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Ibercaja Madrid Corre por Madrid

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Puerta del Sol
© OpenStreetMap Puerta del Sol. Photograph by Tomás Fano, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons . Course line © OpenStreetMap contributors

The course

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Downhill home.

StartFinish

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  1. Photo: Enrique Dans from Madrid ( Spain )., CC BY 2.0
  2. Photo: Artistosteles, CC BY 4.0
  3. Photo: Dimitry B. from London, CC BY 2.0
  4. Photo: Tim Adams, CC BY 3.0

km 1.7mile 1.1

Plaza de Colón

The long downhill from the start on the Castellana runs to Plaza de Colón, where the course continues along Calle Génova.

Photo: Enrique Dans from Madrid ( Spain )., CC BY 2.0

Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.

Course elevation profile, 8× vertical exaggeration Elevation along the course from km 0 to km 10. The trace runs between 632 and 680 metres, a range of 48 metres, drawn at 8 times vertical exaggeration so the shape is legible. Smoothed over 1 km before this profile was derived. An unsmoothed urban surface carries the buildings and would assert a climb that is not there.
0 2 4 6 8 10 km
0 2 4 6 mi

  • downhill home
The course in short 3 lines
  • Down the Castellana and through the historic centreCastellana start, through Sol, the cathedral and the palace.
  • The last two kilometres climb Calle PrincesaFrom Plaza de España, a climb up Princesa to the finish.
  • Four starts and 90 minutesStarts at 9:00, 9:10, 9:20 and 9:30; a 90 minute limit.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseTacticsDown the Castellana and through the historic centreCastellana start, through Sol, the cathedral and the palace.

The organiser describes a long downhill stretch from the start to Plaza de Colón, then Calle Génova and Paseo de Sagasta, San Bernardo and Gran Vía, with the central section running Callao, Montera, Puerta del Sol, Calle Mayor, the cathedral, the Royal Palace and Calle Bailén. The course was certified by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation, so times count officially.

Sourced

Whole courseGradientThe last two kilometres climb Calle PrincesaFrom Plaza de España, a climb up Princesa to the finish.

Before that, the course goes down Gran Vía from Plaza de Callao to Plaza de España. Overall the organiser calls the profile favourable and descending, and the 2026 edition was run on Sunday 20 September with up to 10,000 runners.

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Whole courseTacticsFour starts and 90 minutesStarts at 9:00, 9:10, 9:20 and 9:30; a 90 minute limit.

Pens 1 to 4 went first, pens 5 and 6 at 9:10, pen 7 at 9:20 and pens 8 and 9 at 9:30. Times were taken from the start gun of each runner’s own wave, with timing checks at the start, at 5 km and at the finish.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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No gel needed at this pace

Finish

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.

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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 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
10.0 km6.2 mi
climb
61.3 m201 ft

The Ibercaja Madrid Corre por Madrid is a course of 10 km with 61.3 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 632 m and its highest 680 m above sea level.

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.

Sources and licence

Last checked.

Course line matched onto OpenStreetMap road geometry: (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License 1.0 (ODbL). Elevation sampled from GEDTM30, Global Ensemble Digital Terrain Model at 30 m (v1.2): Elevation: GEDTM30 (Ho & Hengl, OpenGeoHub), CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Elevation gain computed by us from that line, smoothed over 1 kmsmoothed over 0.6 mi.

The line follows the road down its middle, so it measures 2.60% longer than the certified distance, which is measured on the shortest legal line through every bend.

Date and entry information from the organiser.

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