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Run Leicester Half Marathon and 10K
The Run Leicester Half Marathon and 10K is a course of 21.1 km with 58.7 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 46 m and its highest 89 m above sea level.
At a glance
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- Last run Sun 11 Oct
- Distance
- 21.1 km13.1 mi
- Half marathon · 10K
- Total climb
- 58.7 m193 ft
- Highest point 43 m141 ft above lowest
- Time limit
- 3 h 15 min
The course
Pick a place, or drag along the profileThe half marathon starts and finishes at Victoria Park, drops straight into the city centre, runs out along Leicester's Golden Mile through Thurmaston to Watermead Park and returns by the canal paths and Abbey Park.
Start, finish
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km 9.3mile 5.8
Watermead Country Park
The half marathon runs through Watermead Park, where the organiser's 2026 route changed: it turns in from Canal Street, passes the sailing club car park and follows the footpath round the edge.
km 15.9mile 9.9
National Space Centre
Both the half marathon and the 10K run along the wide tarmac canal path past the National Space Centre.
km 16.8mile 10.5
Abbey Park
Abbey Park holds the 10K's only water station and the half marathon's last, around mile 11.
km 18.8mile 11.7
Haymarket Shopping Centre
The last streets of both races zigzag through the city centre toward the Haymarket.
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Height drawn many times taller than life · GEDTM30
0 5 10 15 20 km
0 5 10 13.1 mi
Dashed: bridge
Your 2 gels, at the orange marksFor a 1:55 finish, one every 40 minutes
- km 7.3mile 4.6
- km 14.7mile 9.1
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- Down from Victoria Park, out the Golden MileVictoria Park, the Golden Mile, Watermead Park, Abbey Park.
- The 10K takes the first half of it10K: Golden Mile to Loughborough Road, Space Centre, Abbey Park.
- Cut-offs of 3:15 and 1:35Roads reopen: half marathon 3:15, 10K 1:35.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryDown from Victoria Park, out the Golden MileVictoria Park, the Golden Mile, Watermead Park, Abbey Park.
The organiser calls the opening a long downhill straight into town via Charles Street and Belgrave Gate, then flat roads on the Golden Mile. The 2026 route changed inside Watermead Park, and the one hill it names is Whiles Lane in Birstall, followed by a long gentle downhill back toward the city limits. The 2026 race ran on Sunday 11 October.
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Whole courseTacticsThe 10K takes the first half of it10K: Golden Mile to Loughborough Road, Space Centre, Abbey Park.
Both races start and finish at Victoria Park next to the War Memorial. The 10K gets an initial downhill on London Road and finishes with one last hill up New Walk. The organiser says the 10K route is unchanged from 2025.
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Whole courseConditionsCut-offs of 3:15 and 1:35Roads reopen: half marathon 3:15, 10K 1:35.
The minimum age is 17 for the half marathon and 15 for the 10K, following UK Athletics guidelines. Water stations stand about every 3 miles on the half marathon route. All proceeds go to the charity partner LOROS Hospice.
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Race fuel
Energy gel
2 gels for Leicester, plus 1 spare
Finish
One every 40 minutes, the orange marks on the profile, by the clock:
Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.
- km 7.3mile 4.6
- km 14.7mile 9.1
For your long training runs:
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. Enough for race day and two test long runs.
Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.
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Anti-chafe
Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml
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
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
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
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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