Bangalore Marathon

The organiser’s race day booklet gives one start/finish point for every distance, Sree Kanteerava Stadium, and says entry for runners is only from Vittal Mallya Road. Its cut-off rule for the full marathon counts a first loop: six hours in all, with the first loop due inside three. Twenty aid stations stand along the route, stocked with water, electrolytes, cookies and bananas for the marathon, half marathon and 10K.

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On 27 September 2026 the marathon started at 3:50 AM and its holding area opened at 2:50 AM. The half marathon left in three waves, at 6:00, 6:05 and 6:10 AM, the 10K at 7:30 AM and the 5K fun run at 8:15 AM. The booklet asks runners to arrive an hour before their start, and says the cut-off to start a race is 30 minutes after its scheduled start.

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The organiser’s cut-off for the full marathon is 6 hours, with the first loop to be completed within 3 hours. With the 3:50 AM start of 2026, the booklet turns that into clock times: the first loop closes at 6:50 AM and the course stays open until 9:50 AM. The organiser says that a runner who carries on past a cut-off gets no route support and no official finisher’s certificate. For the half marathon the limit is 3 hours 30 minutes, for the 10K 1 hour 30 minutes and for the 5K 1 hour.

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The elite full marathon pays 1,50,000 rupees for first, 1,00,000 for second, 75,000 for third, 50,000 for fourth and 40,000 for fifth, the same for men and for women. Age categories from 18 to 35 up to 65 and over each pay 25,000, 20,000 and 15,000 rupees for the first three. The half marathon pays 40,000 rupees for first in the open race and 12,500 in each age category, and the 10K pays 20,000 for first. Prize money goes only to winners with a bank account in India.

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