ČSOB Winter Series 2025/2026
The ČSOB Winter Series will consist of 4 running events in December 2025, January, February, and March 2026. The ČSOB Winter Series will again be thematically focused, so you have something to look forward to. The events will be a combination of classic running races and virtual races.
- We continue with the virtual form of races, where we want to accommodate all of you who like this format, it helps you prepare for the spring ČSOB Bratislava Marathon, but at the same time you cannot come to every race in Bratislava, or you spend the competition weekend on vacation or skiing.
- This combination will allow everyone to participate from all over Slovakia and possibly from abroad. The reward for participating in each part of the ČSOB Winter Series (regardless of whether virtual or traditional, or a combination) will be a medal. Medals will be given for completing each race, in person at classic events, by mail we will send the medal to those who run virtually, usually within 2 weeks after the event.
- The main goal of the ČSOB Winter Series is for you to experience the competitive atmosphere of races even in the "transition" period, compare your performance, have fun, and prepare for the spring running festival. The ČSOB Winter Series will again be conceived in a fun way this year, you can look forward to several special competitions and activations associated with individual races.
- The virtual form of races is primarily created for competitors who cannot participate in the classic form on the given date. The virtual form will be limited to a smaller number of competitors than the classic form of races.
- Please pay increased attention when filling in the address, it is possible that start numbers, or even medals, will be sent to you by mail, so that we have correct addresses where we will deliver the items to you.
- It will be possible to participate in virtual races over several days (Thursday to Sunday), classic races will have a fixed time and place of start (Saturday).
- Results will be created separately for classic races and separately for virtual races.
- After the end of the ČSOB Winter Series 2025/2026, an informative ranking of the sum of achieved times for virtual runs (4 events) and the sum of achieved times for classic runs (4 events) will be made. The assumption is that the runner always runs the same distance and chooses the same form of competition 4 times.
Jozef Pukalovič, event director
ČSOB Winter Series 2025/2026 "CLASSIC RACES"
Instructions and basic information
Main organizer: BE COOL, s.r.o., BE COOL Bory, s.r.o., Krajinská 37, 821 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic in cooperation with Bratislava Marathon, o.z., Krajinská 37, 821 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Dates:
1st series "Mikuláš Edition" – 06.12.2025 – Eurovea (Old Town/Ružinov)
2nd series "Three Kings Edition" – 10.01.2026 – Vodárenská záhrada (Karlova Ves)
3rd series "Valentine's Edition" – 07.02.2026 – location to be specified
4th series "International Women's Day Edition" – 07.03.2026 – Eurovea (Old Town/Ružinov)
Start of the run: 10:00 AM start – children's races - A – B – C (start approximately in 5-minute intervals)
11:00 AM start – 10 km run
11:10 AM start – 5 km run
(exact start times may vary slightly for individual races, we will keep you informed)
Distance and categories:
- Children's runs
- A – up to 6 years (year of birth 2020 and younger) – 300 m
- B – 7 to 10 years (year of birth 2016 - 2019) – 600 m
- C – 11 to 14 years (year of birth 2012 - 2015) – 800 m
- 5 km or 10 km
Age limit:
15 years – 5km (year of birth 2011 and older)
18 years – 10km (year of birth 2008 and older)
Categories: Men:
- M up to 39 years (year of birth 1987 – 2008/2011)
- M40 – age 40 – 49 years (year of birth 1977 – 1986)
- M50 – age 50 – 59 years (year of birth 1967 – 1976)
- M60 – age 60 and more years (year of birth 1966 and earlier)
Women:
- W up to 39 years (year of birth 1987 – 2008/2011)
- W40 – age 40 – 49 years (year of birth 1977 – 1986)
- W50 – age 50 – 59 years (year of birth 1967 – 1976)
- W60 – age 60 and more years (year of birth 1966 and earlier)
Note: categorization and evaluation are judged according to the year 2026 (3 out of 4 races of the series take place then), so that we can unify the results for all races of the series according to one year.
Main officials: Race director and chief organizer: Jozef Pukalovič
Technical director: Peter Pukalovič
Sports director: Tomáš Willwéber
Safety manager and chief referee: Dag Bělak
Applications:
- a) online via sk
- b) in person during presentation before individual runs, if the participant limit is not met.
The entry fee can be paid by payment card when registering online using the payment terminal within the registration system, or directly at the event if the participant limit for the given discipline is not met. For payment problems, contact registracia@becool.sk.
Before the event, you will receive a newsletter to your email address provided during registration, along with instructions and information about the event and conditions of participation.
Before you arrive for the presentation, please check if your name is on the start list. If not, contact registracia@becool.sk and when picking up your start number (presentation), also show your printed "Payment Confirmation", which you will receive by email after payment to the email address you provided in the registration form.
Paid entry fees are non-refundable. In case of notification of non-participation up to 7 days before the day of the event, the competitor has the option to apply the entry fee to other races, or to the next year of the event. In case the competitor notifies their non-participation due to health reasons and provides a doctor's certificate in the week of the event (i.e., from Monday), they also have the option to apply the entry fee to the next year of the event, or to other races in the series.
Re-registration is subject to a fee of 5,-Eur, which will be paid upon collection of the start package. The organizer will process re-registrations as they are reported. Re-registration on the day of the race is not possible, re-registration is possible no later than the day before the relevant race! After collecting the start package, re-registration is no longer possible.
The start number is non-transferable. If the organizer finds that another runner ran with the start number than the one listed in the registration system, the competitor will be disqualified.
Participant limit: 1000 registered runners + children with duly paid entry fee. A participant is considered duly registered only after paying the entry fee, when the system assigns them a start number and they are listed on the start list.
Time limit: 1:30 hours from the start of the run.
Presentation, collection of start numbers: Exact place and time will be specified. Presentation will always take place on Friday, the day before the event and then on the day of the event, no later than one hour before the start of your chosen discipline.
If possible, please pick up your start numbers before the day of the run (Friday), this will create an opportunity especially for participants from outside Bratislava, who arrive on the day of the race, to have a more flexible presentation just before the start of the run.
Entry fee:
- A) Children – 6€ / 8€
- B) Adults – 19€ / 23€
Depending on the payment date:
- ČSOB Winter Series 06.12.2025: - until 23.11.2025 – 6€ / 19€
- from 24.11.2025 – 8€ / 23€
- ČSOB Winter Series 10.01.2026: - until 31.12.2025 – 6€ / 19€
- from 01.01.2026 – 8€ / 23€
- ČSOB Winter Series 07.02.2026: - until 31.01.2026 – 6€ / 19€
- from 01.02.2026 – 8€ / 23€
- ČSOB Winter Series 07.03.2026: - until 28.02.2026 – 6€ / 19€
- from 01.03.2026 – 8€ / 23€
Discounted package entry fee for all 4 races:
Children's races – 20,-Eur
Adults – 76,-Eur – competitors will receive a ČSOB Winter Series 2025/2026 medal stand as a gift – children can purchase it at a discounted price
A participant is considered duly registered only after paying the entry fee!!! You can verify your participation on the event's start list on the website bratislavamarathon.sk.
Entry fee includes:
- start number with name (upon registration and payment by the end of the advantageous registration period) – applies to classic races
- medal – every participant receives one for each completed part of the ČSOB Winter Series
- refreshments at the finish line and on the course (10 km)
- chip for time measurement (chip will be placed on the start number)
- SMS with the final time, if the competitor provides their mobile phone number during online registration
- possibility to download an online diploma after the run
- possibility to use changing rooms
- possibility to use storage for personal belongings
Insurance: All participants are obliged to arrange individual health insurance (standard general health insurance covered by one of the insurance companies is sufficient). The organizer does not assume responsibility for property damage or health damage related to travel, stay and participation of competitors in the event. Each participant starts at their own risk and is responsible for their health condition in which they start and participate in the event.
Before the start, we recommend competitors to undergo a medical examination. Each participant is obliged to check the stated health insurance company during presentation (this also applies when taking over the start number for another participant). Foreign participants will submit a photocopy of the card confirming health insurance for this event. Without submitting this confirmation, the competitor will not be issued a start number, even if they have paid the entry fee.
Timekeeping: Timekeeping is provided by VOS-TPK using chips. The chip is located on the back of the start number. The start number together with the chip will be received by the competitor at the presentation when picking up the start number. The start number and chip are not returned.
Results: Results service is provided by VOS-TPK. The organizer will publish the results after the event on sportsoft.cz and then on bratislavamarathon.sk.
Rules: The race is run according to the rules of WA athletic competitions and the provisions of these propositions. A competitor may leave the road with permission and under the supervision of a referee, provided that they do not shorten the race distance. A competitor who accepts refreshments outside the refreshment station exposes themselves to the risk of being excluded from the race. A competitor must immediately withdraw from the race at the command of the chief medical officer of the event. Any accompanying (including cycling escort), or any assistance to the competitor during the competition by other persons, with the exception of necessary medical intervention by a doctor appointed by the organizational executive of the event, is considered unauthorized assistance.
Using headphones during the run is prohibited and the competitor faces disqualification. This is dangerous especially with regard to the safety of runners and spectators, possible organizational guidelines, interventions and instructions of the organizers on the course during the run, the need to react to the movement of accompanying vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles of the organizer, police, medical and rescue service, and last but not least, you deprive yourself of the atmosphere created by runners, spectators and the accompanying program prepared for you.
Protests: Protests must be submitted orally to the chief referee no later than 30 minutes after the publication of the results. An appeal against the decision of the chief referee, supported by a deposit of €10, must be submitted to the jury in writing within 30 minutes after the official announcement of the chief referee's decision.
Material prizes:
- The first three women and the first three men according to the age categories of individual runs will receive material prizes at each race.
- The overall winners of the classic races in the men's and women's categories (3 men and 3 women) evaluated after summing all four times (5 and 10 km) will receive the "ČSOB Winter Series" Trophies, and the first three competitors in each age category will also receive prizes. The announcement of the winners will take place during the Saturday afternoon program of the ČSOB Bratislava Marathon 2026 (11.-12.04.2026).
Information: All information about the races will be continuously published on bratislavamarathon.sk.
Contacts: registration: – phone: 0904 404 638, e-mail: registracia@becool.sk
Medical service: Fast medical and rescue service will be available at the start and finish area.
General provisions:
The organizer BE COOL, s.r.o. reserves the right to adjust and specify some data stated in these propositions, especially with regard to force majeure circumstances. Likewise, it reserves the right to terminate the registration of participants with regard to the fulfillment of the number of runners at the event, or to allow a larger number of runners to start at the event. The organizer BE COOL, s.r.o. also reserves the right to cancel or interrupt the event or one of the disciplines of the event in case of serious danger, especially war, adverse weather, danger of terror or other attack threatening the safety of the event participants, or due to other unforeseen force majeure events and circumstances, such as regulations and measures of the state, state and self-governing bodies and institutions.
In such a case, the runner has no right to a refund of the entry fee, or part thereof, as the organizer has already incurred costs for the preparation of the event at the time before the actual moment of interruption/cancellation of the event. However, the organizer may, after considering all circumstances and calculating the costs associated with the preparation of the event, compensate the runner for part of the entry fee.
The information provided in these propositions was created on 01.10.2025 based on the evaluation of the current epidemiological situation and the expected development in the organization of mass events in the coming weeks and months, as well as on the basis of experience that the organizer gained during the previous period during the pandemic in organizing sports and cultural events.
The organizer reserves the right to adjust some participant limits and other conditions of participation in the event, or to specify them even more (e.g., proof of vaccination card or negative test, etc.) and that "ad hoc" depending on the current epidemiological situation in Slovakia, as it will be evaluated in connection with the date of the event and how the rules for protecting the health of people (participants and spectators) will be set by the relevant authorities at that moment.
In case, based on the stated measures and conditions of participation in the event, a participant with a paid entry fee is prevented from participating in the event, the organizer guarantees a full refund of the paid entry fee, or the possibility to transfer the entry fee free of charge to one of the next years of the event or to another event organized by the Bratislava Marathon team.
We look forward to seeing you!!!
