The Colombo Marathon, which had been on hold for seven years due to unavoidable reasons, will take place again on October 5, starting in front of the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH).
The race will begin at 6:00 a.m. near the BMICH traffic lights and conclude at the Negombo Beach Park.
Runners will start from BMICH, proceed along Bauddhaloka Mawatha, turn at the Borella Cemetery roundabout, and continue through Dematagoda, Peliyagoda, and Wattala. From there, they will pass through Hekitta, Hamilton Canal, Pamunugama, Thalahena, Pitipana, and Duwa, before reaching Negombo Beach Park for the finish.
The 19th Colombo Marathon is organized by Lanka Sports Reisen (LSR) with the support of the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Tourism, under the full supervision of the Sri Lanka Athletics Association.
First launched in 1998 by LSR as an international marathon, the event became widely known as the Colombo Marathon. It was held continuously until 2018, but had to be canceled in 2019 due to the Easter Sunday attacks and again in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With Sri Lanka’s tourism sector now recovering, LSR has decided to relaunch the Colombo Marathon along with other international sporting events.
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