon is Sunday, October 18, 2026, with an 8:00 start at Shahumyan Square. The official page lists the same location for the finish, a course between roughly 970 and 1,070 metres of altitude, about 300 metres of total gain for the marathon, aid every four to five kilometres, and a 14:30 event close.
Train for the actual profile rather than treating the city course as automatically flat. Use steady rolling routes, practise fueling by time, and calculate whether your conservative race plan fits the published operating window. Aid spacing is a planning input, not a promise that the products suit you.
The weekend begins October 17, while the marathon is October 18. Confirm collection, entry, current map, road access, bag rules, and any final timing update before travel.
Stop and seek appropriate care for severe symptoms or pain that changes gait. Altitude and elevation numbers are course context, not a forecast of individual performance.
Course + conditions (what should change in training)
- Surface: Road.
- Course difficulty: rolling.
Course pacing signals (what to rehearse)
- Road surface: rehearse steady rhythm and fueling at goal effort (not just easy pace).
- Rolling profile: keep effort even; let splits drift and protect the late miles.
- Crowds/wind rule: treat headwinds and congestion as “hills” and stay effort-controlled.