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Maratona Oficial de Belo Horizonte

The organiser has not published a date. Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte. Photograph by Benjamin Thompson from Orlando, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The organiser says the marathon uses wide avenues under the Serra do Curral and passes the Praça da Estação, Parque Municipal, Serraria Souza Pinto, the UFMG Natural History Museum, the Horto Florestal and the Arena MRV.

The course in short 3 lines
  • Wide avenues past the Praça da Estação, Parque Municipal and Arena MRVWide avenues, the Serra do Curral behind, and six named city landmarks on the way.
  • 192 m of climbing, the organiser's figure192 m of climbing, as the organiser gives it.
  • A 5:00 start and a six-hour limit5:00 start on 16 May 2027, six hours maximum, kits collected on the three days before.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
km 0 to 42.2LandmarkWide avenues past the Praça da Estação, Parque Municipal and Arena MRVWide avenues, the Serra do Curral behind, and six named city landmarks on the way.

The organiser’s FAQ describes the marathon as a low-altitude-change course on wide avenues, “com a Serra do Curral como cenário”. It names the landmarks the route passes: the Praça da Estação, Parque Municipal, Serraria Souza Pinto, the Museu de História Natural da UFMG, the Horto Florestal and the Arena MRV. The regulations put the start and the finish at Avenida dos Andradas 500, at the Praça da Estação.

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Whole courseGradient192 m of climbing, the organiser's figure192 m of climbing, as the organiser gives it.

The FAQ says the marathon “foi desenhada para ter altimetria baixa (192m)” and lists the altimetry as 192 m for the marathon and 87 m for the 5 km Corrida Central.

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Whole courseTacticsA 5:00 start and a six-hour limit5:00 start on 16 May 2027, six hours maximum, kits collected on the three days before.

The regulations give the marathon start as 05:00 on 16 May 2027 at the Praça da Estação. Runners outside the projected time at any point are asked to leave the course, and buses take them to the finish. Kits are collected at the Vila da Maratona in Parque Municipal on 13 and 14 May from 10:00 to 20:00 and on 15 May from 10:00 to 16:00; none are handed out on race day. The minimum age is 20, counted by birth year.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Belo Horizonte, 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
cut-off
6:00 h

Race week

Bib pickup at Parque Municipal Américo Renné Giannetti, Avenida Afonso Pena 1377

Timetable

Thursday 13 May Bib pickup

  1. 10:0010:00 AM–20:008:00 PM

    Kit pick-up at the Vila da Maratona Parque Municipal Américo Renné Giannetti, Avenida Afonso Pena 1377. No kits are handed out on race day.

Friday 14 May Bib pickup

  1. 10:0010:00 AM–20:008:00 PM

    Kit pick-up at the Vila da Maratona Parque Municipal Américo Renné Giannetti, Avenida Afonso Pena 1377. No kits are handed out on race day.

Saturday 15 May Last bib day

  1. 10:0010:00 AM–16:004:00 PM

    Kit pick-up at the Vila da Maratona Parque Municipal Américo Renné Giannetti, Avenida Afonso Pena 1377. No kits are handed out on race day.

Sunday 16 May Race day

  1. 05:005:00 AM

    Marathon start Avenida dos Andradas 500, Praça da Estação. The start and the finish are both at the Praça da Estação.

  2. Time not published

    Marathon time limit Six hours, counted from the start of the last wave. 6:00 limit: 8:31/km for 42.195 km6:00 limit: 13:43/mi for 26.2 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Belo Horizonte time, checked .

Add to calendar .ics file, times in Belo Horizonte time

Trip

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