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Bellin Run

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Lambeau Field
Lambeau Field. Photograph by JL1Row, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The organiser calls the course relatively flat, with one extended downhill stretch, and says the final mile has plenty of tree cover.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Flat, with one long downhill and a shaded last mileRelatively flat, one long downhill, shade in the last mile.
  • Second Saturday in June since 1977Second Saturday in June, first run in 1977.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGradientFlat, with one long downhill and a shaded last mileRelatively flat, one long downhill, shade in the last mile.

Both the 10K and the 5K start and finish on Webster Avenue in front of Bellin Hospital, and both have a three hour time limit. The 10K has four water stations and the 5K two.

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Whole courseCrowdSecond Saturday in June since 1977Second Saturday in June, first run in 1977.

The organiser calls it one of the largest 10K races in the United States, with heavy local participation. Runners start in assigned corrals, and the start is at 8 a.m.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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No gel needed at this pace

Finish

Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.

For your long training runs:

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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distance
10.0 km6.2 mi
cut-off
3:00 h

Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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