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Utrecht Marathon

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Dom Tower of Utrecht
© OpenStreetMap Dom Tower of Utrecht. Photograph by C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons . Course line © OpenStreetMap contributors

The course

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Flat from start to finish: 9 m between the lowest and the highest point.

Start, finish

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  1. Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0

km 36.8mile 22.9

Dom Tower of Utrecht

The course passes the Dom Tower in the historic city centre, at about 36.8 km.

Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0

Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.

Course elevation profile, 8× vertical exaggeration Elevation along the course from km 0 to km 42. The trace runs between 1 and 10 metres, a range of 9 metres, drawn at 8 times vertical exaggeration so the shape is legible. Smoothed over 1 km before this profile was derived. An unsmoothed urban surface carries the buildings and would assert a climb that is not there. The dashed stretches are bridge decks: Nieuwe Houtenseweg, km 4.4 to 4.6; Imkerseind, km 8.7 to 8.8; Overdamspad, km 20.3 to 20.5; Seychellenpad, km 30.3 to 30.4; Houtensepad, km 32.4 to 32.6; Park Oosterspoorbaan, km 34.3 to 34.4. A bare-earth model reads the ground or the water beneath a bridge, not the deck the runner is on, so those runs are interpolated between the ground either side rather than measured, and they under-report the real climb across a span.
0 10 20 30 40 km
0 10 20 26.2 mi

Dashed: bridge

  • flat all the way

Your 5 gels, at the orange marksFor a 4:00 finish, one every 40 minutes

  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

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The course in short 3 lines
  • Under 10 metres above sea level all the wayNever above 9.8 m: 25.9 m of climbing, and the high point comes at km 36.8.
  • Past the Dom Tower at 36.8 kmThe Dom Tower comes late, at 36.8 km, with under 6 km to go.
  • Start and finish at the Utrecht Science ParkStart at P4 Aarhuslaan, finish on Sorbonnelaan, bibs at Padualaan 99.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
km 0 to 42.2GradientUnder 10 metres above sea level all the wayNever above 9.8 m: 25.9 m of climbing, and the high point comes at km 36.8.

The lowest point is at km 26.2, 0.7 m above sea level. The highest is 9.8 m, at km 36.8, which is also where the course passes the Dom Tower in the city centre. Nine tenths of the course is at 5 m or lower.

In all the marathon climbs 25.9 m. A watch on the day will count more small rises than that, from bridges and underpasses. These figures are for the 2026 course.

Measured

km 36 to 37.6LandmarkPast the Dom Tower at 36.8 kmThe Dom Tower comes late, at 36.8 km, with under 6 km to go.

The organiser describes the race as running along the highlights of the “Domstad” and through the historic city centre. On the 2026 course the road passes within 30 m of the Dom Tower at 36.8 km, which leaves 5.4 km to the finish at the Utrecht Science Park.

Measured

km 0 to 42.2GeometryStart and finish at the Utrecht Science ParkStart at P4 Aarhuslaan, finish on Sorbonnelaan, bibs at Padualaan 99.

The organiser puts the start and the finish of the HiPRO Utrecht Marathon on the Utrecht Science Park. The start is at P4 Aarhuslaan and the finish is on Sorbonnelaan, with the event area at car park P6 Padualaan. Bib collection and the help desk are at the car park at Padualaan 99. The marathon uses start waves, each lasting about ten minutes, and aid stations give drinks in cups; gel is handed out at 26 km and 33 km.

Sourced

Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Utrecht, plus 1 spare

Finish

One every 40 minutes, the orange marks on the profile. Utrecht stays within 9 m30 ft of height, so they go 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
climb
25.9 m85 ft

The Utrecht Marathon is a flat course of 42.2 km with 25.9 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 1 m and its highest 10 m above sea level.

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.

Sources and licence

Last checked.

Course line matched onto OpenStreetMap road geometry: (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License 1.0 (ODbL). Elevation sampled from GEDTM30, Global Ensemble Digital Terrain Model at 30 m (v1.2): Elevation: GEDTM30 (Ho & Hengl, OpenGeoHub), CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Elevation gain computed by us from that line, smoothed over 1 kmsmoothed over 0.6 mi.

The line follows the road down its middle, so it measures 3.72% longer than the certified distance, which is measured on the shortest legal line through every bend.

Date and entry information from the organiser.

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