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National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer

07:307:30 AM Jacksonville
Jacksonville Beach
Jacksonville Beach. Photograph by Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The marathon and half marathon run together through mile 13, then the marathon turns west to the Marathon Turn and repeats the course.

The course in short 3 lines
  • Together to mile 13, then the Marathon TurnThe half goes straight to the finish at mile 13.
  • A Boston qualifier with a 7-hour courseA Boston qualifier and an Abbott World Marathon Majors age group qualifier.
  • A fuel station about every milePortable restrooms at many places on the course.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryTogether to mile 13, then the Marathon TurnThe half goes straight to the finish at mile 13.

The organiser says the half marathon continues straight to the finish line at mile 13, while the marathon turns west to the Marathon Turn to repeat the course. The start is at the Jacksonville Beach Seawalk Pavilion.

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Whole courseTacticsA Boston qualifier with a 7-hour courseA Boston qualifier and an Abbott World Marathon Majors age group qualifier.

The marathon is a Boston Qualifier and an Abbott World Marathon Majors Age Group World Ranking qualifier. The organiser says the course stays open for 7 hours, a 16 minute per mile pace, and calls it beginner friendly and the first to offer Galloway pace groups.

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Whole courseTacticsA fuel station about every milePortable restrooms at many places on the course.

The organiser lists hydration stations approximately every mile, no longer than two miles apart, with water and Gatorade, and HUMA gels at all of them. Medical support comes from the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department along the route and near the start and finish.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Jacksonville, 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.

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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
7:00 h

Race week

Timetable

Sunday 7 February Race day

  1. 06:006:00 AM

    Athletes' Village opens Jacksonville Beach Seawalk Pavilion

  2. 07:307:30 AM

    Marathon start Jacksonville Beach Seawalk Pavilion, Jacksonville Beach

  3. Time not published

    Marathon time limit The course is open for 7 hours, a 16 minute per mile marathon pace. 7:00 limit: 9:57/km for 42.195 km7:00 limit: 16:01/mi for 26.2 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Jacksonville 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.

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