Tartu Maraton

The Tartu Maraton is a ski marathon in Tartu in Estonia and one of sixteen rounds of the Worldloppet series.

The course is conducted since 1960. The route length varied 30-63 kilometers. Is organized by the Club Tartu Maraton the run, which was founded in 1991. Initially, the run of Tartu was conducted by Kääriku or Otepaeae. Since 1996, most of Otepaeae by Elva. The number of participants was in the last years was more than three thousand.

The main run was conducted in 2003 with 63 km classic technique of Otepaeae by Elva. In addition to the main deck there is a run about half the distance of about 31.5 km. In addition to skiing, there are the events Tartu Jooksumaraton (23 km and 10 km Run and Nordic walking ), Tartu Rattaralli (133 km and 69 km cycling ) and the Tartu Rattamaraton (89 km and 40 km mountain bike race).