Macedonia

Paiko Mountain Semi Marathon

Kastaneri, KilkisOpen in Maps Sunday, 1 November 2026

Twenty kilometres in the forest of Paiko, fifteen of them on mountain trail. From Profitis Ilias above Kastaneri you drop to a stream at 750 m and climb 500 m in three kilometres, at up to 28%. Up high you run through beech, cross the Stravopotamos and top out at 1,348 m before a long descent to the finish. Mud and water are certain, and every finisher takes home a sapling to plant.

Photo: Sfetkos / CC BY-SA 4.0

Distance: 20 km
Ascent: 1,100 m
Vert / km: 55 m
Time limit: 4 h 30 min
Start: Sun 09:30

Distance and climb as the organiser publishes them. source20 km and +1,100 m as the club gives them. The route on the race page measures 20.81 km, the same as ITRA's listing (20.82 km, +1,119 m). It is a Garmin activity with no heights of its own, so the profile here comes from a 25 m terrain model and reads +1,227 m; plan on the organisers' 1,100 m.

Course profile

Grade
< 8%
8–15%
> 15%

Aid station
Summit
Technical section

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Paiko Half Marathon

Course profile