The registration to the competitive race is allowed only to people fullfilling the requirements written in the Official Regulations (at the end of this page). The group registered for the competitive PolimiRun Spring will start first. The route, the T-shirt and the services will be the same for everyone.

12 simple tips to follow:

1) Do not assume alcohol in the days before the run: it can lead to de-hydration. Moreover, alcohol may cause a reduction in muscular blow flow.

2) Caffeine causes an increase in basal metabolism resulting in an increase of energy demand. Anyway, you may take low caffeine doses before the run (1 cup of “espresso” or 1-3 ml pro kg of caffeine).

3) Drink adequately! Avoid to drink a lot: 0,5-1 lt. of water is the ideal amount that can be drinked before the run. In the days before the race is advised to take at least 2lt of water per day; in this way achieve a proper and gradual hydration. It’s essential to drink in small sips 1-2 glasses of water every 30 min during the race. In any case do not ignore your thirst.

4) With ambient temperature of 20°degrees, it is recommended to perform regular sponge bath; for temperatures below 15° degrees or in event of wind/rain, bring a suitable clothing with you. Regular intake of liquids provides a fundamental contribution to maintain temperature control.

5) Sweating supplements can cause loss of fluid and minerals, it is advisable to take 250-300ml of mineral supplements a few hours before the race. The abused of supplements can have detrimental effects to the body. Respect the doses recommended by the manufacturers. Use of stimulants like taurine may be harmful.

6) The morning of the race it is recommended a light breakfast carbohydrates-based, at least 2 hours before the start of the race.

7) If you are diabetic, contact your doctor before you rush, and agrees with him an appropriate diet plan just before and after the race. Along the way remember to take regular snacks to the refreshment.

8) 15-20% of runners accuses gastrointestinal symptoms during competition; even minor gastrointestinal l events are associated with reduced performance. The assumption of sugary drinks, immediately before and during the competition, stimulates gastric empting and increase the need to open your bowel

9) Taking NSAIDs without medical indications can cause serious side effects. If you take any kind of therapy, ask to your family doctor before start the competition.

10) Recovery by physical efforts becomes within 1hour after the end of the race. It is helpful to take simple sugar or at a reduced degree of complexity over the competition. Do not forget proper hydration to restore the proper idrosalin heritage of the body, with water and supplements.

11) Do not go beyond your limits! If you are tired, you do not feel well or in case of severe pain stop to run. If in the days before the run you have got flu symptoms, especially gastrointestinal do not run.

12) Despite the best Training the race is an important challenge for your body. Along the route is present Medical service ready to intervene if needed. All staff of Polimirun can activate the emergency system; refer to them in case of need. You can also careful help directly to ambulances hospital fields and ALS cars placing on the path. In case of emergency you can contact by phone 112.

You can register for PolimiRun Spring through our website sport.polimi.it. You can choose whether to participate in non-competitive or competitive PolimiRun Spring. The registration for the competitive race will close on May 20, 2025 or till the sold out; the registration for the non-competitive run will close on May 23, 2025 or till the sold out. In any case, the Organization reserves the right to close registrations in advance or to accept them after the closing date at its sole discretion.

Your registration for PolimiRun Spring includes: official adidas jersey, bib with disposable chip to track your time, race pack with sponsors’ gadgets, bag deposit active in the days before the race, mid- and end-of-race refreshments, RCT insurance and injury insurance, technical and medical assistance.

You can collect official race jersey, race bib and race kit in the following places and times:

• Campus Milano Bovisa La Masa in the main square of the campus, in front of the hill, near the B19 building: Wednesday 21 May from 10:00 to 18:00
• Campus Milano Leonardo, entrance from Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 36: Thursday 22 May from 12:00 to 20:00, Friday 23 May from 10:00 to 20:00 and Saturday 24 May from 10:00 to 20:00

After the registration you will receive an email with your bib number, show it, with your ID card, at the moment of the collection of your race bib. Together with the race bib, you will receive the T-shirt and the official race pack. Just before the event, you will receive an email with dates, times and all the necessary and definitive information.
Competitive race participants will receive the email with the bib number in the week of the race.

It is not possible to pick up the race kit on the day of the race unless people who come from outside the Lombardy region: only they can pick up the race bib on Sunday, May 25 from 7:30 to 8:15 at the departure Village set up in the Bovisa Campus. To pick up the race kit you have to show the email with your bib number and an identity document.

When you collect your kit, you can communicate to the staff the size of the shirt you prefer. For hygene reasons, the collected shirt cannot be replaced under any circumstances. FOR THIS REASON WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO CHECK IMMEDIATELY ON SITE THAT THE ASSIGNED SIZE AND MODEL ARE CORRECT.

The race kit can be collected only and exclusively in the places, days and times indicated.

If you have not received the confirmation email right after your registration to the PolimiRun Spring, try checking the SPAM folder and if you cannot find it there, write to eventi-sport@polimi.itand attach your payment receipt; we will send you a new confirmation email. Competitive runners will receive an email with the bib number in the week of the race; if you don't receive it and for any information about your registration to the competitive race, you can write to polimirunspring@endu.net.

Yes; in order to do that you must show (on your smartphone) the email received by your friend with his bib number and also a digital copy of his identity document.

Minors can participate only in the non competitive PolimiRun Spring. Registration for children aged 14 to 17 (on the day of the race) must be taken care of by a parent or a legal guardian.

Children under 14 years cannot be registered but they can participate with a parent; they will not be equipped with a jersey and bib with a chip for the timing. Alternatively, minors between the ages of 1 and 13 can participate in the PolimiRun Kids! Find out all the details here.

The PolimiRUn Spring route is accessible to everyone and you can also run with strollers.

All services will be accessible to all and the route will be free of architectural barriers.

If you have any specific needs, please let us know by writing an email to eventi-sport@polimi.it so that we can support you in the best possible way from today to the day of the race; we will be happy to answer all your questions and clarify any doubts.

The start will be at 8.30 from Bovisa Campus and the finish line is in Leonardo Campus. There, you will find the PolimiRun Village, where you can find all the services (refreshment stand, toilets, changing rooms).

You can keep the pace you prefer, but please remember that after 1 hour and 40 minutes the organization will no longer guarantee the safety on the route because the streets will be reopened. The time limit of one hour and 40 minutes is calculated starting from the passage of the last athlete under the starting arch.If you are tired, you will still be able to exit the race route that passes near some subway stations; in this way you can reach the arrival Village at the Leonardo Campus using public transport.

For logistical and security reasons it won’t be possible to transport your bags from departure to arrival. We have set up a bag deposit service in the days before the race; the procedures are:

1) When you pick up your race kit you will receive, among other things, a ticket with your bib number, a pin and an adidas race bag. Use the pin to attach the ticket to the bag and transfer everything you want to find on arrival inside.

2) Give it to the bag deposit truck and remember the color of the matching flag:

• Campus Bovisa La Masa: Wednesday 21 May from 10 am to 6 pm
• Piazza Leonardo da Vinci: Thursday 22 May from 12 pm to 8 pm, Friday 24 May from 10 am to 8 pm and on Saturday 24 May from 10 am to 8 pm
• Arrival Village - Leonardo Campus: the morning of the race, starting from 7:30 am

3) At the end of the race, get your bag back from the truck it in the Arrival Village, Leonardo Campus (even if you deposited your bag during the bib collection in Bovisa) showing your bib number to our staff.

N.B. It will not be possible to deposit bags other than the race bags provided by the organization at the time of the kit collection, similar gym bags can be accepted at the discretion of the organization.

Compared to previous years, we have been committed to eliminating the use of transparent plastic bags for bag deposit in order to make our PolimiRun increasingly eco-sustainable!

On the morning of the race the Starting Village will be accessible from 7:30 am to 8:15; In the days before the race we will send you an email with the map that will indicate the access gates.

We suggest you not to come by car because the arrival and departure Villages are well served by public transport.

Here are the easiest ways to reach them:

for the departure village: Bovisa Campus: Ferrovie Nord – Milano Bovisa Politecnico stop (the starting line can be reached walking);
for the arrival village: Leonardo Campus, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci: M2 Green Line – PIOLA stop.

There will not be a shuttle to go back to departure but the two villages of departure and arrival are very well connected by public transport.

To get back to the start you can take the metro line 2 (the green one) directed to P.za Abbiategrasso / Assago from Piola and stop at Porta Garibaldi F.S. (5 stops) where you can take tha passante ferroviario, platform 2 underground, lines S1, S2, S12, S13 and stop at Milano Bovisa Politecnico or lines S5, S6 and stop at Villapizzone.

On the morning of the race the Starting Village will be accessible from 7:30 am to 8:15. Closer to the race day we will email you all the information on how to access the Village and where the access gates will be located. At each gate will be carried out random check-ups with metal detectors.The start will take place in a staggered format, in addition to the competitive one some waves will be formed based on the completion times declared during registration. The waves will be numerically balanced, so similar completion times may be grouped together. A different bib color will be assigned to each wave. All the people registered after the 30th of April will be automathically positioned in the last wave.

The first to start will be the competitors at 8.30, followed by the adidas Runners group and then the non-competitive ones.

In the registration form, the answers to the question “How long do you think it will take you to reach the finish line?” will help us manage the meeting and departure of each group (this question is available until April 30th).

There will be gazebos used as changing rooms only in the Arrival Village. There will be no showers.

No, but the two PolimiRun Villages (start and finish) are very well connected by public transport.

DEPARTURE: M2 Green Line – PIOLA stop. 

ARRIVAL: Ferrovie Nord – Bovisa Politecnico stop.

The time limit to arrive at km 10.00 is 1h and 40 minutes counted from the passage of the last athlete under the starting arc. After these period of time, the organization will no longer be able to guarantee the compltete closure of the route. Runners will be invited to continue the race on the sidewalk for their personal safety. 

The route is 10 km long but there will be some points located approximately at the 4th, 5th and 6th km, near some subway stations so that you can reach the arrival Village using public transport if you’re tired and want to finish your run early.

The departure village will be at Bovisa Campus, while the arrival village (with all the necessary services) will be in Leonardo Campus.

The route will cross the city of Milan and will be totally free from architectural barriers and accessible to all.

The arrival Village will be set up in Leonardo Campus.

The services that you will find once you get to the finish line are:

• final refreshment, with gluten and lactose free products
• changing rooms
• toilettes
• bag deposit, where you can collect your bag deposited in the days before the race

We will publish the official album and video of the PolimiRun Spring 2025 on the Facebook page Sport - Politecnico di Milano.