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Volta Internacional da Pampulha
The Volta Internacional da Pampulha is a flat course of 18 km with 23.8 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 802 m and its highest 814 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 6 December 2026, starting at 05:59.
At a glance
- Race day
- The 2026 race
- Start
- 05:595:59 AM
- Waves until 06:006:00 AM
- Distance
- 18.0 km11.2 mi
- 18 km
- Total climb
- 23.8 m78 ft
- Highest point 12 m39 ft above lowest
The course
Pick a place, or drag along the profileThe Volta Internacional da Pampulha stays between 802 m and 814 m above sea level, with 23.8 m of total climb over its 18 km.
Start, finish
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- Photo: Rodrigo Lima/Portal da Copa, CC BY 2.0
- Photo: Skirienko, Public domain
- Photo: Sarah and Iain, CC BY 2.0
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Mineirão
The organiser puts the start and finish arena on Avenida Antônio Abrahão Caran, beside the Mineirão stadium.
Photo: Rodrigo Lima/Portal da Copa, CC BY 2.0
km 1.7mile 1.1
Casa do Baile
The route passes about 70 m from the Casa do Baile, 1.7 km after the start.
Photo: Skirienko, Public domain
km 5.3mile 3.3
Lagoa da Pampulha
At 5.3 km the route comes within about 200 m of the lake the race is named after.
Photo: Sarah and Iain, CC BY 2.0
Height drawn many times taller than life · GEDTM30
0 5 10 15 18 km
0 2.5 5 7.5 10 11.2 mi
Your 2 gels, at the orange marksFor a 1:35 finish, one every 40 minutes
- km 7.6mile 4.7
- km 15.2mile 9.4
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- A high, nearly flat 18 km around 800 mBetween 802 m and 814 m above sea level; 23.8 m of climb in all.
- Starts from 5:57, general waves at 6:00Elite 5:58, premium and general waves from 6:00; first to register go first.
- Kit pickup at Centerminas, none on race dayKit at Power Shopping Centerminas 3 to 5 December; none on race day.
Course notes 3 short reads on the course
Whole courseGradientA high, nearly flat 18 km around 800 mBetween 802 m and 814 m above sea level; 23.8 m of climb in all.
Belo Horizonte sits high, and the whole 18 km runs at about 800 m. The lowest point is 802 m at 3.1 km and the highest 814 m at the start, and the total climb is 23.8 m. The start and finish arena is beside the Mineirão stadium.
Measured
Whole courseTacticsStarts from 5:57, general waves at 6:00Elite 5:58, premium and general waves from 6:00; first to register go first.
For the 18 km race on 6 December 2026, the organiser lists wheelchair categories at 5:57, the elite women and men at 5:58, athletes with a disability at 5:59 and the premium pelotão at 6:00, in a sector ahead of the first wave of the general pelotão. The general pelotão starts from 6:00 in waves with intervals between them, each holding up to 20% of the total field, and the order of the waves follows the order of registration, so the first to register start first.
Sourced
Whole courseConditionsKit pickup at Centerminas, none on race dayKit at Power Shopping Centerminas 3 to 5 December; none on race day.
The organiser sets kit and chip pickup at Power Shopping Centerminas on 3 December from 10:00 to 19:00, on 4 December from 10:00 to 19:00 and on 5 December from 10:00 to 17:30, and says there is no pickup on race day or after the race. Runners show an original photo ID and the paid receipt. Toilets and a bag check stand at the start and finish, where the arena is on Avenida Antônio Abrahão Caran at Avenida Coronel Oscar Paschoal, beside the Mineirão, and only runners with a bib enter the start area.
Sourced
Race weekend
Bib pickup at Power Shopping Centerminas, Av. Pastor Anselmo Silvestre 1495Thursday 3 December Bib pickup
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10:0010:00 AM–19:007:00 PM
Expo and kit pickup Power Shopping Centerminas, Av. Pastor Anselmo Silvestre 1495
Friday 4 December Bib pickup
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10:0010:00 AM–19:007:00 PM
Expo and kit pickup Power Shopping Centerminas, Av. Pastor Anselmo Silvestre 1495
Saturday 5 December Last bib day
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10:0010:00 AM–17:305:30 PM
Expo and kit pickup Power Shopping Centerminas, Av. Pastor Anselmo Silvestre 1495. There is no kit pickup on race day or after the race.
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Sunday 6 December Race day
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05:595:59 AM
Athletes with disability start -
06:006:00 AM
Premium pelotão start Starts in a sector ahead of the first wave of the general pelotão. -
06:006:00 AM
General pelotão starts in waves Waves with gaps between them, each up to 20% of the field, in order of registration.
Other races (2)
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05:575:57 AM
Wheelchair categories start Av. Antônio Abrahão Caran at Av. Coronel Oscar Paschoal, beside the Mineirão -
05:585:58 AM
Elite women and men start
Times as published by the organiser, in Belo Horizonte time, checked . Confirm on their site before you travel.
The forecast for Sunday
Race morning, on the record
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Entry
Race fuel
Energy gel
2 gels for Belo Horizonte, plus 1 spare
Finish
One every 40 minutes, the orange marks on the profile. Belo Horizonte stays within 12 m39 ft of height, so they go by the clock:
Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.
- km 7.6mile 4.7
- km 15.2mile 9.4
For your long training runs:
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. Enough for race day and two test long runs.
Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.
Order by 15 November to test them on two long runs first.
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Anti-chafe
Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml
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
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
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
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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