World masters mountain running championships 2026

Friday   Uphill race

Saturday Long distance race

Sunday Up/Downhill race

The foodtruck Mlsná zastávka will take care of your taste buds throughout the championship. Delicious homemade products await you - sweet and savory pancakes, homemade lemonades and amazing coffee. All this is combined with a perfect place by the colonnade inviting you to rest, relax after the race and meet friends. You have something to look forward to!

More information can be found at https://wmmrc2026.maratonstav.cz/en/information/transport and

https://wmmrc2026.maratonstav.cz/en/information/event-manual

To get from Prague Airport, which is about 180 km away, you can rent a car or use bus or train connections; we describe all these options below.

🚗 Car: You can rent a car or minibus at the airport and drive to Janské Lázně Town yourself

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🚌 Bus:A comfortable and cheaper option is to combine a taxi service, metro or local bus transport from the Prague Airport to the bus station Prague,Černý Most, from where there are regular bus connections directly from Prague to Janské Lázně. You will get off right in the heart of the championships.

From the airport using local public bus transpor - the the best connection:

1. Václav Havel Airport Prague take bus Nr. 100 towards station Zličín.

2. At Zličín station, change to metro B (yellow line)

3. Take the metro to the final stop - station Černý most. 

Total travel time approximately 50-60min.

f.ex. Terminál 2 - Černý Most

At the Černý most metro station there is the Prague, Černý most bus terminal and from there are direct connections to Janské Lázně.

🚂 Train: From the Prague Airport, you have to get to the Prague, Main Train Station, again by metro, local bus transport, or taxi service. However, the train does not go to Janské Lázně Town. The nearest train stop is in Svoboda nad Úpou, about 3 km from Janské Lázně.

Bus/ train connection you can find here:

Praha - Janské Lázně

We strongly recommend to buy a seat reservation - to book tickets in advance.

Thank you for your great interest in participating in the World Masters Mountain Running Championships in Czechia. We are very pleased. Registration has been closed, and the approval process is now underway with the individual national federations, followed by their approval of each competitor’s participation. Please review your applications and communications with your national federation.

Nearly 1,000 competitors from 38 countries have registered, and nearly 600 competitors will be at the starting line each race day.
Who will be this year’s world master champion in mountain running? Who will win a team medal? We’ll find out very soon...
 

Please check the starting lists.