Antwerp Race HQ 🇧🇪

TREK Antwerp Marathon · Sunday October 18, 2026

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Race Day

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The Map — HQ & Post-Race Recovery Protocol

🏠 HQ at Falconrui 28, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium. The rest of the pins are scientifically validated recovery stations.

🏠 HQ — Falconrui 28

The Airbnb. Where the bad decisions get planned.

🍺 De Koninck Brewery

The Antwerp brewery. FREE BEER at the marathon finish line. Rating: 11/10, obviously.

🍷 Kulminator

Legendary vintage beer café, 800+ beers. Gard's final boss. Rating: 10/10.

🍻 't Waagstuk

Cozy beer pub a stumble away from HQ. Rating: 9/10 for proximity alone.

⛪ Paters Vaetje

Classic beer bar by the cathedral. Trappist heavy. Filip can have cola. 9/10.

🐶 Billie's Bier Kafétaria

Modern craft beer haven. Post-race recovery protocol step 2. 9/10.

🖐️ Grote Markt

The Brabo statue — the hand on our logo. Mandatory group photo.

Race Day Pacing

Split	Lars (3:54/km)	Filip (3:54/km)	Alex (4:16/km)	Gard (4:16/km)
5 km	0:19:30	0:19:30	0:21:20	0:21:20
10 km	0:39:00	0:39:00	0:42:40	0:42:40
15 km	0:58:30	0:58:30	1:04:00	1:04:00
20 km	1:18:00	1:18:00	1:25:20	1:25:20
Half	1:22:17	1:22:17	1:30:02	1:30:02
25 km	1:37:30	1:37:30	1:46:40	1:46:40
30 km	1:57:00	1:57:00	2:08:00	2:08:00
35 km	2:16:30	2:16:30	2:29:20	2:29:20
40 km	2:36:00	2:36:00	2:50:40	2:50:40
FINISH	2:44:35	2:44:35	3:00:03	3:00:03

Strategy: run the first half 30-60s slower than these numbers feel like they deserve. Negative split or die trying.

Antwerp Weather

Race day is beyond the 16-day forecast window. October in Antwerp: typically 8–15°C, 50% chance of rain — basically perfect marathon weather. Next days:

Tue 28

16–30°

💧0mm

Wed 29

22–35°

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Thu 30

21–29°

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Fri 31

18–28°

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Sat 1

17–26°

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Sun 2

17–30°

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Mon 3

21–34°

💧1mm

Getting There from Oslo

✈️ Fly OSL → BRU

~1h50 direct (SAS/Brussels Airlines). Then direct train Brussels Airport → Antwerpen-Centraal, ~30 min. Easiest option.

✈️ Fly OSL → AMS

~1h40, more departures (KLM). Then Eurostar/IC Amsterdam → Antwerpen-Centraal, ~1h15. Bonus: arrive at the world's most beautiful train station.

🏠 Then walk to HQ

Falconrui 28 is ~20 min on foot from Centraal, or one tram stop. Fly in Friday, shake-out jog Saturday, race Sunday, De Koninck Sunday afternoon.