Chapter 08 · Where you runCourses

Amsterdam Marathon

12 editions, 2012–2025 · October

25 percent

of finishes in an average year had a sustained slowdown

114 ft of climbing

Edition by edition, between 15% (2025) and 37% (2017).

The median finish ranged from 3:52 in 2021 to 4:04 in 2017.

Fewer early drifters here: 7%, against 14% elsewhere.

Paced most like Amsterdam: Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Eindhoven.

Amsterdam’s 25%: lower than 15 of 22 other courses with three or more editions.

Of Amsterdam finishes on 4:00 pace through 20K, 19% made 4:00, against 14% elsewhere.

Of finishes on each goal's pace through 20K in the Amsterdam Marathon, the share that made the goal
GoalMade the goal, out of 100 (the other courses ringed)Made the goal
3:0025%
3:3018%
4:0019%
4:3014%
5:0016%
All numbers5 tables
Amsterdam, the whole course
Finishes152,214
Editions12
Median finish, average edition3:57:46
Sustained slowdown, average edition25.3%
Second 20K more than 10% slower36.8%
Median time given back after 20K+8:47
Climb, whole route114 ft
Amsterdam, edition by edition
YearRace dateFinishesMedian finishSustained slowdownAt the startDew pointHumidityWindStart time
2012Oct 219,9863:53:3421.2%53°F51°F92%13.7 mph09:00
2013Oct 2010,8713:58:1631.3%54°F53°F96%10.2 mph09:00
2014Oct 1911,9594:02:2632.7%62°F58°F90%12.3 mph09:00
2015Oct 1812,2013:56:5220.3%45°F44°F98%1.2 mph09:00
2016Oct 1612,1133:59:3428.5%49°F46°F89%10.0 mph09:00
2017Oct 1510,9424:04:5236.6%54°F53°F97%8.3 mph09:00
2018Oct 2111,9853:57:4225.0%48°F46°F93%7.0 mph09:00
2019Oct 2013,2533:57:3522.7%48°F48°F98%5.2 mph09:00
2021Oct 176,4913:52:2121.4%49°F40°F71%9.1 mph09:00
2022Oct 1612,4583:56:2427.3%56°F52°F87%14.1 mph09:00
2024Oct 2016,7353:58:2721.5%57°F55°F95%9.7 mph09:00
2025Oct 1923,2203:55:0914.6%44°F40°F87%6.5 mph09:00
Amsterdam, 5K by 5K
SectionClimbDescentNetPace vs. avg.
0–5K12 ft18 ft−10 ft−3.0%
5–10K29 ft23 ft+8 ft−4.8%
10–15K14 ft13 ft+2 ft−4.3%
15–20K20 ft26 ft−21 ft−2.7%
20–25K4 ft0 ft+8 ft−2.4%
25–30K5 ft12 ft−6 ft+0.1%
30–35K15 ft9 ft+14 ft+5.2%
35–40K10 ft4 ft−6 ft+7.4%
40K–finish4 ft0 ft+3 ft+5.6%
Amsterdam, goal by goal: finishes on each goal's pace through 20K
GoalFinishesMade the goalSustained slowdownGiven back after 20KMedian finish10th–90th percentile
3:006,70725.4%18.8%+5:363:05:092:58:16–3:17:36
3:3014,74317.8%23.1%+7:283:37:203:28:31–3:54:00
4:0018,18418.8%30.0%+10:254:10:023:57:59–4:31:54
4:308,26914.0%32.2%+14:274:43:274:28:40–5:06:40
5:002,70816.0%33.7%+19:035:16:424:57:43–5:38:50
Amsterdam, pacing types
Pacing typeAmsterdamOther courses
Metronome34%28%
Gentle fader33%30%
Late fader17%16%
Early drifter7%14%
Cliff3%4%
Fast-start fader6%8%

How these were measured

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