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Marathon International de Rabat

08:008:00 AM Rabat
Hassan Tower
Hassan Tower. Photograph by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The marathon starts on Avenue Hassan II near the Olympic Stadium and finishes on the stadium's athletics track.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Avenues of Rabat, finishing on the Olympic Stadium trackStart on Avenue Hassan II; the finish is on the Olympic Stadium's athletics track.
  • An 08:00 start under royal patronageThe 10th edition runs on 11 April 2027 with an 08:00 start.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
km 0 to 42.2FinishAvenues of Rabat, finishing on the Olympic Stadium trackStart on Avenue Hassan II; the finish is on the Olympic Stadium's athletics track.

The organiser’s 2026 route list for the marathon starts on Avenue Hassan II near the Olympic Stadium and follows Avenue Hassan II to the Kamra roundabout, then Avenue Ibn Rochd, Avenue Doustour, Avenue Moussa Ibn Noussair, Avenue Tariq Ibn Ziad, Avenue Alger, Avenue Moulay Hassan and Avenue Annasr. It returns to Avenue Hassan II and Avenue Ibn Rochd, goes on to Avenue Abderrahim Bouabid, Avenue Al Haour and Avenue Al Melia, and runs the avenues from Doustour to Annasr a second time before the entrance to the Olympic Stadium and the finish on its athletics track.

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km 0 to 42.2TacticsAn 08:00 start under royal patronageThe 10th edition runs on 11 April 2027 with an 08:00 start.

The 10th Marathon International de Rabat is on Sunday 11 April 2027, with the start at 08:00. It is held under the High Patronage of King Mohammed VI by the Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation. In 2026 the marathon and half marathon started together at 08:00 and the 10K followed at 08:15, with the last participants due in at 14:00.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Rabat, 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 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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