Rome Marathon 2026
Relive Run Rome The Marathon 2026: on 21-22 March the Strongers community ran through Rome for lung cancer research — photos, videos and everything we built together.
Rome, 21–22 March 2026
Two days, a city turned into a race track, a cause worth every kilometre. On the weekend of 21–22 March 2026, the Strongers Social Club community took part in the Run Rome The Marathon: the 5 km Fun Run on Saturday, the charity relay on Sunday — with Strongers runners taking turns on legs of 7 to 13 km through the streets of Rome.
We were not there for the clock. We were there because every step funds lung cancer research, and every researcher supported is one more step towards better treatments.
Why we ran
Strongers Social Club ETS has a clear mission: turn the energy of sporting events into mini-grants for young Italian oncology researchers studying lung cancer. Researchers under 40 — PhD students, post-docs, academic clinicians — who often work on underfunded projects and need real resources to attend an international congress, publish in an indexed journal, or complete a specialist course.
The Strongers for Research grant round funds grants of €3,000 each to selected researchers. The proceeds generated by our participation in Run Rome The Marathon 2026, together with the year's other activities, go directly towards the next grant round.
32 teams, 128 relay runners
The relay splits the 42.195 km into four legs. Next to each team is its official time and its place among the 1,115 ranked teams.
- Cassarun Strongers3:19:50no. 53
- Guancialos3:26:42no. 79
- Sycari Strongers3:33:15no. 115
- Pecorinos3:37:10no. 155
- Conqui's3:37:31no. 163
- Coca Zero3:46:31no. 255
- Runtastici Team3:46:36no. 258
- Chill D Sand Salv3:51:50no. 331
- Corr e Magn3:58:50no. 415
- Terza Ondata3:59:40no. 422
- KRAS Strongers3:59:56no. 424
- Run4Gin3:59:59no. 426
- Annamo Bene4:00:50no. 444
- ROS1 Strongers4:01:28no. 457
- I Giggioni4:03:27no. 485
- EGFR Strongers4:04:03no. 495
- Strongers Striders4:04:19no. 498
- 4x14:09:29no. 578
- Sciao *4:09:47no. 588
- Strongers Friends4:13:25no. 630
- Chicks with Kicks4:14:25no. 650
- MET Strongers4:15:53no. 676
- Starhotels Complex Roma4:17:34no. 697
- Suffolk Centurions4:17:46no. 702
- Strongers ALK+4:19:51no. 739
- Run4Charity4:54:29no. 1,001
- Il Newyorkese Strongers4:55:17no. 1,005
- Fantafettiste5:04:05no. 1,043
- Fiato e Forza5:06:40no. 1,048
- Arancini Run Team5:22:57no. 1,079
- Amici 4 Romanot ranked
- Blublubnot ranked
Times and places: official relay results (EvoData timing, Endu).
Where we come from
In 2025 the Strongers community at the Rome Marathon brought together 90 runners — 80 in the charity relay and 10 in the 5 km Fun Run — with more than 20 international teams (Italy, Belgium, Spain, Germany, France and others) and participants aged 13 to 67. That year the Strongers for Research 2024 grant round awarded, in early 2025, 3 researchers with €2,900 each.
That 2025 edition showed us this model works: an international, intergenerational network of people who make a conscious choice about where they run, and why. In 2026 the Strongers runners at the start became 138: 128 in the relay and 10 in the Fun Run.
4 young researchers awarded
On 28 March 2026 the 4 winners of the Strongers for Research 2025 grant round were awarded: young lung cancer researchers, €3,000 each.
At the ceremony on 28 March we also honoured Andrea Belletti, of the Il Newyorkese Strongers team, as a thank-you to all the relay runners who ran with us.
The day on video
The marathon in photos
The event jersey
Next time, run with us
Entries for the 2027 relay and marathon with Strongers are open.
They ran. You can give.
Every donation funds lung cancer research.
Donate nowItalian taxpayers can also direct their 5×1000 to Strongers Social Club ETS (tax code 96564050589).