White Marble Marathon 2026

Finally, a race that won't leave you indifferent! 🥸

Come and pose on the start line of the White Marble Marathon at Marina di Carrara in Italy! Don't worry, it's not the February cold that will freeze you in place 🤪. Tuscany is one of the centers of Italian marble production! You won't be running in those quarries (now you understand the name of the city 🤓), but along the seaside 🌊. Yes indeed, who said you can't enjoy la dolce vita in winter? 🫣

Your stay at Marina di Carrara will be more sporty than a vacation 😅. There's no shortage of challenges at the White Marble Marathon: marathon (there were clues), half-marathon, 32 km, 10 km and even one urban trail of 14 km! You can invite the whole family 🤗. Plus, the route is sure to make others envious: views of the beach and the Mediterranean 😇. A front by the Apuan Sea, between Marina di Carrara, Marina di Massa and Cinquale di Montignoso, enough to motivate you to run! 🏃 You'll only make one detour through the city center, meaning the routes are mostly straight 🛣️. It's the moment to catch the right current and ride the wave of a new personal record 😎. If you're more here for the view than the performance, we understand ☝️. Anyhow, at the White Marble Marathon, everybody leaves with an unforgettable souvenir: a medal made of local white marble 🤩.

To show off with your medal around your neck 🥇, visit the various marble museums in the city. You'll learn more about the art of sculpting stone and admire spectacular marble sculptures! 😍 And to get back to the raw state of the material, the Carrara marble quarries are open for visits 😊. This city, now a UNESCO site, was also a retreat for a certain Michelangelo, a renowned sculptor ⚒️. Other sculptors have contributed to the use of Carrara marble in local architecture: the face of its cathedral is made of white Luna marble, striped with black Colonnata marble! Speaking of Colonnata, it's time to eat 🍽️. What better than Lardo di Colonnata? 😋 This specialty gets its name from a small village perched in the marble quarries 🏘️. But that's not all: the lard is even aged in marble vats! Does that leave you unmoved? 🤪

Come etch your time in the stone of the White Marble Marathon! ⏱️