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Standard Chartered Hanoi Marathon Heritage Race

Hanoi
Hoàn Kiếm Lake
Hoàn Kiếm Lake. Photograph by Bem photography:, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The organiser chose Long Bien Bridge as the official heritage symbol of the 2026 race and put the event village at Thong Nhat Park.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Long Bien Bridge, and an expo in Thong Nhat ParkRace day is 8 November, with five distances and a new route promised for 2026.
  • A World Marathon Majors age-group qualifierA field of about 18,000 was announced, in the race's third edition.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseLandmarkLong Bien Bridge, and an expo in Thong Nhat ParkRace day is 8 November, with five distances and a new route promised for 2026.

The organiser announced the 2026 race on 22 July. The main race day is 8 November, and the event runs over three days from 6 November. The distances are the marathon, the half marathon, the 10 km, the 5 km and a 2.1 km Kid Dash. The event village is at Thong Nhat Park, and the historic Long Bien Bridge is the race’s official heritage symbol for 2026.

The race-info page promises a new route for the 2026 season.

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Whole courseCrowdA World Marathon Majors age-group qualifierA field of about 18,000 was announced, in the race's third edition.

The organiser says official results at the Standard Chartered marathon count as qualifying performances for entry into any of the seven Abbott World Marathon Majors. The 2026 race is the third edition in Vietnam, with a field of about 18,000 runners from Vietnam and abroad announced, and the organiser has announced that registration closed for all distances because the race sold out.

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Race fuel

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

Only the gel you trained with. Nothing new on race day.

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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

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

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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At a glance

distance
42.2 km26.2 mi
Marathon · Half marathon · 10K · 5K · Kids' race, from the race name, not from a published programme

Race week

Timetable

Friday 6 November Expo

  1. Time not published

    Expo, community activities and performances begin Thong Nhat Park, Hanoi. The expo and performances run over three days, 6 to 8 November.

Sunday 8 November Race day

  1. Time not published

    Main race day Marathon, half marathon, 10 km, 5 km and the 2.1 km Kid Dash.

Times as published by the organiser, in Hanoi time, checked .

Add to calendar .ics file, times in Hanoi time

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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