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The marathon starts in front of Umitamago at Takasakiyama in Oita, turns at Kamegawa fishing port in Beppu and finishes at the athletics stadium in Oita.
The organiser describes one out-and-back between the two cities. Runners start in Oita city at Takasakiyama, in front of Umitamago (うみたまご), run to Beppu and turn at the front of Kamegawa fishing port, then come back to finish at the stadium in Oita. The organiser says the course is certified by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, World Athletics (国際陸上競技連盟) and AIMS.
The race starts at 12:05 on Sunday 7 February 2027, not in the morning.
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The gates for the 2027 race are 52 minutes at 10 km, 1 hour 16 at 15 km, 1 hour 40 at 20 km, 2 hours 05 at 25 km, 2 hours 30 at 30 km, 2 hours 55 at 35 km and 3 hours 20 at 40 km. From 10 to 20 km the gates allow 4:48 per kilometre, and from 20 to 40 km exactly 5:00; the first 10 km allow 5:12. The organiser’s words are that running after a gate has closed is not permitted (関門閉鎖後の走行は認めない). The slowest qualifying time the organiser accepts, a marathon of 3:30:00, is about 4:59 per kilometre, which reaches 40 km at about 3:19, a minute inside the last gate.
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The race began in 1952 as a 35 km course from Beppu station to a turnaround at Shiraki in Oita, and became a full marathon the next year. From 1984 the course started and finished at Oita’s municipal athletics stadium (大分市営陸上競技場). In 2010 the start moved to Takasakiyama, in front of Umitamago, with the finish at that stadium. For the 65th race, in 2016, the organiser changed the course in Oita city to get rid of its dead ends and to reduce the height difference late in the race, aiming at a course where fast times are easier to run.
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Bib pickup at Beppu International Convention Center, B-Con Plaza (別府国際コンベンションセンター)
13:001:00 PM–18:006:00 PM
12:0512:05 PM
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