Gloppen Halvmaraton, live.

Sixteen metres of climbing beside Gloppefjorden

A half marathon in Nordfjord that runs out along the fjord and back again, with the highest point of the course just 18 metres above sea level.

Gloppen Halvmaraton is run on Saturday 3 October 2026 from Sandane town centre, organised by the volunteers of Fjellhug/Vereide IL. There are two distances, the half marathon and 10 km, and the half doubles as the Sogn og Fjordane district championship. Wheelchair racers take part as well as runners. The main start is at 14:00; runners who expect to need two hours or more can go in an earlier wave at 13:15. This year the start moved to the centre while the sports ground is being rehabilitated.

The course goes through Sandane and out along county road FV615 on the south side of Gloppefjorden, turns about 3 km beyond Sande and comes back the same way. It is all asphalt, and flat in a way few Norwegian fjord courses are: the lowest point is 2 metres above sea level and the highest 18. The route was changed this year, but its length was re-measured and is unchanged. Parts of the road are closed to traffic, from 0 to 7.5 km and from 13.5 to 18 km, and drinks of juice and water stand at 3, 6.5 and 9 km on the way out and again on the way back.

An out-and-back is a good course to watch: supporters in Sandane see the start and finish, and the turnaround decides when to expect their runner home. On Livebib the runner shares a link to their own broadcast, and family and friends open it in a browser, with no app or account, to see the position on the course line, the distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes. If the phone loses signal under the fjord-side slopes, the position is carried forward and marked as estimated instead of freezing. The runner decides who gets the link.