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Carrera de la Mujer

The organiser has not published a date. Bogotá
Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park
Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park. Photograph by Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The race offers four distances, 5K, 10K, 15K and 21K, all meeting at Parque Simón Bolívar at Carrera 48 with Calle 53 in Bogotá.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Four distances, one start in Parque Simón Bolívar5K, 10K, 15K and 21K; meeting point Parque Simón Bolívar.
  • TransMilenio to the parkTransMilenio: Movistar Arena or Salitre-Greco; SITP stops along Avenida Carrera 68.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseCrowdFour distances, one start in Parque Simón Bolívar5K, 10K, 15K and 21K; meeting point Parque Simón Bolívar.

The organiser names the distances inspirada (5K), empoderada (10K), poderosa (15K) and valiente (21K). The 2026 race was on Sunday 6 September. Official pacers help runners find their rhythm in the 21K and the 10K, and the age categories are 18 to 39, 40 to 49 and 50 or older, with a women’s and a men’s branch.

Sourced

Whole courseFinishTransMilenio to the parkTransMilenio: Movistar Arena or Salitre-Greco; SITP stops along Avenida Carrera 68.

The SITP stops it lists are the Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolívar stops on Avenida Carrera 68 at Calle 51 and Calle 53, and the Biblioteca Virgilio Barco stop at Calle 61. The entry includes an official shirt, a printed number, a timing chip and a digital certificate.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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2 gels for Bogotá, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

  1. km 7.3mile 4.6
  2. km 14.7mile 9.1

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
21.1 km13.1 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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