As of 2024[update], it is a World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold level meeting – the highest-level circuit of international race walking competitions.

[1] The meeting is organized by the Czech Athletics Federation, and it is typically held in April.

[2] It was held over the 50 kilometres race walk distance, from Karlín to Poděbrady.

[3] With the exception of four years during World War II, the race has been held on an annual basis since then.

In 1991, the course was changed to 50 times around a 1 km road lap in Spa Park to be compliant with new IAAF world record regulations and due to car traffic on the old course's roads.