When organizing the NN Ultrabalaton, we face many tasks and unexpected situations, but every year, we set out with the goal of upholding tradition and the race spirit to make each edition better than the last! We hope that the XIX. NN Ultrabalaton in spring 2025 will bring you an unforgettable, lifelong experience.
We’ve compiled a list of things that will remain in 2025 and those we’ve changed.
NEW FEATURES FOR 2025
- Under the name #Project422, we’re introducing a double individual lap category, which will be open to qualified participants and serve a charitable cause.
- Due to high demand, there will again be a team size limit for teams with 10-13 members in 2025.
- The starting package will still include quality branded MIZUNO athletic gear, but this year it will be a running tank top instead of a T-shirt!
- This year, six-member teams will start on Friday, and there will be a mixed category alongside the men’s and women’s categories for these teams.
- Individual runners who finish beyond the time limit will receive a special „RESPECT” commemorative medal!
- The cycling tour will start on Sunday morning in 2025, reducing track congestion on race days. However, team-supporting cyclists can still start alongside their team.
- For participants registered for the 2025 NN UB, we’re offering an UNMISSABLE DEAL for our 2025 NN City Run event, a fantastic warm-up for the NN UB! (From October 17 to October 23, 2024.)
- An UB COLLECTION hoodie order will be available with personalized name options!
- IMPORTANT! Registration for teams of 7-13 members will open for a maximum of 48 hours. Those who don’t register within this period will miss out! Please remember that after team registration, a deposit of HUF 40,000 per team is still required.
WHAT’S STAYING THE SAME
- Accurate lap time submission is essential to avoid confusion; thus, teams that submit the most precise lap times will be rewarded with the right to select their start time the following year!
- For fair start-time allocation, teams with an average lap time (22-24 hours) who receive a start time after 4 p.m. will be awarded a morning start for the 2026 event.
- The StafétApp will help you calculate your lap times precisely, with a user guide available on the website.
- To ensure timely delivery, we’ll be initiating orders for tank tops and medals in September.
- There will still be an option to swap athletes at the end of the race, so don’t worry about any late team changes!
- On Friday’s race day, we will provide extra refreshments within the tent for individual runners and teams of two or three wearing green bib numbers.
- SUB 24! Individual finishers who complete the race in under 24 hours will be rewarded with a unique commemorative medal!
- Participants of the cycling tour will be welcomed on Sunday at one of the refreshment points with a Delifrance breakfast!
- We’ll begin on the north shore, head west, and arrive back from the south.
- The individual and team race distance will remain at 211 km, with #Project422 participants completing a 422 km double loop!
- Finishers will receive a unique medal—each with a ribbon that reflects their category.
- Individual finishers’ medals will feature their portrait, and they will be welcomed at the finish line with a personalized ribbon!
- Individual participants will be able to select their bib number during registration.
- We’ll welcome you with a pasta party the day before the race.
- Corporate category teams registering from the same company will, if possible, start from the same block.
- A personal profile is required for registration, which you can read more about by clicking HERE. Additionally, liability waivers will be simplified using this system.
- We’ll still be a FIVE-AIM event; if you register, you can convert the kilometers you accumulate at NN UB in 2025 into valuable prizes or event entries.
- We plan to hold the event in late April 2025, but we’ll also set an alternative date to allow teams to plan in case a postponement becomes necessary.
- We aim to continue being Europe’s greenest running event, so no printed program guides or leaflets will be handed out, and no disposable plastic plates or cups will be used. Each participant must bring their own water bottle or a reusable „UB Trail” cup, which can be rented and returned at the end of the race.
- The Budapest customer service office, located next to the Maratonman Depo running store at Tüzér Street 9-11, will distribute start packages. We’ll also be happy to welcome you on other working days throughout the year!
- Rail crossing safety remains a top priority because everyone is expected home safely!
- A lead motorcyclist will be in place again and must not be overtaken!
- Good news for 2025—StafétApp will be available (which even lets you adjust for competitors’ weather conditions 😉).
- The NN UB Charity program will return, as supporting worthy causes remains important to us!
See you in the start zone!