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Cebu Marathon

00:0012:00 AM Cebu City
Basilica del Santo Niño
Basilica del Santo Niño. Photograph by Patrickroque01, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The organiser starts and finishes the Cebu Marathon at SM Seaside City Cebu Grounds and names the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) as the course highlight on an AIMS-certified course.

The course in short 2 lines
  • SM Seaside City start and the CCLEXSM Seaside City start and finish; the CCLEX is the course highlight; AIMS certified.
  • A midnight gun and an 8-hour cut-off42k gun at 12:00 A.M on 10 January 2027; 8-hour cut-off.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometrySM Seaside City start and the CCLEXSM Seaside City start and finish; the CCLEX is the course highlight; AIMS certified.

The organiser’s race information lists the start and finish venue as SM Seaside City Cebu Grounds, the course highlight as “The Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX)” and the certification as “Officially AIMS-Certified (International qualifier standard)”. The homepage promises “breathtaking panoramic views” and the Sinulog Festival atmosphere at the finish.

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Whole courseConditionsA midnight gun and an 8-hour cut-off42k gun at 12:00 A.M on 10 January 2027; 8-hour cut-off.

Cebu’s marathon goes off in the dark: the 42k gun start is listed as 12:00 A.M, the 21k at 3:00 A.M, the 10k at 4:30 A.M and the 5k at 5:30 A.M. The 42k cut-off is 8 hours, the 21k 4 hours, the 10k 2 hours and the 5k 1 hour, with official pacers for the 42k and 21k.

The organiser lists water every 2.5 km on the route and isotonic drinks every 5 km starting at km 10.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Cebu City, 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.

Order by 20 December to test them on two long runs first.

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

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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
cut-off
8:00 h

Race week

Timetable

Sunday 10 January Race day

  1. 00:0012:00 AM

    Marathon gun start SM Seaside City Cebu Grounds. Published as 12:00 A.M, the first minute of race day. The 21k starts at 3:00 A.M, the 10k at 4:30 A.M and the 5k at 5:30 A.M.

  2. Time not published

    Overall time limit Cut-off time 8 hours for the 42k. 8:00 limit: 11:22/km for 42.195 km8:00 limit: 18:18/mi for 26.2 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Cebu City time, checked .

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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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