The marathon starts in BTC City (main shopping area in Ljubljana), then turns left to Šmartinska cesta At the crossroads, it turns left onto the Kajuhova cesta, continues on the Litijska cesta and the Poljanska cesta and turns left onto the Roška cesta. After that, it continues towards the Karlovški most, where it turns right onto the Karlovška cesta and continues on the Zoisova cesta and the Aškerčeva cesta. 

The route continues along Tržaška cesta to Brezovica, then to Vrhnika, further across the Vrhnika hill (4.6 km ascent, average gradient 4.1%, maximum gradient 7%) to Logatec and Kalc, where we turn right towards Godovič. From Godovič, there is a descent towards Idrija and Želin (dangerous descent). Due to the hazardous descent, the G101 road between Godovič and Idrija will be closed to all traffic between 9:40 and 13:05.  

We turn right at Želin, towards Cerkno. A refreshment point is situated on the main square in Cerkno. A main uphill of the route follows, climb to Kladje (7 km, average slope 6.3%, max. slope 10%). Another refreshment point is situated at the top of Kladje climb. The main climb to Kladje, there is a 10 km long dangerous descent (with bad road paving sections) until the crossroads in Trebija. Road from Cerkno to Kladje and Trebija is closed for all traffic from 10.40 to 15.00. The route turns right in Trebija towards Gorenja vas. You will find another refreshment point in Gorenja vas, in front of the Town Hall. After that, we continue in direction of Škofja Loka. There is a dangerous right-sided turn, followed immediately by a left-sided turn at the entry to Škofja Loka (please, pay attention at this section, even if it will be secured). Another refreshment point is located after a short ascent in Škofja Loka. 

At the end of Škofja Loka, the route turns right (onto road 314) towards Jeprca and Vodice. In Vodice, we turn right onto Skaručna. The route continues towards Povodje, where it turns left along the macadam road to Gameljne and continues to Črnuški most, crosses it and further along Dunajska, where it turns left at Kardeljeva ploščad to Dimičeva ulica. The route continues along Kranjčeva to the roundabout for Štajerska cesta and to the Žale roundabout, and from there along Pokopališka cesta to Šmartinska cesta, where the marathon in BTC City also ends. Take the 4th exit onto the Pokopališka cesta toward the Šmartinska cesta, where the marathon is concluded in BTC City.