The classic Roman Marathon race will take place in the Capital on Sunday 18 March 2007, it is the XIII° edition of a run which, usually starting from the amazing Imperial Forums, develops along the old town centre for about 42 kilometres. The Rome's Marathon is counted as the most acclaimed sport competition in Italy, in fact 12.500 people had already registered with it at the 7th of February (date of the run's official presentation) setting the new enrollments record (the previous one was 23.300, in 2006).

The Marathon in Rome is a great sport competition offering a special path to its participants, who could admire lots of the Roman historic monumental beauties in the course of the run, from piazza Venezia to piazza Cavour, passing by the Circo Massimo and in front of the Basilica di San Pietro. After a little bit 'less historic' tract along the Tevere river (also including a short tract on the east ring road), at kilometre no. 27 the run re-emerges in the inner city. So from an athletic point of view the track results to be more difficult for the runners, but at the same time in this way it is possible for them to catch all the Roman beauties, such as piazza Navona, the Pantheon, piazza Venezia, piazza di Spagna, etc. To carry on the run in the best way as possible, the participants will find a rest stop set up for them each 5 kilometres. Each rest stop has: aid station, toilets, mechanics for patching wheelchairs, shuttle buses to get latecomers to the finish line, security service and back judges.

The whole Marathon length is 42 kilometres and 195 metres, which is traditionally about the distance between the cities of Maratona and Atene (40 Km); the path wants to symbolize the route that a Greek soldier covered in the past to announce the Persians defeat (Maratona's battle on September 490 b.C.). In the course of the years the Marathon gained more and more relevance in the national and international circuit, up to become the most attended Italian sport competition and one of the most important marathon races, at an international level, according to the number of participants who gained the finish line. It is the fifth run competition in the world according to the number of participants and the seventh according to the speed of the path covered.

As many Romans already know, contemporaneously to the Rome's Marathon it is going to take place the so called "Stracittadina Fun Run", to which everyone can take part cause it's not a competitive run. The Marathon is a different chance for living the city open-air in a festival mood and far from the ordinary groove. Furthermore, on the occasion of this extraordinary event, on Sunday 18 March the historic centre of the eternal city will be wholly used as a promenade and free public transports will be assured for all the participants to the run. It will be a feast day having the sport as an unquestioning protagonist, a happy day brightened by concerts in the squares and different kinds of animation for fits and not.

This year the Rome's Marathon race is also the supporter for the solidarity message made by the Dipartimento per i Diritti e le Pari Opportunitą, in fact the manifestation has been entitled "VINCIAMO OGNI DISCRIMINAZIONE" ("we have to defeat every discrimination"). During the two days immediately preceding the run, the Maraton Village will be set up (at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome, EUR piazza John F. Kennedy 1); it is an area in the city established for run's competitors where each of them can go to take his/her pectoral and the pack of the contest, both for the Marathona and for the Stracittadina Fun Run.