Turin Marathon 2026: tracking, the straight road to Moncalieri and the Piazza Castello finish

The Torino City Marathon runs on Sunday 29 November 2026, starting at 8:30 in the centre of Turin (official rules). It is one loop on closed roads: out of the city to the south-west, through Beinasco and past the royal hunting lodge at Stupinigi, east to Moncalieri, then back along the Po and the Parco del Valentino to a finish in Piazza Castello. If someone you care about is running it, here's how to see where they are right now, and how to get your voice into their ears on the long straight after halfway.

Independence notice: Cheerlify is an independent service. It is not affiliated with the Torino City Marathon organisers or sponsors, and it is not the event's official application.

The race at a glance

Start time, time limit and pick-up days are from the 2026 rules (English, Italian), which give the start place only as "Torino". The two squares named elsewhere are a kilometre apart at either end of Via Po, and the course runs through Piazza Castello in its first kilometre, so from there you see the start either way. Runners get the exact start area in their confirmation email a few days before; check the official race page in race week, also for the cut-off time.

Clocks: Turin is on Central European Time (UTC+1), and summer time already ended on 25 October, so nothing changes on race weekend. Following from the UK, Ireland or Portugal, the 8:30 start is 7:30 for you; from Finland or Greece, 9:30.

1. Official tracking: Endu.net and the timing points

The timing chip is on the bib, and timing is by Evodata. The rules list timing points at 10 km, halfway (21.1 km) and 30 km, plus an unannounced check against course-cutting, and say results are published in real time on Endu.net (rules). The rules name no separate tracking app, so Endu is where you look.

Endu only moves when your runner crosses a mat. From 10 km to halfway is about an hour at most runners' pace, and after 30 km nothing comes in until the finish, 12 km later. In between you're looking at the last reading, which can't tell you whether they're still on the long straight to Moncalieri or already down by the river. Every chip system has this gap; more here: chip timing vs GPS tracking.

What Endu does give you is the exact time: the chip reading becomes the official split and finish time. Look your runner up by name or bib number before Sunday, so you aren't searching for them at 8:30.

2. Live GPS on the map, between the readings

For the long stretches between mats you need GPS from the runner's own phone: Strava Beacon, Garmin LiveTrack, plain location sharing or Cheerlify. We compared them in marathon tracking apps compared. Cheerlify snaps the dot to the course, so you see which kilometre they're on and get an arrival estimate for any point. In Turin that tells you how long you have before they reach the river at Moncalieri, or when to leave the Italia '61 area for Piazza Castello.

Tip: keep Endu open next to the map. The 30 km split tells you they're past Moncalieri and at what pace; the dot tells you when to start looking down Via Po.

The course, stage by stage

Kilometres measured on the organisers' course file in the Cheerlify race catalog, places checked against the official race page and Finishers, so treat them as approximate:

The organisers call it one of the fastest courses in Italy, and it's mostly flat (Finishers lists 188 m of climbing in all). The toughest bit is flat too. From Stupinigi the road runs dead straight east for about six kilometres, just as the first half is spent and the second has barely started.

Where to watch

The organisers don't publish cheering points. These are the spots we'd pick:

• Piazza Castello and Via Po (about km 0.7, then the finish): see them go through in the first kilometre, get breakfast somewhere nearby, and be back for the finish. The arrival estimate tells you when to head out.
• Stupinigi (about km 19.5–21.5): the hunting lodge and halfway. It's outside the city, so work out the trip there and back before Sunday.
• Italia '61 and the Palavela (about km 31–37): the course goes north along the river, then doubles back on a parallel street, so from one spot here you can see your runner two or three times in about 25 minutes. It's a short walk from the Italia 61 stop on metro line 1, which runs to Porta Nuova, a kilometre from Piazza Castello. After their last pass they have six kilometres left, so you can make the finish.
• Parco del Valentino (about km 39): the park by the river, and the last quiet stretch before the city centre.
• The finish in Piazza Castello: bag storage is in the finish area. Agree on a meeting point a street or two away from the line.

The whole course is closed to traffic, so check GTT for race-day changes to buses and trams. The date was chosen to coincide with the Luci d'Artista light installations, so if you stay the weekend, the city is lit up in the evenings. If you can't make the trip, the map and the cheers work just as well from home.

Weather

Late November mornings in Turin can be close to freezing at 8:30, and fog is common in the Po valley at this time of year. If you'll stand on the roadside for hours, wear warm layers, gloves and a hat, and check the forecast on Saturday. The cold also drains phone batteries faster.

Be in their ears on the road to Moncalieri

Halfway comes at Stupinigi, with a palace to look at. Then the course turns east onto a straight road through Nichelino, and from km 22 to km 28 nothing changes. The second half has only just begun, and the river is still far off.

With Cheerlify you can get a voice or video message to them there in two ways. Send one while they're running and it plays right away, or record one ahead, pick the kilometre, and it plays in their earbuds when they get there. Their music dips while you talk, then comes back. Where we'd put them:

• km 25, on the straight to Moncalieri: "Halfway is behind you. Three more kilometres of this road, then the river."
• km 36, after the turnaround by the Palavela: "That was the last turn. Everything from here goes towards the finish."
• km 41, Via Po: whatever only you would say to them.

The rules don't mention music or headphones. One earbud or open-ear headphones are enough to hear a cheer clearly and still hear the marshals.

For the runner: in the Cheerlify app, pick Torino City Marathon from the race catalog. The official course is already loaded, so you don't need a GPX file. Share the link and the code with your supporters. Running the half? Pick FIAT Torino City Half Marathon instead: it has its own course, so the map, the kilometres and the arrival times follow the 21.1 km.

Supporters don't need an app or an account: a link and a code in the browser. If there are several of you, each person can send their own, live or set for a different kilometre. For ideas, we collected 30+ cheering lines for every stage of a race.

Race-week checklist for supporters

1. Your runner's bib number saved, the 8:30 start in your calendar, and your runner found on Endu.net.
2. Your runner has sent you their GPS tracking link, and you tested it on Friday or Saturday at the Village at Green Pea.
3. Their phone starts fully charged, battery saver off, location permission set to "Always", and kept in an inner pocket in the cold. Among the old buildings in the centre the dot can wander for a moment; that's normal.
4. Cheers ready: at least one for the straight to Moncalieri (km 22–28) and one for the finish, plus your phone at hand to send one live.
5. If you're there: your spots picked (Piazza Castello twice, or Italia '61 and the finish), the GTT changes checked, and a meeting point agreed away from the finish line.
6. Warm clothes, gloves and a hat for hours of standing still.

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