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Finlandia Marathon

The organiser has not published a date. Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä. Photograph by Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The course follows the Rantaraitti, a flat, fast, officially measured route that won an award as Finland's most beautiful traffic route, mostly along a cycle and walking path.

The course in short 3 lines
  • Jyväskylä's Rantaraitti, a flat lakeside pathFlat, fast and officially measured; every distance starts at the Paviljonki square.
  • A September weekend by Lake Jyväsjärvi11 to 12 September 2026; event centre at Lutakonaukio; part of Finnish Halfs.
  • The Finnish championship marathonFinnish championship marathon in 2026; the route is officially measured.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
km 0 to 42.2GradientJyväskylä's Rantaraitti, a flat lakeside pathFlat, fast and officially measured; every distance starts at the Paviljonki square.

The organiser describes the route as the Jyväskylä Rantaraitti, a flat and fast lakeside path voted Finland’s most beautiful traffic route. Every distance starts from the square at the Jyväskylä Paviljonki, and the route mainly follows a cycle and walking path. The marathon page calls it an excellent route both for a first full marathon and for experienced runners, and the price page lists the route as officially measured.

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Whole courseCrowdA September weekend by Lake Jyväsjärvi11 to 12 September 2026; event centre at Lutakonaukio; part of Finnish Halfs.

The 2026 Finlandia Marathon weekend was on 11 and 12 September in Jyväskylä, with Lutakonaukio and the Jyväskylä Paviljonki as the event centre. The weekend has distances from a 5 km to the marathon, a marathon relay and a youth marathon. The half marathon is one of the six races of the Finnish Halfs series, whose idea is to run all six within 36 months.

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Whole courseTacticsThe Finnish championship marathonFinnish championship marathon in 2026; the route is officially measured.

The organiser’s news item for the 2026 SUL and SAUL championship marathons says the right to compete for the Finnish championship went only to athletes with a qualifying result made after 1 January 2025, and that a result counts if the route is officially measured.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Jyväskylä, 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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