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Maratón de Cali
The Maratón de Cali is a course of 42.2 km with 128.2 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 958 m and its highest 1,004 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 25 April 2027.
At a glance
- Race day
- The 2027 race
- Distance
- 42.2 km26.2 mi
- Marathon · 15K
- Total climb
- 128.2 m421 ft
- Highest point 46 m151 ft above lowest
The course
Pick a place, or drag along the profileThe course stays between 958 m and 1,004 m above sea level, a spread of 46 m, and climbs 128 m in the whole marathon.
Start, finish
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- Photo: Aleko, CC BY 3.0
km 13.8mile 8.6
Cali Tower
The course passes within about 50 m of the Torre de Cali at 13.8 km.
Photo: Aleko, CC BY 3.0
Height drawn many times taller than life · GEDTM30
0 10 20 30 40 km
0 10 20 26.2 mi
Dashed: bridge
Your 5 gels, at the orange marksFor a 4:00 finish, one every 40 minutes
- km 7mile 4.4
- km 14.1mile 8.7
- km 21.1mile 13.1
- km 28.1mile 17.5
- km 35.2mile 21.8
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- A kilometre above the sea, and flatRun at about 1,000 m of altitude, with 46 m between the lowest and highest point.
- Course records worth a bonusCourse records of 2:11:04 (men) and 2:29:21 (women) carry a US$2,000 bonus.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
km 0 to 42.2GradientA kilometre above the sea, and flatRun at about 1,000 m of altitude, with 46 m between the lowest and highest point.
The whole marathon is run at about a kilometre of altitude. The road starts at 963 m, rises to its high point of 1,004 m at km 15.7, and falls to its low point of 958 m at km 32.5. From the start to the finish there are 46 m between the lowest and highest point, and the marathon climbs 128 m in all. A watch on the day will count more small rises than this.
Measured
Whole courseTacticsCourse records worth a bonusCourse records of 2:11:04 (men) and 2:29:21 (women) carry a US$2,000 bonus.
The organiser’s prize table lists a course record bonus of US$2,000 for runners who go under 2:11:04 (men) or 2:29:21 (women). It also offers US$10,000 to a man under 2:09:00 or a woman under 2:27:00, and says the race has held a World Athletics quality label since its first edition. The page calls the 2027 race, on 25 April, the third edition.
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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.
Race fuel
Energy gel
5 gels for Cali, plus 1 spare
Finish
One every 40 minutes, the orange marks on the profile, by the clock:
Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.
- km 7mile 4.4
- km 14.1mile 8.7
- km 21.1mile 13.1
- km 28.1mile 17.5
- km 35.2mile 21.8
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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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, 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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