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Nike SP City Marathon

São Paulo
São Paulo Museum of Art
São Paulo Museum of Art. Photograph by ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The organiser's page for the 10th edition, on 25 July 2027, lists 18 districts, 15 aid stations, 10 music attractions and more than 30,000 athletes.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Eighteen districts and fifteen aid stationsThe course carries the World Athletics label for its measurement and safety standards.
  • Six start blocks by pace, from 4:30 to 7:01 per kmBlock A is 4:30 per km or faster, block F is 7:01 per km or slower.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseCrowdEighteen districts and fifteen aid stationsThe course carries the World Athletics label for its measurement and safety standards.

The organiser’s page describes the 2027 marathon as the 10th edition, run in São Paulo on Sunday 25 July 2027. It counts 18 districts on the course, 15 aid stations, 10 musical attractions and more than 30,000 athletes, and says the race has the World Athletics label, an international certification of course measurement and safety standards. It also says more than 140,000 medals have been earned in the race so far.

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Whole courseTacticsSix start blocks by pace, from 4:30 to 7:01 per kmBlock A is 4:30 per km or faster, block F is 7:01 per km or slower.

The registration form for the 2027 race asks every runner to pick a block. Block A is for a pace of 4:30 per km or faster, B is 4:31 to 5:00, C is 5:01 to 5:30, D is 5:31 to 6:00, E is 6:01 to 7:00 and F is 7:01 per km or slower. The same form offers the full marathon and the half marathon.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for São Paulo, 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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