MarathonRoad🇰🇬 Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan

Issyk-Kul International Marathon

Saturday, 1 May 2027Estimated dateIn 6 months

Held each spring as Run the Silk Road – SCO, it opens the tourist season at Lake Issyk-Kul: start and finish by the Cholpon-Ata hippodrome, with the course along the lakeshore at about 1,600 m and the snowy Tian Shan on the horizon.

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Facts checked 24 Oct 2026 against 24.kg, eng.sectsco.org, worldathletics.org.

Elevation gain

120 m

Rolling · ↓ 120 m

Start altitude

1,626 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

10°C

Peaks around 12°C

Entry fee

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Finishers

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typical year

Course

Out and back

Cut-off: check site

Getting thereFly into IKU (Tamchy), about 36 km from the start

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Elevation profile

Rolling: about 120 m of climbing and 120 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start

10°C

Peak during race

12°C

Humidity

74%

Chance of rain

29%

Wind

6 km/h

1 May in past years

Historical averages for 1 May ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 08:00 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

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