Festival

Home Holding – 10th Fuss Neki Running Festival

  • marathon, nordic walking
  • Balatonlelle

Event details

Location
Balatonlelle
Date

The spring running season is starting: a festival atmosphere and more distances in Balatonlelle.

Overview

🌊 A spring season opening running festival right next to Lake Balaton, with a family-friendly festival atmosphere. The start and finish lines and the competition center are located at the marina, and most of the course runs along the waterfront.

🎽 A unique finishers' medal, a separate event t-shirt with graphics for each distance, public warm-ups, chip timing, and full refreshments are included in the package. Prices are tiered, details are available on the website.

🏁 The offer ranges from 800-meter mini races to marathons, and can also be completed in half-marathon and marathon relays. Short fun runs and a 5 km walk/Nordic walking event are also part of this community program.

Program and participation information

📅 Date: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2026

📍 Location: Balatonlelle, Marina • Competition center: at the marina, in the area of the Ferris wheel

🏃 Distances and categories: 0.8 km mini • 1.5 km junior • 1.5 km dog-friendly • 5 km (running or walking/Nordic walking) • 10.5 km quarter marathon • 21.1 km half marathon (individual, 2-person relay) • 31.5 km three-quarter marathon • 42.2 km marathon (individual, 2-4 person relay)

🕘 Schedule (abridged):

  • 08:00 Race center opens
  • 08:45 Public warm-up
  • 09:00 mini/dog-friendly/junior starts
  • 10:00 marathon and other starts gradually, cut-off time: until 15:30

📦 Start packages can be picked up no later than 30 minutes before the start, as well as between 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Friday. 

🎽 Services: unique finishers' medals for all finishers • chip timing for running events • refreshment stations • health monitoring • digital certificate and individual finish video

💳 Registration and fees: Fees are payable in advance; specific amounts and deadlines are available on the official website. Registration is final upon payment • On-site registration is possible on the day of the race until 9:30 a.m., depending on the availability of places.

🏆 Announcement of results: only for running races of at least 5 km • the top 3 finishers in each category and gender will receive special prizes • relay evaluation is regardless of the number of participants, mixed teams will always be evaluated in the men's category.

🖥 Virtual completion is possible, details on the website.

Source of description: the organizer's website.