Race info 2025

TIMETABLE

Helsinki Trail Run will be run on Friday 13th of June 2025 at Paloheinä, Helsinki.

Start times:
17.30 Kids Run 500 m
17.45 Kids Run 1000 m

18.30 Helsinki Trail Run 10 km & 21,1 km

DISTANCE AND SERIES

Series are Men/Women. Distances are approximately 10 km and 21,1 km.

START

The start will be located near Paloheinän ulkoilumaja.

RACE OFFICE AND BIB NUMBERS

Race office will be open on race day at Paloheinän ulkoilumaja (address: Pakilantie 124, Helsinki). You can pick up your bib number or late register for Helsinki Trail Run at the race office between 14.30-17.30.

Kids Run Helsinki Trail: bib numbers can be picked up at the race office between 14.30-17.00. Please note that late registration for the kids runs ends at 17.00!

REGISTRATION

Online pre-registration for Helsinki Trail Run 2025 is now open. Sign up here!

LATE REGISTRATION

Late registration is possible on race day at the race office at Paloheinän ulkoilumaja between 14.30-17.30 (until 17.00 for the kids runs).

SPORT VOUCHER PAYMENTS

We accept payments with Finnish sport vouchers: Smartum, ePassi and Edenred.

1. Electronic sport vouchers should be paid to Helsinki Half Marathon Oy in your sports benefit app (Smartum, Edenred or ePassi).
2. Paper sport vouchers should be sent to the following address:Helsinki Half Marathon Oy
   Kolmas linja 21 C 60
   00530 Helsinki

    

   When you send the vouchers, please put following details inside the envelope: Participant name(s), the amount of vouchers and event name and date.

3. Combination payment with sport benefits and bank transfer. You can pay your registration also by combining sport vouchers and bank transfer. In this case, please follow the instructions above with sport benefit payments and pay the rest of your registration fee by bank transfer with following details:

   Receiver: Helsinki Half Marathon Oy
   Bank account number: FI08 4055 0012 4358 10
   SWIFT/BIC: HELSFIHH
   Message: Participant name and event name

If you have any questions regarding payment with sports vouchers, please contact tapahtumat @ runhigh.fi

TIMING

The race will be timed with an electronic timing application. Please place your bib number on the front of your shirt and keep it visible especially when arriving at the finish in order to get your time.

ROUTE

Below is the 2025 route map. The 10 km route is marked on the map in blue and the 21,1 km route in red.

The route runs along the forest trails in the northern part of Helsinki’s Central Park, and is marked on the trails. Please follow the route markings closely when running.

You can also download the routes as a GPX file: 10 km and 21,1 km. 

MAXIMUM RUNNING TIME & CUT OFF

The maximum running time for 10 km is 2 hours.

The maximum running time for 21,1 km is 3,5 hours. There is one cut off point on the 21,1 km route at the 10 km mark. Runners must make it to the cut off point by 20.12 (1h 42min from the start) to be able to continue on the course. If a runner does not make the cut off time, they will be led by the organizer to the finish and will get a time for 10 km.

QUITTING

If you have quit your race, please inform a member of our staff. In that case, we kindly ask you not to come near the finish line with your bib number on.

FIRST AID

Will be found near the start and finish.

REFRESHMENT STATIONS

10 km: There is one hydration point on the route serving water and sport drink.

21,1 km: There are three hydration points on the route serving water and sport drink.

In addition there is a hydration station at the finish line, with water, sport drink and other refreshments from our partners.

BAG DROP

Bag drop is free for all the runners and it will be located near the race office. Bag drop is open at the race day between 16.00-22.15.

You will collect your belongings by showing your bib number, so keep it safe if your have bags in the storage.

PHOTOS

Photos from Helsinki Trail Run will be updated here!

The event organizer will have full rights to publish the photos and video material taken during the event. We may also use the photos on our social media channels.

CANCELLATION

You don’t need to inform us about in case you decide to cancel your participation. We don’t refund any registration fees.

TRANSFER OF PARTICIPATION

It is possible to buy transfer insurance, which allows you to transfer the registration to next year’s Helsinki Trail Run or use the paid amount for another event participation. The price of transfer insurance is 10 euros. The transfer can be made once.

If transfer insurance has not been acquired at the time of registration, the customer has the right to transfer the registration for the event to another person for a transfer fee of 10 euros, but not the right to transfer the registration to another event or to the following year.

The organizer will not refund the paid registration fee under any circumstances.

1. Transfer to another person

You can transfer your participation to another person (until 6.6.2025) for a transfer fee of 10 euros.
Note: Registration paid with sport vouchers cannot be transferred to another person.

2. Transfer to next year’s Helsinki Trail Run (requires transfer insurance)

If the participant has purchased transfer insurance at the time of registration, it is possible to transfer participation to next year’s event by 12.6.2025.

3. Transfer to another event (requires transfer insurance)

If the participant has purchased transfer insurance at the time of registration, it is possible to transfer the entry for another Runner’s High event (until 12.6.2025). After the transfer request your registration will be cancelled, and you will get a discount code worth the same amount of money you paid for your registration.

How can I transfer my participation?

When transferring your participation to another event or person, or to next year, please contact tapahtumat (at) runhigh.fi with the following information:

• Name of the original participant
• Name of the person who will make the new registration (if participation will be transferrer to another person)
• To which event the transfer will be made

After the transfer request you will get more detailed instructions by email.

FORCE MAJEURE

If the event has to be cancelled or cannot be held due to a force majeure, you are entitled to a refund of the registration fee. You must request the refund from the event organizer within 30 days of the organizer’s announcement of the event’s cancellation. However, the organizer is not responsible for any delays or damages resulting from the event’s cancellation or postponement due to force majeure, and you are not entitled to compensation for any additional or useless expenses incurred, such as accommodation or travel costs. Force majeure is an event or occurrence beyond the control of the organizer which the organizer could not reasonably be expected to have taken into account at the time of the conclusion of the contract or to have avoided or overcome it or its consequences. Force majeure comprehends both natural disasters and events such as civil unrest, risk to general safety, orders of public authorities or other superior force that prevents the organizing of the event.

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions, please contact tapahtumat @ runhigh.fi