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Trento Half Marathon

The organiser has not published a date. Trento
Piazza del Duomo
Piazza del Duomo. Photograph by Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The course is a single loop inside Trento, on the wide Adige valley, and its only noticeable incline is about 300 m in front of the Buonconsiglio Castle at the 10th kilometre, at a gradient of 2%.

The course in short 3 lines
  • One loop, one small rise at 10 kmA single flat loop with one 300 m rise at km 10.
  • Piazza Dante to Piazza DuomoStart in Piazza Dante, finish in Piazza Duomo.
  • Three hours, with a gate at 10 kmA 3 hour limit and a 1:30 gate at 10 km.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseGradientOne loop, one small rise at 10 kmA single flat loop with one 300 m rise at km 10.

The organiser calls the course particularly fast. It runs over the certified distance of 21.097 km.

Sourced

Whole courseFinishPiazza Dante to Piazza DuomoStart in Piazza Dante, finish in Piazza Duomo.

The 2026 edition, the 15th, was run on Sunday 27 September, and its bib collection was at the Centro Trentino Esposizioni on Via Briamasco.

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Whole courseTacticsThree hours, with a gate at 10 kmA 3 hour limit and a 1:30 gate at 10 km.

Pacemakers aimed at 1:30, 1:45, 2:00 and 2:15 in 2026, and energy supplements were given out from the 10th kilometre. Runners over the limit follow the rules of the road.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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2 gels for Trento, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, by the clock:

  1. km 7.3mile 4.6
  2. km 14.7mile 9.1

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
21.1 km13.1 mi
cut-off
3:00 h

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Getting a place

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