FREEDOM
RUN 2027

From Messolonghi to Nafplio, the crossing to freedom.

441.1kilometres

12,285m elevation gain

98hours max.

58aid stations

The history · 1826

Run in the footsteps of freedom

On 10 April 1826, after almost a year under siege, the defenders of Messolonghi refused to surrender to the Ottomans. They attempted a heroic breakout, the Exodus, to reach the Greek government in Nafplio.

The survivors marched through Nafpaktia, Doris and the northern Peloponnese. Two centuries later, the Freedom Run invites you to follow their path all the way to the finish.

A sporting challenge. A human adventure. A tribute.

Read the history on the official website ↗

Eugène Delacroix, “Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi”, 1826.

Artotiva bridge over the Evinos, crossed during the Exodus — Eugène Delacroix, “Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi”, 1826.

The route

A crossing of Greece

From western Greece to the Peloponnese, with a boat crossing of the Gulf of Corinth. Highest point: 1,529 m.

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1
Start · km 0
Messolonghi
A morning start from the town of the Exodus.
2
Evinos river
Artotiva bridge
The old stone bridge crossed by fighters and civilians in 1826.
3
Dervekista
Analipsi
The square and statue of Georgios Karaiskakis, hero of independence.
4
Doris
Dafnochori
The great plane tree where the survivors of Messolonghi rested.
5
Main station · Doris
Tichio park
A central station in the mountains, on the highest part of the route.
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Glyfada → Aigio · ~1 h
The crossing
The boat crosses the Gulf of Corinth near Trizonia island, as the escapees did in small boats.
7
Main station · Aigialeia
Ano Potamia
The Peloponnese, its villages and its welcome.
8
Finish · km 441.1
Nafplio
The finish in the capital of revolutionary Greece in 1826.