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Kuching Marathon

01:001:00 AM Kuching
Kuching
Kuching. Photograph by Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The marathon is a loop that starts at Padang Merdeka in the heart of Kuching and crosses the Sarawak River between the city's northern and southern centres.

The course in short 2 lines
  • From Padang Merdeka over the Sarawak RiverA loop from Padang Merdeka across the Sarawak River.
  • Seven hours for the marathon, four for the halfMarathon 7 hours, half 4 hours, marathon start at 1:00 AM.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseLandmarkFrom Padang Merdeka over the Sarawak RiverA loop from Padang Merdeka across the Sarawak River.

The organiser describes the course as a loop past Kuching’s White Rajah heritage, its Malay villages and the business district at the Kuching Isthmus. It names the Waterfront, the Fort, Astana, the cat statues, Tua Pek Kong and the DUN, Kuching’s most iconic building, as the sights along the way, and calls the courses fast, flat and historic.

Sourced

Whole courseTacticsSeven hours for the marathon, four for the halfMarathon 7 hours, half 4 hours, marathon start at 1:00 AM.

The 10KM run has 2 hours 30 minutes and the 5KM run 1 hour 30 minutes. Finisher T-shirt and medal go to finishers who complete the run within the cut-off. The full marathon takes runners aged 18 and over on the event day.

Sourced

Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Kuching, 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

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

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
cut-off
7:00 h

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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