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Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon
The Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon is a flat course of 21.1 km with 26.3 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 2 m and its highest 16 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 7 February 2027, starting at 10:35.
At a glance
- Race day
- The 2027 race
- Start
- 10:3510:35 AM
- Distance
- 21.1 km13.1 mi
- Half marathon · Relay
- Total climb
- 26.3 m86 ft
- Highest point 14 m46 ft above lowest
- Entry fee
- JP¥10,000
- For the 2027 race
The course
Drag along the profileThe course stays between 2.4 m and 16.0 m above sea level, 80% of it at 10 m or lower, and climbs 26.3 m in the half marathon.
Start, finish
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Height drawn many times taller than life · GEDTM30
0 5 10 15 20 km
0 5 10 13.1 mi
Dashed: bridge
Your 2 gels, at the orange marksFor a 1:55 finish, one every 40 minutes
- km 7.3mile 4.6
- km 14.7mile 9.1
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- A flat course that never passes 16 metresLow point 2.4 m near 9.6 km; high point 16.0 m at the finish.
- Seventy-nine editions and two national recordsFirst held in 1947; Japanese records set here.
- Staggered starts from 10:35A 10:35, B 10:45, C1 10:55, C2 11:00; runners must be 18.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseGradientA flat course that never passes 16 metresLow point 2.4 m near 9.6 km; high point 16.0 m at the finish.
The half marathon runs between 2.4 m and 16.0 m above sea level, 13.6 m from the lowest point to the highest. The low point is near 9.6 km and the high point is at the finish, 16.0 m, a little above the start at 15.3 m. Altogether 80% of the course is at 10 m or lower, and the course climbs 26.3 m in total, in many small rises over bridges and ramps. The organiser calls it one of the flattest courses in the world.
Measured
Whole courseFinishSeventy-nine editions and two national recordsFirst held in 1947; Japanese records set here.
The organiser traces the race to the first Kagawa Marathon on 9 March 1947 (Showa 22). Kayoko Fukushi set the women’s Japanese and Asian records here, and Tomoki Ota set the men’s Japanese record at the 77th edition. The organiser credits the mild weather and the flat course for the fast times. The 2027 race is the 79th edition, held with the 30th Japan Student Half Marathon Championships.
Sourced
Whole courseTacticsStaggered starts from 10:35A 10:35, B 10:45, C1 10:55, C2 11:00; runners must be 18.
Group A (registered runners with a qualifying time, 1:10 in the half marathon for men and 1:35 for women) starts at 10:35 and group B at 10:45. The largest block, C, takes 7,500 runners who can finish within 3 hours, and is split into C1 at 10:55 and C2 at 11:00 by the time declared at entry. Entrants must be 18 or older on race day. Bibs are collected on Saturday 6 February, 9:50 to 17:00, at the stadium.
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Race weekend
Bib pickup at Shikoku Kasei MEGLIO Stadium (Marugame Stadium)Saturday 6 February Bib pickup
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09:509:50 AM–17:005:00 PM
Half marathon bib exchange Shikoku Kasei MEGLIO Stadium (Marugame Stadium). Bibs for the half marathon can be collected the day before.
Bib in hand?A number belt holds it without pins through your race top. Clip it on tonight.
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Sunday 7 February Race day
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08:008:00 AM–10:0010:00 AM
Race-morning bib exchange Shikoku Kasei MEGLIO Stadium (Marugame Stadium). Group A closes at 9:35, group B at 9:45 and group C at 10:00.
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10:3510:35 AM
Half marathon start, group A Marugame Stadium. Registered men and women A start first. -
10:4510:45 AM
Half marathon start, group B Marugame Stadium. Registered and general men and women B. -
10:5510:55 AM
Half marathon start, group C1 Marugame Stadium. Group C is split between C1 and C2 by the finishing time declared at entry. -
11:0011:00 AM
Half marathon start, group C2 Marugame Stadium. Second block of group C.
Times as published by the organiser, in Marugame time, checked . Confirm on their site before you travel.
The forecast for Sunday
Race morning, on the record
We hold no start time for this race, so the record is read at 09:009:00 AM, local time.
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Entry
Race fuel
Energy gel
2 gels for Marugame, plus 1 spare
Finish
One every 40 minutes, the orange marks on the profile. Marugame stays within 14 m46 ft of height, so they go by the clock:
Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.
- km 7.3mile 4.6
- km 14.7mile 9.1
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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Anti-chafe
Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml
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
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
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
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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Questions about the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon
- Is the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon course flat?
- Yes. It has 26.3 m of climbing over 21.1 km. The highest point is 14 m above the lowest.
- When is the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon 2027?
- Sunday 7 February 2027. The start is at 10:35.
- How do I enter the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon?
- Entry is through the organiser. Entry fee: JP¥10,000 (for the 2027 race). Entry details on the organiser’s site
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