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Run In Lyon by Harmonie Mutuelle

Lyon
Place Bellecour
Place Bellecour. Photograph by Corentin Eustacchi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 15th Run in Lyon on 4 October 2026 had 36,000 participants across four formats, started from in front of the former law courts and ran along the Rhône and Saône quays.

The course in short 3 lines
  • The 2026 race: 36,000 runners through the old town36,000 runners in 2026, four formats, quays of the Rhône and Saône.
  • Timing at 10, 21.1 and 30 km, and a 5:30 limitChip checks at 10, 21.1 and 30 km; the course closes at 5:30.
  • Free bag check on Place BellecourBags go to Place Bellecour, and must fit 45 x 36 x 20 cm.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseCrowdThe 2026 race: 36,000 runners through the old town36,000 runners in 2026, four formats, quays of the Rhône and Saône.

The organiser lists four formats: the Marathon, the Semi-Marathon, the 10 km and the Run Solidaire (5 km), plus a Marathoon’s day for 1,000 children on the Saturday. The first starts were at 8:15 and the start areas followed one another through the morning. The marathon was won by Alexis Garod in 2:23:44 and Anne-Sophie Chaume in 2:47:50, and 52 per cent of the marathon field was running the distance for the first time. The 2027 race is on 3 October.

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Whole courseTacticsTiming at 10, 21.1 and 30 km, and a 5:30 limitChip checks at 10, 21.1 and 30 km; the course closes at 5:30.

Your clock starts when you cross the start line. Anyone passed by the end-of-race vehicle is declared out of the race and must follow the highway code on open roads. Aid stations stand every 5 km for each distance, and pacers wearing large feathers in their start area’s colour run the marathon at 3:15, 3:30, 3:45, 4:00, 4:15 and 4:30. The half marathon has a 3 hour limit and the 10 km 1 hour 30 minutes.

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Whole courseFinishFree bag check on Place BellecourBags go to Place Bellecour, and must fit 45 x 36 x 20 cm.

A bag label comes in the bib envelope and goes on the bag before it is handed to the organisers. The organiser advises leaving nothing of value in it and reserves the right to refuse bags larger than the stated size. The bag is collected after the race on presentation of the bib.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Lyon, 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
5:30 h

Trip

Getting a place

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