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Bromo Marathon

Tosari
Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo. Photograph by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The organiser calls the Bromo Marathon a trail race in the Tengger highlands of East Java, with about 1,800 m of elevation and a start and finish at Plataran Bromo in Tosari.

The course in short 2 lines
  • A marathon on the Bromo trailsTrail marathon in the Tengger highlands, about 1,800 m of elevation, from Plataran Bromo.
  • Mandatory gear for the trailVest, 1 litre of water, rain jacket, blanket, whistle, headlamp and ID are on the kit list.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryA marathon on the Bromo trailsTrail marathon in the Tengger highlands, about 1,800 m of elevation, from Plataran Bromo.

The 42K is billed as the “Adventure Trail” and the half marathon as the “Hill Explorer”. The organiser gives the event’s elevation as approximately 1,800 m, set among village roads, wide-open views and the volcanic landscape around Mount Bromo.

The start and finish venue has been Plataran Bromo, in the Tosari highlands of Pasuruan, East Java. The 14th edition is on Sunday 5 September 2027, with distances of 2.5K, 5K, 10K, 21K and 42K.

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Whole courseTacticsMandatory gear for the trailVest, 1 litre of water, rain jacket, blanket, whistle, headlamp and ID are on the kit list.

The organiser’s checklist for the 42K and 21K lists a running vest or belt, a soft flask or bladder holding at least 1 litre, a snack or energy bar, a phone carrying the GPX file, personal medicine, a windbreaker with a rain jacket, an emergency blanket, a whistle, the bib, a headlamp with spare batteries and an ID card.

The 10K list is shorter: it leaves out the hydration minimum, the headlamp and the ID card. A mandatory check before the start decides whether a runner is allowed to race.

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Race fuel

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

Finish

One every 40 minutes, 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
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
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
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
42.2 km26.2 mi

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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