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A flat loop of Eindhoven with 16.5 m of climbing in 42 km, past the Evoluon and through the High Tech Campus to a finish on the Vestdijk in the centre.
The Eindhoven Marathon is a flat loop of 42.2 km with 16.5 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 15 m and its highest 21 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 10 October 2027.
The whole marathon stays between 15.1 m and 21.4 m above sea level, with 16.5 m of climbing over 42 km, and it finishes 2.8 m lower than it starts.
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The race has been run every year since 1990, and every other year for the eight years before that; its courses were renewed for 2024.
km 18.5mile 11.5
The Welschappad is a cycle path beside the A2 and the Beatrixkanaal, a canal of 8.36 km begun in 1930 to link the De Hurk industrial estate to the Wilhelminakanaal and opened without ceremony in August 1940; the path skirts the airfield laid out as Welschap in 1932, now Eindhoven Airport.
km 21.1mile 13.1
The A2 is the motorway from Amsterdam to the Belgian border near Maastricht, one of the busiest in the Netherlands.
km 24.3mile 15.1
A saucer-shaped building put up by Philips in 1966 as a science museum, designed by Leo de Bever and Louis Kalff, its concrete dome 77 m across; a national monument since 2018.
km 33.4mile 20.7
Founded by Philips in 1998 on the grounds of its old research laboratory, the NatLab, and opened to other companies in 2003; about 300 companies and institutions were there in 2024, most of the shared facilities in The Strip, one long building.
km 37.7mile 23.4
The Genneper Parken are a nature, sport and recreation area in the south of Eindhoven along the Dommel and the Tongelreep.
km 41.8mile 26
A river of 120 km, 85 km of it in the Netherlands, that joins the Aa at 's-Hertogenbosch to form the Dieze; it is first named, as the Duthmala, early in the eighth century.
km 42.2mile 26.2
The Vestdijk runs where one of Eindhoven's town moats used to be.
Height drawn many times taller than life · Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (AHN4)
Tall ticks: food or drink short: water dashed: bridge
Your 5 gels, at the orange marksFor a 4:00 finish, one every 40 minutes
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This is the 2026 course, the one the organiser has published and says has been officially measured. The road starts at 19.1 m on Veldmaarschalk Montgomerylaan and ends at 16.3 m on the Vestdijk. The lowest point is 15.1 m at about km 4.2 and the highest is 21.4 m at about km 18.5, beside the A2 motorway: 6.3 m between the two extremes.
The 16.5 m of climbing ignores every short rise. A watch that counts each one will read more. The organiser’s own description is “het vlakke, brede en sfeervolle parcours”, the flat, wide and atmospheric course, and the road agrees on “flat”.
Measured
Both the low and the high point sit in the first half: the low point of 15.1 m at about km 4.2 and the high point of 21.4 m at about km 18.5. Between them the road rises 6.3 m over 14 km, and that is the largest change of level anywhere on the 2026 course.
After halfway the road is level for practical purposes. It touches 20.1 m at about km 25.3, drifts down to 17.2 m around km 37.5 and ends at 16.3 m, so the last 21 km add 5.3 m of climbing in total. For pacing, the course gives no reason to hold back for a late hill.
Measured
The organiser says the course starts and finishes in the heart of the city and takes in “innovative hotspots and sporting landmarks” as well as green parks and city streets. It names the football stadium, the Evoluon, the High Tech Campus and the city centre. The marathon starts on Veldmaarschalk Montgomerylaan on Sunday, as do the half and quarter marathons, and the finish is on the Vestdijk.
On the 2026 course, the Evoluon, the saucer-shaped concrete building of 1966, comes at about km 24.3, and the route reaches the High Tech Campus at about km 33.4. The organiser’s page says the course has been updated for greater running comfort. This is the 2026 course.
Measured
km 5mile 3.1
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km 7.5mile 4.7
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km 10mile 6.2
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km 12.5mile 7.8
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km 15mile 9.3
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km 17.5mile 10.9
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km 20mile 12.4
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km 22.5mile 14
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km 25mile 15.5
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km 27.5mile 17.1
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km 30mile 18.6
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km 32.5mile 20.2
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km 35mile 21.7
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km 37.5mile 23.3
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km 40mile 24.9
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Read on asmlmarathoneindhoven.nl, event-info.
Checked , against the organiser’s own pages.
Not announced for the 2027 race
As read 17 October 2026.
For the 2026 race it opened 5 March 2026.
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Race fuel
One every 40 minutes, the orange marks on the profile. Eindhoven stays within 6 m20 ft of height, so they go 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.
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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.
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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