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TotalEnergies Maratón de Murcia Costa Cálida

Murcia
Murcia Cathedral
Murcia Cathedral. Photograph by Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 42,195 m course runs through the urban centre of Murcia and is certified by the Spanish and Murcia athletics federations to World Athletics and AIMS standards.

The course in short 3 lines
  • A certified course through Murcia's centreCertified city-centre course, measured to World Athletics and AIMS rules.
  • A shared stretch to km 15Shared stretches to km 15; early pass times are faster to keep head and tail apart.
  • Six hours, with a 2:45 cut at the half6 hour limit; cut-off of 2:45 at the half marathon.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryA certified course through Murcia's centreCertified city-centre course, measured to World Athletics and AIMS rules.

The organiser describes the course as 42,195 metres through the urban centre of Murcia, certified (homologado) by the Spanish athletics federation (RFEA) and the Murcia region’s federation (FAMU). The measurement follows World Athletics and AIMS rules for road races, and the World Athletics certificate is published on the race site.

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Whole courseTacticsA shared stretch to km 15Shared stretches to km 15; early pass times are faster to keep head and tail apart.

The regulation says the circuit has some shared stretches up to km 15, and different roads after that. To give runners the full 6 hours and still keep the head of the race from meeting the tail, the pass times to km 15 assume a minimum average pace of 7:00 per km, easing to 9:22 per km after km 15. The organiser says this only affects runners averaging slower than 7 minutes per km, who have to run those 15 kilometres a little faster and can win the time back over the next 27.

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Whole courseConditionsSix hours, with a 2:45 cut at the half6 hour limit; cut-off of 2:45 at the half marathon.

The marathon has a time limit of 6 hours, and a cut at the half marathon of 2 hours 45 minutes, which deliberately does not fall at half the allowed time, so that head and tail of the race are never together. Runners who miss the limit are disqualified and must take off their bib. The minimum age is 18 on race day.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Murcia, 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
6:00 h

Race week

Timetable

Sunday 7 February Race day

  1. Time not published

    Half-way cut-off at 21.1 km 2 hours 45 minutes at the half marathon mark, set so the lead runners and the back of the field never meet. 2:45 limit: 7:49/km for 21.1 km2:45 limit: 12:35/mi for 13.1 mi

  2. Time not published

    Overall time limit 6 hours. 6:00 limit: 8:31/km for 42.195 km6:00 limit: 13:43/mi for 26.2 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Murcia 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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