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A loop from City Hall through the old town and over a high plateau to the south and back, run between 882 and 936 m in Brazil's highest state capital, with its climbing at both ends.
The Curitiba Marathon is a loop of 42.2 km with 128.4 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 882 m and its highest 936 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 15 November 2026.
The whole course runs between 882 and 936 m of altitude, and over 1 km smoothing it climbs 128.4 m in 42 km.
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The course never goes north of the start line: the building is 284 m north of it, behind the runners at the start and ahead of them at the finish.
Photo: Marinelson Almeida - Traveling through Brazil from Niteroi, Brasil, CC BY 2.0
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The Palacio 29 de Marco, Curitiba's City Hall, named for 29 March 1693, the day the town was founded. The start and finish line is on Avenida Candido de Abreu in front of it, in the Centro Civico; the regulation names the Praca Nossa Senhora de Salete.
Photo: Eloy Olindo Setti, Public domain
km 1.4mile 0.9
The colonial square of the old town. 86 m right of the runner at km 1.44, on Travessa Nestor de Castro.
Photo: Carlos Ebert from São Paulo, BrazilGRU, CC BY 2.0
km 1.4mile 0.9
The Catedral Basilica Menor de Nossa Senhora da Luz, on Praca Tiradentes, where the town began. 78 m left of the runner at km 1.45.
Photo: Jeff Belmonte from Cuiabá, Brazil, CC BY 2.0
km 20.4mile 12.7
Club Athletico Paranaense's stadium; four matches of the 2014 World Cup. 132 m right of the runner at km 20.43, on Avenida Presidente Getulio Vargas, just before halfway.
Photo: Gustavo Paolo, CC0
km 34.7mile 21.6
An army gunpowder store of 1906, reopened as a round theatre on 27 December 1971. 38 m right of the runner at km 34.75, on Rua Conselheiro Laurindo.
Photo: Marinelson Almeida - Traveling through Brazil from Niteroi, Brasil, CC BY 2.0
km 36.1mile 22.4
Parana Clube's stadium; two matches of the 1950 World Cup were played here, among them Spain 3-1 USA on 25 June 1950. 124 m right of the runner at km 36.10, on Avenida Doutor Dario Lopes dos Santos.
Photo: Fabiowerlang at English Wikipedia, Public domain
km 36.8mile 22.9
The Viaduto Capanema tube station, 38 m left of the runner at km 36.81. Curitiba's bus rapid transit, the world's first, opened on 22 September 1974; the steel and glass tube stations came with the Ligeirinho express lines in 1991.
Photo: Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz Mariordo, CC BY 3.0
km 37.4mile 23.3
The Jardim Botanico de Curitiba, opened 5 October 1991; its greenhouse is modelled on London's Crystal Palace.
Photo: Wilfredor, CC0
km 42.2mile 26.2
The Museu Oscar Niemeyer: the main building designed in 1967, the eye-shaped annex opened in 2002 and the museum renamed for Niemeyer in 2003. The race expo is held here.
Photo: Marinelson Almeida - Traveling through Brazil from Niteroi, Brasil, CC BY 2.0
Height drawn many times taller than life · GEDTM30
Dashed: bridge
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Curitiba sits at 934.6 m by IBGE’s count, the highest of Brazil’s 26 state capitals; only the federal capital, Brasília, is higher. The marathon never leaves that plateau: the road is at 900.8 m on the start line, 935.7 m at its highest near km 8.5 and 881.6 m at its lowest near km 30.1, so the whole race fits inside 54 m. Over a 1 km window it climbs 128.4 m.
The 2026 race runs the 2025 course, in the organiser’s words.
Measured
From City Hall the road goes up through the old town and onto the plateau south of the centre, 53.3 m of climbing in the first 8.5 km. The middle of the race gives that height back: the course comes down to 881.6 m around km 30.1, the lowest road of the day.
Then it climbs again, 44.2 m between km 30.1 and km 41.0, to 915.4 m. The last 1.2 km are downhill, 14 m to the finish beside City Hall.
Measured
The start and finish line is on Avenida Cândido de Abreu in front of the Palácio 29 de Março, Curitiba’s City Hall. The first kilometre and a half runs into the colonial old town: Largo da Ordem is about 86 m from the road at km 1.4, and the Cathedral on Praça Tiradentes, where the town began, about 78 m from it at km 1.45.
Measured
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Times as published by Global Vita Sports (Associação Amazing Runs), in Curitiba time, checked . Confirm on their site before you travel.
The forecast for Sunday
We hold no start time for this race, so the record is read at 09:009:00 AM, local time.
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As read 11 October 2026. Next: entry closes, 2026 race, .
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Race fuel
One every 40 minutes, the orange marks on the profile, by the clock:
Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.
For your long training runs:
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. Enough for race day and two test long runs.
Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.
Order by 25 October to test them on two long runs first.
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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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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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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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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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