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LIDL São Silvestre de Lisboa

21:309:30 PM Lisboa
Praça do Comércio
© OpenStreetMap Praça do Comércio. Photograph by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons . Course line © OpenStreetMap contributors

The course

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Downhill to km 6, then a climb of 27 m home.

Start, finish

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  1. Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0
  2. Photo: own work, Public domain
  4. Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0
  5. Photo: Alexander Svensson, CC BY 2.0

km 1.8mile 1.1

Cais do Sodré

Runners reach Cais do Sodré before the turnaround on the Avenida 24 de Julho and pass it again on the way back.

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 3 and 50 metres, a range of 46 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 to 6
  • climb home
The course in short 3 lines
  • Flat by the Tagus, then the climb up the Avenida da LiberdadeLow point 3 m at 5.2 km; high point 50 m at 8.6 km.
  • Rossio, the riverfront and a turn at Marquês de PombalRossio, Cais do Sodré, Praça do Comércio, then up the Avenida da Liberdade and back.
  • A 21:30 start in waves, with two hours to finishStart 21:30 in waves; two hour limit; podium at 22:30.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseGradientFlat by the Tagus, then the climb up the Avenida da LiberdadeLow point 3 m at 5.2 km; high point 50 m at 8.6 km.

From the start at about 15 m the course drops to the riverfront and stays between 3 m and 6 m from about 2 km to 6 km, through the Cais do Sodré, the Avenida 24 de Julho and the Praça do Comércio. The last four kilometres go back up: the route climbs to its highest point of 50 m at 8.6 km, at the Praça Marquês de Pombal turnaround, and then runs back down the Avenida da Liberdade to the finish.

Measured

Whole courseLandmarkRossio, the riverfront and a turn at Marquês de PombalRossio, Cais do Sodré, Praça do Comércio, then up the Avenida da Liberdade and back.

The organiser’s route starts on the Avenida da Liberdade and passes the Praça dos Restauradores and the Rossio before the Rua do Ouro, the Rua do Arsenal and the Cais do Sodré. After a turnaround on the Avenida 24 de Julho near the Portuguese Red Cross staircase, it returns by the Avenida Ribeira das Naus, the Praça do Comércio, the Rua da Prata and the Rua da Betesga to the Rossio. It then climbs the Avenida da Liberdade to the Praça Marquês de Pombal and finishes on the Praça dos Restauradores.

Sourced

Whole courseTacticsA 21:30 start in waves, with two hours to finishStart 21:30 in waves; two hour limit; podium at 22:30.

Runners are placed in blocks by a 10K time from the last two years: under 37:30, under 45, 50 and 60 minutes, under 1:15, and slower. The first wave takes the first three blocks, the second the Sub 60 block and the third the two slowest. Everyone must be in their block by 21:30, and the chip starts only at the line, so the wave does not cost time. The participation of runners under 18 is not allowed.

Sourced

Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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Race fuel for Lisboa

One gel every 40 minutes once you are past about 75 minutes of running, plus a spare.

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.

Order by 5 December to test them on two long runs first.

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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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race
Other
climb
49.8 m163 ft
cut-off
2:00 h

The LIDL São Silvestre de Lisboa course has 49.8 m of climbing: a flat course. Its lowest point is 3 m and its highest 50 m above sea level. Next race: Saturday 26 December 2026, starting at 21:30.

Race week

Bib pickup at Casal Vistoso Municipal Sports Complex

Timetable

Saturday 19 December 7 days before

  1. 10:0010:00 AM

    Training session 3 Keil do Amaral Amphitheatre, Monsanto

Tuesday 22 December Bib pickup

  1. 10:0010:00 AM–19:007:00 PM

    Race packet pickup Casal Vistoso Municipal Sports Complex. Race packets are not delivered at the event location. Bring the registration confirmation.

Wednesday 23 December Last bib day

  1. 10:0010:00 AM–19:007:00 PM

    Race packet pickup Casal Vistoso Municipal Sports Complex

Saturday 26 December Race day

  1. 10:0010:00 AM–17:005:00 PM

    Race packet pickup Casal Vistoso Municipal Sports Complex

  2. 21:309:30 PM

    Start blocks close Everyone must be lined up in their start block by 21:30; after that, access is only through the last block.

  3. 21:309:30 PM

    10K start Avenida da Liberdade. Runners start in waves by start block; the chip only starts at the line.

  4. 22:3010:30 PM

    Podium ceremony

  5. 23:3011:30 PM

    Course time limit The 10K must be completed within 2 hours of the start; traffic is restored at 23:30. 2:00 limit: 2:50/km for 42.195 km2:00 limit: 4:34/mi for 26.2 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Lisboa 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.

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 0.00% 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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