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Mar del Plata Marathon

The organiser has not published a date. Mar del Plata
Playa Grande
Playa Grande. Photograph by Ezarate, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 2026 Mar del Plata Marathon started at 7:00 from Playa Grande, on calle Guardavidas Guillermo Volpe.

The course in short 3 lines
  • Start at Playa Grande, 7:007:00 start at Playa Grande; the organiser put the end of the event at 13:00.
  • Two laps of 21K along the coastTwo 21K laps; timing points at 8.5, 17.5, 21, 29.5 and 38.5 km.
  • April in 2026, May in 2025Race day moved from late May in 2025 to mid April in 2026.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseFinishStart at Playa Grande, 7:007:00 start at Playa Grande; the organiser put the end of the event at 13:00.

The municipality’s own notice for the 19 April 2026 race gave the start as 7:00 at Playa Grande, on calle Guardavidas Guillermo Volpe, for the 42K, the 21K and the 10K alike. Its traffic notice the day before had the road closures beginning at 5:00 and the end of the event estimated at 13:00.

The 2022 edition started and finished elsewhere: on Avenida Patricio Peralta Ramos, at the plaza Almirante Brown, with the 10K starting at 7:45.

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Whole courseGeometryTwo laps of 21K along the coastTwo 21K laps; timing points at 8.5, 17.5, 21, 29.5 and 38.5 km.

The circuit page for the 2026 race reads “2 vueltas de 21K” and calls the circuit the official course of the event. The marathon’s timing points sit at 8.5, 17.5, 21, 29.5 and 38.5 km.

The municipality’s traffic notice for the same day put the turn for the 21K runners at Avenida Constitución and the Acceso Norte roundabout, and closed the coastal streets from Avenida Peralta Ramos and Juan B. Justo in the south, past Playa Grande and the centre, to Avenida Libertad and Salta in the north.

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Whole courseConditionsApril in 2026, May in 2025Race day moved from late May in 2025 to mid April in 2026.

The organiser’s page lists two races a year. The marathon comes with a 21K and a 10K, and the Medio Maratón closes the year with a 10K and a 5K of its own. The organiser’s page records the 2026 marathon on 19 April and the 2025 edition on 25 May.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Mar del Plata, 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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