Marktstadrun Purmerend

About the race

The Marktstadrun is the city race of Purmerend, with start and finish on the Koemarkt in the middle of the centre. The event belongs to the Purmerend late-summer festival week and has now run for fourteen editions. There is a choice of 5 and 10 kilometres, a kids run and the Marktstadwalk for those who would rather walk. On top of that there is a business run in which teams of eight take part, with their own catering and a shared celebration afterwards. Because the start, the finish and the warm-up all happen on the same square, the whole thing stays easy to follow and the crowd stands close to the runners. That makes the Marktstadrun as much a city event as a race.