Here you will find basic information about the Generali Piros 85 2024 competition, we also help you with contact possibilities (email address) in English.
The rest of the website is only in Hungarian, even the registration system. Next year we will definitely have the whole website working in three languages (Hungarian, Romanian and English), even the registration system will be bilingual (Hungarian/English), but in 2023 we didn’t get to fix all that.
Of course, we guide you through the entry system step by step and answer any questions you may have about the competition.
Thanks for your understanding and patience!
Piros 85
Piros 85 is a mountain running competition, known to many foreign runners who have participated in it over the years.
Piros is red (the colour of the tourist marker along the route), 85 indicates the distance (the classic route, actually 87,86 km).
The start is in Budapest and the finish in neighbouring Budaörs, the competition route of course is not a direct one between the two cities. 🙂 It’s a really beautiful route, through the mountains (more like hills) around Budapest.
The date of the competition is 02. 11. 2024. on Saturday.
Races
Piros 85
- Distance: 87,86 km
- Level difference: 3205 m
- Start: Csillagház Primary School, 1038 Budapest, 16 Ráby Mátyás St.
- Start time: 2 November 2024 (Saturday), 08.00
- Finish: Herman Ottó Primary School, 2040 Budaörs, 6 Ifjúság Street.
- Time limit: 16 hours
- GPS-track
1/2 Piros 85
- Distance: 42 km
- Level difference: 1515 m
- Start: Pilisszántó, Kék ház
- Start time: 2 November 2024 (Saturday), 11:00 am
- Finish: Herman Ottó Primary School, 2040 Budaörs, 6 Ifjúság St.
- Time limit: 8 hours
- GPS-track
1/4 Piros 85
- Distance: 21 km
- Level difference:
- Start: Nagykovácsi, Faluház
- Start time: 2 November 2024 (Saturday), 13:00 am
- Finish: Herman Ottó Primary School, 2040 Budaörs, 6 Ifjúság St.
- Time limit: 4 hours
Piros 85 relay (5 members)
- Distance: 87,86 km (28,15+8,14+17,52+20,5+13,55 km)
- Level difference: 3205 m
- Start: Csillagház Primary School, 1038 Budapest, 16 Ráby Mátyás St.
- Start time: 2 November 2024 (Saturday), 08.00
- Finish: Herman Ottó Primary School, 2040 Budaörs, 6 Ifjúság Street.
- Time limit: 16 hours
Fees
Piros 85 (87,86 km): 34 990 HUF (~90 EUR)
1/2 Piros 85 (42 km) 28 990 HUF (~75 EUR)
1/4 Piros 85 (21 km) 24 990 HUF (~65 EUR)
Piros 85 relay (28,15+8,14+17,52+20,5+13,55 km): 5 × 18 990 HUF (~50 EUR/pers.)
Awards
Finisher’s medal is awarded to each participant who falls within the time limit. Prizes are awarded to the top 3 finishers in each race.
Piros 85, 1/2 Piros 85, 1/4 Piros 85
- place 1-3 female, male
- places 1-3 in female age categories (35-44, 45+)
- places 1-3 in male age categories (40-49, 50+)
Piros 85 relay (5 members)
- place 1-3 female, male, mixed (open only)
For breaking the female – Tiricz Irén, 8:17:01 (2018) – and male – Milata Patrik, 7:14:40 (2019) – record, a prize is set.
Checkpoints and revitalisation – opening hours
Csillaghegy (Start): 8.00-9.30
Nagy Kevély • 7,09 km (Checkpoint 1): 8.30-9.30
PZ elágazás (Revitalisation point): 9.00-10.40
Tölgyikrek • 17,26 km (Checkpoint 2): 9.20-11.30
Dömös • 28,10 km (Checkpoint 3, revitalisation point): 10.00-13.45
Szakó-nyereg • 32,74 km (Checkpoint 4): 10.30-14.40
Dobogókő Menedékház • 36,24 km (Checkpoint 5): 10.45-15.20
Pilisszántó (Revitalisation point, marathon start): 11.15-16.45
Csévi Nyereg • 45,65 km (Checkpoint 6): 11.30-17.15
Kopár Csárda • 53,76 km (Checkpoint 7, revitalisation point): 12.00-19.00
Kakukk-hegy • 54,82 km (Checkpoint 8): 12.10-19.10
Hosszú-árok • 59,39 km (Checkpoint 9): 12.30-20.05
Nagy Szénási Emlékfal • 62,27 km (Checkpoint 10): 12.40-20.40
Nagykovácsi Faluház • 65,05 km (Checkpoint 11, revitalisation point): 13.00-21.15
Juliannamajori műút (Conditioned checkpoint): 13.25-22.25
Fekete-fej • 72,34 km (Checkpoint 12): 13.30-22.45
Hárs-hegyi körút (Conditioned Checkpoint): 13.40-23.00
Szépjuhászné, nyomóskút (Revitalisation point): 13.45-23.15
János-hegy • 77,05 km (Checkpoint 13): 13.50-23.40
Makkosmária • 81,36 km (Checkpoint 14): 14.10-00.30
Budaörs, Herman Ottó Iskola (Finish): 14.40-02.00
All revitalisation points offer the same: water, cola, isotonic drink, apple, banana, dried fruit, chocolate, neapolitan, biscuit, ropi, olives, cheese.
Further information
Generali Piros 85 2023 is UTMB Index Race (100K; 1/2: 50K; 1/4: 20K).
Finishers of Piros 85 (87.86 km) receive 4 ITRA points (1/2 2 points, 1/4 1 point)!
Of course they also get food. 🙂
If you cramp up on the course, you can ask for MERU Magnesium Oil at each checkpoint.
The checkpoints are waiting for you with lots of things to energise you, Piros 85 is legendary in this respect too.
Once in Finish, you can shower, even sleep there if you have a sleeping bag (there are mattresses in the school gym where the Finish is).
Isn’t included in the price the Saturday morning bus transfer from Finish to Start (i.e. you can leave e.g. your car – but also a change of clothes etc. – in Finish, runners are taken to the start point by bus).
More information to come.
The registration is on the versenynaptar.com page, the list of participants is also on our page (in alphabetical order), but the official one is also on the versenynaptar.com page, with start numbers for those who have a valid registration (i.e. have already paid).
The registration system is only in Hungarian (next year it will be in English too), but we will guide you, if you need help. So the first step is to register on the page (name, gender, date of birth, email address and password), after which you can already enter your profile for registration. There you also ask for the club you run (if you don’t have one, a space in the relevant box will suffice) and whether you are vegetarian or vegan.
Contact in English
If you have any questions or want to sign up – or both 🙂 – you can contact us by email: en@piros85.hu
We hope to meet you in Budapest on 2 November 2024. We look forward to seeing you!