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Indira Marathon

The organiser has not published a date. Prayagraj
Allahabad Fort
Allahabad Fort. Photograph by Vyomtripathi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 2025 Indira Marathon started at Anand Bhawan and finished at the Madan Mohan Malaviya Stadium in Prayagraj.

The course in short 3 lines
  • From Anand Bhawan to the Malaviya stadiumStart at Anand Bhawan, finish in the Madan Mohan Malaviya Stadium.
  • Run on 19 November since 1985A mid-November race with a history going back to 1985; 2025 was the 40th.
  • A prize-money marathonCash prizes down to 11 consolation prizes of 10,000 rupees each.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseFinishFrom Anand Bhawan to the Malaviya stadiumStart at Anand Bhawan, finish in the Madan Mohan Malaviya Stadium.

The organiser’s site says the 2025 race ran from Anand Bhawan to the Madan Mohan Malaviya Stadium, over the full 42.195 km for men and women alike. The entry form gave the start as 6:30 AM on 19 November 2025, with the Sports Directorate of Uttar Pradesh and the district administration of Prayagraj as the organisers. Runners had to be 18 or older.

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Whole courseConditionsRun on 19 November since 1985A mid-November race with a history going back to 1985; 2025 was the 40th.

The organiser’s site says the race is run each year on the birthday of the former prime minister Indira Gandhi, 19 November. Rajiv Gandhi flagged off the first one on 19 November 1985, and it ran every year to 1989. In 1990 it was held in Dehradun, and after protests it came back to Prayagraj from 1991. A break followed in 2020, during the lockdown.

The 2025 race, on 19 November, was the 40th edition.

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Whole courseTacticsA prize-money marathonCash prizes down to 11 consolation prizes of 10,000 rupees each.

The organiser calls it the all-India prize-money Indira Marathon. For the 2025 race it listed 2,00,000 rupees for first place, 1,00,000 for second, 75,000 for third and 11 consolation prizes of 10,000 rupees each, in each group.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Prayagraj, 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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