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とくしまマラソン (Tokushima Marathon)

08:208:20 AM Tokushima
Mount Bizan
Mount Bizan. Photograph by 新幹線, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 2027 marathon runs along the south bank of the Yoshino River, over the Shirasagi Bridge to the river mouth turn, and back along the north bank.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Along both banks of the Yoshino River to the estuarySouth bank, Shirasagi Bridge, a turn at the Yoshino river mouth, then the north bank.
  • Two waves and ten planned gatesWaves at 08:20 and 08:30, 6 h 30 min from the second wave, ten planned gates.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
km 0 to 42.2GeometryAlong both banks of the Yoshino River to the estuarySouth bank, Shirasagi Bridge, a turn at the Yoshino river mouth, then the north bank.

The organiser lists the 2027 route from Tokugin Tomo Arena up the Tamiya road to a turn, then to the south end of the Yoshino River Bridge, along the south bank embankment road, across the Shirasagi Bridge to a turnaround at the river mouth, and back along the north bank embankment road. It goes on through Kitajima to the Naruto-Ikeda road and ends at Pokari Sweat Stadium.

Sourced

Whole courseTacticsTwo waves and ten planned gatesWaves at 08:20 and 08:30, 6 h 30 min from the second wave, ten planned gates.

The organiser’s 2027 outline starts the first wave at 8:20 and the second at 8:30, and ends the competition at 3 p.m., a limit of 6 hours 30 minutes counted from the second wave start. Ten gates are planned, from 3 km out to 39.7 km, the later ones at 29.5, 32 and 35.7 km. The 2027 race is also the Masters Games 2027 Kansai Tokushima open marathon.

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Race fuel

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

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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

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
6:30 h

Race week

Timetable

Sunday 14 March Race day

  1. 08:208:20 AM

    Marathon first wave start Start in front of Tokugin Tomo Arena; finish at Pokari Sweat Stadium.

  2. 08:308:30 AM

    Marathon second wave start
Cut-offs and other races (3)

  1. 09:009:00 AM

    Challenge Run (about 2 km) start

  2. 10:0010:00 AM

    Challenge Run ends One hour limit for the Challenge Run.

  3. 15:003:00 PM

    Marathon ends Limit of 6 hours 30 minutes counted from the second wave start; the competition ends at 15:00. Ten gates are planned along the course, the first at 3 km and the last at 39.7 km.

Times as published by the organiser, in Tokushima 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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