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Running Gifu? Do your long runs with the gel you will race on. Get them on Amazon Amazon partner link
The half marathon runs from the Gifu Memorial Center down Kinkabashi-dori to Gifu Station, back to the Kawaramachi district, then along the Nagara River's left bank levee to Chidoribashi and back on the right bank.
After Chidoribashi the route follows the right bank levee road to the Nagara River Promenade, reaches the north end of Kinkabashi and finishes at Himalaya Stadium Gifu in the Memorial Center. The organiser says the course is certified by World Athletics and AIMS and by Japan Athletics, and that it was supervised by Naoko Takahashi.
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The race on Sunday 25 April 2027 starts in two waves, at 9:00 and 9:10, and the gate at the start line itself closes at 9:20. The gates fall at the Saibansho-mae intersection (5.8 km), the southeast of Ukai Ohashi (10.1 km), north of Chidoribashi (13.2 km) and the Gifu Grand Hotel car park (17.3 km). A runner who has not reached a gate by its closing time is taken off the course, and the course closes at 12:05.
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10:0010:00 AM–20:008:00 PM
Bib in hand?A number belt holds it without pins through your race top. Clip it on tonight.
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09:009:00 AM
09:109:10 AM
09:209:20 AM
09:259:25 AM
09:509:50 AM
10:1010:10 AM
10:4010:40 AM
11:0011:00 AM
11:3211:32 AM
12:0512:05 PM
Times as published by the organiser, in Gifu 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.
Add to calendar .ics file, times in Gifu time
Entry dates published for the 2027 race
As read 15 October 2026. Next: entry opens, 2027 race, .
The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.
Race fuel
One every 40 minutes, 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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