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Pattaya Marathon

Run on 27 September 2026. Next race: date not out yet. Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya. Photograph by Sergey S. Dukachev, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The organiser warns of heat on flat and rolling roads, through the Sukhumvit highway, along the Jomtien beach road and along Pattaya Beach Front Road.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Heat on beach roadsHeat on Sukhumvit, Jomtien beach road and Beach Front Road.
  • Two days, 27 September 202633rd race over 26 and 27 September 2026.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseConditionsHeat on beach roadsHeat on Sukhumvit, Jomtien beach road and Beach Front Road.

The organiser lists the marathon, half marathon, 10 km and a 4.5 km family run, and notes that the Beach Front Road is the most popular area for the city’s tourist sights. The 2026 course started and finished at Terminal21 Pattaya on North Pattaya Road, with a gun at 3:30 in the morning for the marathon.

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Whole courseCrowdTwo days, 27 September 202633rd race over 26 and 27 September 2026.

The marathon’s cut-off in 2026 was seven hours and the half marathon’s three and a half. The organiser holds the race on the fourth Sunday of September and says the 2025 edition drew 20,250 entrants across all categories; the 2026 prize money was 0.76 million baht, split over five distances.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Pattaya, 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

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