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Vermont City Marathon

07:107:10 AM Burlington
Church Street Marketplace
Church Street Marketplace. Photograph by Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 2027 course is a new two-loop course that removes the at-grade Amtrak crossing and the repeated crossover at Main Street and Pine Street.

The course in short 3 lines
  • A new two-loop course for 2027New 2027 two-loop course, no Amtrak crossing, no Main and Pine crossover.
  • Church Street and the bike pathChurch Street Marketplace, then the bike path with Lake Champlain views.
  • A downhill finish to Union StationDownhill finish past Union Station into Waterfront Park from the south.
Course notes 4 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryA new two-loop course for 2027New 2027 two-loop course, no Amtrak crossing, no Main and Pine crossover.

The organiser’s 2027 course is a modification of the one used from 2022 to 2026. It stays a two-loop course, but drops the at-grade Amtrak crossing and the repeated crossover at the intersection of Main Street and Pine Street. The organiser says 2027 also brings a wave start and a half marathon beside the marathon and the relays.

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Whole courseLandmarkChurch Street and the bike pathChurch Street Marketplace, then the bike path with Lake Champlain views.

The organiser says the course keeps all the best spots of Burlington: the Church Street Marketplace, then the Burlington Bike Path with views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains.

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Whole courseFinishA downhill finish to Union StationDownhill finish past Union Station into Waterfront Park from the south.

New for 2027, the organiser describes a downhill finish towards the historic Union Station, before runners enter Waterfront Park from the south through a row of trees.

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Whole courseTacticsUSATF certified, Boston QualifierUSATF certified, a Boston Qualifier, within Boston's 2027 elevation drop.

The organiser states that the marathon has been and will be USATF certified and sanctioned and a Boston Marathon Qualifier, and calls it statistically one of the fastest marathons in the USA. It says the course meets the new 2027 Boston qualifying standard for elevation drop, so finish times need no adjustment by the Boston Athletic Association.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Burlington, 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

Race week

Timetable

Sunday 30 May Race day

  1. 07:107:10 AM

    Race start Waterfront Park, Burlington. The 2027 race uses a wave start.

Times as published by the organiser, in Burlington 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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