Here’s all the practical info for the eleventh edition.
BIB COLLECTION DATES AND TIMES, LA MEZZA & LA DIECI DI TORINO
CORNER OF VIA LAGRANGE AND VIA SOLERI, TURIN
Friday 17 April, from 13:00 to 19:30
Saturday 18 April, from 10:00 to 19:30
PIAZZA VITTORIO, TURIN
Sunday 19 April, from 7:00 to 8:00 (only for those living outside the province of Turin)
To collect your bib, show your entry confirmation email, printed or on your phone screen, or your payment receipt. You can send someone else to collect your bib: just give them a copy of the entry confirmation you received by email.
Please remember that to take part in the half marathon (competitive and non-competitive) you need a competitive sports medical certificate for athletics, valid on race day. Non-competitive half marathon runners must hand in their certificate when entering or when collecting their bib. Half marathon bibs are not handed out without the required documents.
RACE SCHEDULE
SUNDAY 19 APRIL
7:00 Race Village opens, Piazza Vittorio, Turin (bib collection only for those living outside the province)
8:00 bib collection closes
8:00 start pens open, Piazza Vittorio/Via Po
8:30 start of La Mezza & La Dieci di Torino, Piazza Vittorio/Via Po
10:30 La Dieci di Torino prize-giving
10:45 La Mezza di Torino prize-giving
BIB NUMBERS
21KM | BIBS 1 TO 5000
10KM | BIBS 5001 TO 8000
Start order is based on the personal best you gave when you entered.
Runners enter the start area, divided into 7 pens, according to the colour band on the side of their bib.
The first six are for the half marathon and the competitive 10 km, the last pen for the non-competitive races. You must be in your pen by 8:15, according to your bib number.
START PENS
First pen YELLOW
Second pen RED
Third pen BLUE
Fourth pen GREEN
Fifth pen PURPLE
Sixth pen LIGHT BLUE
Seventh pen PINK
AID STATIONS ON THE COURSE
Aid stations will be at the following points:
21 km course: at about km 6.5, km 12 and km 18.
10 km course: at about km 6.5.
Every aid station has water, electrolytes and sponges.
RESULTS AND PRIZES
Results and prizes follow WA and FIDAL (Italian Athletics Federation) rules, by sex, overall finishing order and category. The prize-giving takes place on Sunday 19 April from 10:30 in the finish area.
Prizes go to the top 8 men and women in the Half Marathon and the top 3 men and women in the 10 km.
Category prizes will not be presented on the podium. The top three in each category of both races can collect their prize at the bib collection point by showing their race bib.
LA MEZZA PACERS
The following pacers will be running:
1h25’00” – 4’01”/km (PURPLE BALLOON)
1h30’00” – 4’16”/km (LIGHT GREEN BALLOON)
1h35’00” – 4’30”/km (RED BALLOON)
1h40’00” – 4’44”/km (PEACH BALLOON)
1h45’00” – 4’58”/km (LILAC BALLOON)
1h50’00” – 5’12”/km (ORANGE BALLOON)
1h55’00” – 5’27”/km (SKY BLUE BALLOON)
2h00’00” – 5’41”/km (WINE RED BALLOON)
2h05’00” – 5’55”/km (BEIGE BALLOON)
2h10’00” – 6’09”/km (DARK YELLOW BALLOON)
2h15’00” – 6’23”/km (DARK PINK BALLOON)
BAG DROP
A bag drop service is available. You may leave one item only, the size of a small backpack, using the numbered tag in your bib envelope. The organisers are in no way responsible for its contents.
CUT-OFF TIME
For the half marathon the cut-off time is 2h30’: every runner must cross the finish line within it, at an average pace no slower than 7’05”/km throughout.
Two checkpoints, staffed by Federation officials and the organisers, will check that runners pass within the time limit: at about km 9 (Lungo Po Diaz/Via Maria Vittoria) by 9:39 and at about km 12 (Corso Massimo/Corso Dante) by 10:00
Anyone passing after those times is considered out of the race and their bib is no longer valid, even if they keep it. Runners who nevertheless wish to carry on without a bib, and therefore outside the race, must continue on the parts of the road reserved for pedestrians (pavements, pedestrian areas, parks). As set out in the rules, once the last runner still officially in the race has passed, the roads reopen to traffic and anyone carrying on does so at their own risk and responsibility. The organisers are therefore not responsible for them in the finish area, including for timing.
For the 10 km the cut-off time is 1h40’: every runner must cross the finish line within it, at an average pace no slower than 10’/km throughout.
OFFICIAL 2026 MEDAL
Every finisher will receive the official 2026 La Mezza di Torino & La Dieci di Torino medal in the finish area.
RACE PHOTOS
Thanks to the innovative ENDU pix facial recognition service, you can buy your photos.
To get in, you can upload up to 3 selfies. If you wore glasses or a cap during the event, we suggest putting them back on to help identify you.
