SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 2026 · AMSTERDAM
An Amsterdam Marathon poster, drawn from your own file.
Out of the Olympic Stadium, along the Amstel and back in through the tunnel — and then the last 300 metres on the track itself, which is the bit everybody talks about afterwards. Your watch records all of it.
- Date
- Sun 18 Oct 2026
- Distance
- 42.195 km
- Finish
- Olympic Stadium track
- Also on
- Half marathon, same day
What we print
Your line, not the official course map. The route your watch recorded, with the numbers that were really in the file — your time, your pace, the elevation you actually covered.
Loose, or framed behind acrylic in a wooden frame. 30×40, 50×70 or 70×100 cm. You choose the paper too: Museum 250 gsm, uncoated offwhite archival matte, or Classic 170 gsm, uncoated matte. Both come loose or framed; 70×100 is 250 gsm only, because the lighter sheet bends at that size.
A course that draws well
Not every marathon makes a good poster. Amsterdam does: the long straight out along the Amstel, the turn at the top, and the loop back through Vondelpark give the line a shape you can recognise without a label on it.
It is also flat enough that the elevation profile is a nearly straight band — which sounds like a drawback and is not. It says something true about the day, and it is part of why the time on it is probably a good one.
From finish line to wall, in about four minutes
- Export the run from Strava, Garmin Connect, Coros or whatever your watch syncs to. GPX, TCX and FIT all work.
- Drop the file into the editor. It is read in your browser and never reaches us.
- Choose the motif, the size and which four numbers go on the sheet.
- We print it and post it. Two to four working days to make, then shipping on top.
Questions people actually ask
Was 2026 not sold out?
It was, and quickly. This page is for people who have a place — or who ran it and want the file on a wall afterwards.
I ran the half, not the full. Does that work?
Yes. The poster is made from whatever your file holds. Nothing on it says which distance you were entered for.
Do you ship to the Netherlands?
Yes, and it is printed inside the EU, so there is no customs paperwork. Shipping is worked out from size, framing and address, and shown at checkout.
What file do I need?
GPX, TCX or FIT — zipped or not. Strava, Garmin Connect, Coros, Suunto and Polar all export one. If your file has heart rate or cadence in it you can put those on the poster; if it does not, those fields stay empty rather than being guessed.
Can I get a poster of the official course?
No. We print the route your own watch recorded, not a copy of the organisers’ course map. Every print is therefore different, and we never redraw someone else’s data.
Will my hotel or home address be on it?
No. Before anything is drawn we clip a radius from both ends of the track. The default removes 500 metres at each end, and you can push it further. It never goes to zero.
Epic Efforts is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the organisers of this event. Event names are used only to describe which run a print is made from. Dates come from the organisers’ own published information as of September 2026 — check theirs before you book a flight.