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Brescia Art Marathon

Start 08:308:30 AM Brescia

The Brescia Art Marathon is a course of 42.2 km with 90.1 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 122 m and its highest 179 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 14 March 2027, starting at 08:30.

Piazza della Loggia
Piazza della Loggia. Photograph by Ronan.guilloux (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons . Course line © OpenStreetMap contributors

At a glance

Race day
The 2027 race
Start
08:308:30 AM
Distance
42.2 km26.2 mi
Marathon · Half marathon · 10K
Total climb
90.1 m296 ft
Highest point 57 m187 ft above lowest

The course

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The course stays between 122.4 m and 179.0 m above sea level and climbs 90.1 m in the full marathon.

Start, finish

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km 41.3mile 25.7

Capitolium

The organiser sends the course past the Roman Capitolium in the Parco Archeologico.

Height drawn many times taller than life · GEDTM30

Course elevation profile, 8× vertical exaggeration Elevation along the course from km 0 to km 42. The trace runs between 122 and 179 metres, a range of 57 metres, drawn at 8 times vertical exaggeration so the shape is legible. Smoothed over 1 km before this profile was derived. An unsmoothed urban surface carries the buildings and would assert a climb that is not there. The dashed stretches are bridge decks: Via Volturno, km 13.1 to 13.3; Via Volturno, km 22.5 to 22.7. A bare-earth model reads the ground or the water beneath a bridge, not the deck the runner is on, so those runs are interpolated between the ground either side rather than measured, and they under-report the real climb across a span.
0 10 20 30 40 km
0 10 20 26.2 mi

Dashed: bridge

Your 5 gels, at the orange marksFor a 4:00 finish, one every 40 minutes

  1. km 7mile 4.4
  2. km 14.1mile 8.7
  3. km 21.1mile 13.1
  4. km 28.1mile 17.5
  5. km 35.2mile 21.8

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  • A fast course that never leaves 122 to 179 mHighest point at 8.0 km, lowest at 34.8 km; 56.7 m from low to high.
  • From Roman Brixia to the Piazza della LoggiaRoman Capitolium, Arco del Broletto, the two Duomos, finish in Piazza della Loggia.
  • An 8:30 start from Largo Formentone8:30 start, grids by personal best, race village in Piazza Vittoria.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
km 0 to 42.2GradientA fast course that never leaves 122 to 179 mHighest point at 8.0 km, lowest at 34.8 km; 56.7 m from low to high.

The road runs from 122.4 m, at 34.8 km, to 179.0 m, at 8.0 km: 56.7 m from the lowest point to the highest. The marathon climbs 90.1 m in total, so a watch on the day will count more small rises than this from overpasses and underpasses.

The organiser gives the same shape in its own words: start at 156 m above sea level, finish at 152 m, a drop of only 4 m, and the highest point around the 8th kilometre at 181 m.

Measured

Whole courseLandmarkFrom Roman Brixia to the Piazza della LoggiaRoman Capitolium, Arco del Broletto, the two Duomos, finish in Piazza della Loggia.

The organiser describes racing in Brescia as running through the centuries: the remains of Roman Brixia in the Archaeological Park with the Capitolium, then the passage under the Arco del Broletto that opens onto the old centre, Piazza Paolo VI with the Duomo Vecchio and the Duomo Nuovo, and the finish in Piazza della Loggia. It calls the course fast and fluid, with the smallest possible climbs.

Sourced

Whole courseTacticsAn 8:30 start from Largo Formentone8:30 start, grids by personal best, race village in Piazza Vittoria.

The 25th edition is on Sunday 14 March 2027, and registrations opened on 1 September 2026. The marathon is a FIDAL race, open from the Promesse and Seniores categories, with start grids set by the personal bests runners declare. Bibs are collected at the race village in Piazza Vittoria on the Saturday and on the Sunday morning, and no registrations are taken on race day.

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Race weekend

Bib pickup at Villaggio BAM, Piazza Vittoria

Saturday 13 March Bib pickup

  1. 09:009:00 AM–19:007:00 PM

    Bib pickup Villaggio BAM, Piazza Vittoria. Saturday pickup at the race village.

Bib in hand?A number belt holds it without pins through your race top. Clip it on tonight.

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Sunday 14 March Race day

  1. 06:306:30 AM–08:008:00 AM

    Bib pickup Villaggio BAM, Piazza Vittoria. Sunday morning pickup at the race village. No registrations are taken on Sunday.

  2. 08:308:30 AM

    Marathon start Largo Formentone. Start grids follow the personal bests declared at registration.

Times as published by the organiser, in Brescia time, checked . Confirm on their site before you travel.

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Entry

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.

Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Brescia, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, the orange marks on the profile, by the clock:

  1. km 7mile 4.4
  2. km 14.1mile 8.7
  3. km 21.1mile 13.1
  4. km 28.1mile 17.5
  5. km 35.2mile 21.8

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.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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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
A small balm stick
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Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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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
A pack of blister plasters
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Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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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Questions about the Brescia Art Marathon

Is the Brescia Art Marathon course flat?
Not entirely. It has 90.1 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 57 m above the lowest.
When is the Brescia Art Marathon 2027?
Sunday 14 March 2027. The start is at 08:30.
Where does the Brescia Art Marathon start?
Start: Largo Formentone.
Runner talk Questions, tips and race reports from other runners about the course and the city.

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