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Hospital Hill Run

07:007:00 AM Kansas City
Liberty Memorial
Liberty Memorial. Photograph by National WWI Museum, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The course includes a revered climb up Rockhill Rd, a run along 63rd St through Brookside and a pass through the UMKC campus.

The course in short 2 lines
  • The Hill is Rockhill RoadA revered climb up Rockhill Rd, then 63rd St in Brookside.
  • Four hours, on a certified courseA 4 hour limit on a USATF certified course.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGradientThe Hill is Rockhill RoadA revered climb up Rockhill Rd, then 63rd St in Brookside.

The course also takes in the Nelson-Atkins lawn and its Shuttlecocks sculptures, Gillham Park and a view of Kauffman Gardens, with minimal stretches of two-way traffic.

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Whole courseTacticsFour hours, on a certified courseA 4 hour limit on a USATF certified course.

The 54th running is on Saturday 22 May 2027, with a 7:00 start at Crown Center for the half marathon, 10K and 5K.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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2 gels for Kansas City, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

  1. km 7.3mile 4.6
  2. km 14.7mile 9.1

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.

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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
21.1 km13.1 mi
cut-off
4:00 h

Race week

Bib pickup at Crown Center Square, Ice Terrace

Timetable

Friday 21 May Bib pickup

  1. 12:0012:00 PM–19:007:00 PM

    Packet pickup Crown Center Square, Ice Terrace. Runner check-in, bib assignment and the commemorative apparel item, with complimentary parking. Race day pickup is only for runners who added it at registration.

Saturday 22 May Race day

  1. 07:007:00 AM

    Race start Crown Center. Half marathon, 10K and 5K.

  2. Time not published

    Half marathon time limit 4:00 limit: 11:22/km for 21.0975 km4:00 limit: 18:18/mi for 13.1 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Kansas 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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