I would just repeat the comments below. Impressive support from the crowds shouting your name; it feels really personal and boosts your confidence. Flawless organization with refreshment stations every 2-3K. Just perfect weather with no clouds in the sky and yet cool enough. Some great times were run this year (2010) with 2:08:33 setting the track record. With relatively few full marathon competitors (about 1,000) this seems to be the world's smallest high-class marathon.

The marathon has a long history in this town and the residents provide a great deal of support. I especially liked that people had booklets with participants' names and numbers. There were quite a few people who called out my name along the course, which is always welcomed encouragement. At one part of the course there was a pub, and they had pulled tables just along the course. What a great crowd. I was tempted to accept one of the outstretched beers as I went by. If you have the opportunity to run this marathon, don't miss out. Great organization, relatively flat course, and enthusiastic crowds. The people of Kosice are great. If I can work it to my schedule, I'd definitely run it again.

Ran together (with two other Brits) at the last moment, due to the postponement of the Budapest Marathon.

Met a great crowd of Spanish runners on the evening train to Kosice from Budapest. The atmosphere was like a big-city marathon with the half marathon helping to get us going on the first lap. The drink stations were some of the best I have experienced across the world. Thank you.

-Brendan Cradden Bearbrook Joggers, UK

I have run 2 times in Ko?ice. (Once the half-marathon and once the marathon.) It is great experience. It is not just oldest marathon in Europe (est. in 1924) and 2nd oldest in the world, but the race is also in a wonderful old city with great spectators along the whole course. The atmosphere is really fantastic. The people help you very much, by encouraging and supporting every runner with great applause. The marathon has a very long tradition here. Last year, world-renowned names (runners) from Kenya, etc. ran this race.