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TCS World 10K Bengaluru

Bengaluru
Vidhana Soudha
Vidhana Soudha. Photograph by Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 10K carries a World Athletics and AIMS measurement certificate: course measured on 19 April 2026, valid until 31 December 2030.

The course in short 3 lines
  • A measured, certified 10 kmMeasured 19 April 2026 by a Grade B measurer, certificate valid to the end of 2030.
  • Entry is by finish timeA certified time since 1 October 2025, or a charity place if you have none.
  • Ninety minutes to a resultFinish within 90 minutes of your own start to be timed.
Course notes 4 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryA measured, certified 10 kmMeasured 19 April 2026 by a Grade B measurer, certificate valid to the end of 2030.

The organiser publishes the “10K Route Measurement Certificate” for the race. It reads: distance 10 km, date of measurement 19 April 2026, certificate number IND2026/157, World Athletics and AIMS grade B, expiry 31 December 2030. It was registered on 21 April 2026, five days before the 2026 race.

The organiser’s event history calls the race one “recognized with a World Athletics Gold Label”.

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Whole courseTacticsEntry is by finish timeA certified time since 1 October 2025, or a charity place if you have none.

The organiser’s confirmation criteria for the 2027 Open 10K say that “registration in this criterion is on the basis of timing qualification as per the age bracket and gender”. Times from a 10 km, 5 km, half marathon, 25 km or marathon are accepted, from an event held “on or after 1st October 2025” with a course measured by an AIMS or World Athletics accredited measurer.

The 10 km limit starts at “Under 1 hr 21 mins” for men aged 15 to under 20 and “Under 1 hr 24 mins” for women, and rises a minute with each five-year age band, ending at 1 hr 32 min for men and 1 hr 35 min for women aged 70 and above. A runner without a qualifying time can apply under the Charity Running Places criterion instead.

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Whole courseFinishNinety minutes to a resultFinish within 90 minutes of your own start to be timed.

The organiser states that “Timing results, rankings and certificates of the TCS World 10K 2027 will be generated only for runners who complete the 10 Km distance within 1 hour 30 minutes from their start time.” The 90 minutes run from your own start, not from the gun.

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Whole courseConditionsCourse records from 202227:38 and 30:35, both from the 2022 edition, on a high plateau with mild weather.

The organiser’s event history says that “In 2022, Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli (Kenya) and Irene Cheptai (Kenya) set course records of 27:38 and 30:35”, and its table of past winners marks both 2022 times “Course Record”. Joshua Cheptegei won the 2025 men’s race in 27:53.

The same history describes Bengaluru as “nestled high on the Deccan Plateau and blessed with pleasant weather”. The race first ran in 2008.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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No gel needed at this pace

Finish

Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.

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.

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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
10.0 km6.2 mi
cut-off
1:30 h

Race week

Timetable

Sunday 25 April Race day

  1. Time not published

    10K time limit Results, rankings and certificates go only to runners who finish the 10 km within 1 hour 30 minutes of their own start. 1:30 limit: 9:00/km for 10 km1:30 limit: 14:29/mi for 6.2 mi

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

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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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