The Old City

Run atop the walls surrounding this beautiful Croatian city on the Adriatic coast

Dubrovnik Half Marathon

Dubrovnik, Croatia | Sunday, May 1, 2022

Dating back to the Middle Ages, the stone city walls that surround this coastal city in southern Croatia — now a UNESCO World Heritage site — will make up most of the route at this springtime race, a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience for the adventurous runner. The history you’ll run through is palpable everywhere; from being nearly completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1667 to suffering severe damage from shelling during the war for Croatian independence in the 1990s, Dubrovnik has since become one of the most-visited cities on the Mediterranean. Throughout your 13.1 miles, you’ll get to look over onto the crystal blue waters of the Adriatic Sea below, and take in sights that might be familiar if you’re a fan of movies like The Last Jedi or TV shows like Game of Thrones, as scenes from both were filmed here.

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A great running read

Do We Really Need to Take 10,000 Steps a Day For Our Health? This number, which has probably stuck in your head just like mine ever since I heard it — and is the stick I use to beat myself up sometimes when I don’t hit it — isn’t really based in science, it turns out.

“The good news is that upping our current step counts by even a few thousand additional strides most days could be a reasonable, sufficient — and achievable — goal.”

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Words to run by

“Could it be... that the hero is one who is willing to set out, take the first step, shoulder something? Perhaps the hero is one who puts his foot upon a path not knowing what he may expect from life but in some way feeling in his bones that life expects something of him.”

— P.L. Travers