The route will follow the ancient road from Athens to Elefsina, Megara, Ancient Corinth and then to Ag. Vassileios and Ancient Kleones, to reach Ancient Nemea. Then the course will follow the way to Malandreni, Lyrkeia and Karya, will climb to Artemisio Mountain( 4 km off-road )at 1.227m and then will go to Nestani. It will pass through Tegea to enter the Tripolis-Sparta road and get to the statue of Leonidas in Sparta Stadium.
This will ensure the most faithful route taken by the ancient Pheidippides.
The way back will follow the same course. Total route: 485,3 km.
Below a link to the race route, with supply points, check points and rest points:
Please scroll down for the map and tables with distances + incline information for race segments:
Information about the pace per race section:
Below is the list of all stations in .pdf format:
Below the link to the Athens-Marathon route of the 10th anniversary edition of the Authentic Pheidippides Road, as well as the map with incline information:
Below is the link to download the .gpx and .kml files for the Athens-Sparta-Athens and Athens-Marathon routes: