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Wizz Air Cluj-Napoca Marathon

08:308:30 AM Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca. Photograph by Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The route measures 21.1 km and is run twice, starting and finishing at Cluj Arena.

The course in short 2 lines
  • One 21.1 km lap, run twice from Cluj ArenaTwo laps of the same 21.1 km route, with a 3-hour limit at the half-way mark.
  • Water and isotonic at 3.2 and 7.5 km, fruit from 11 kmWater and isotonic at every point, with fruit from km 11 and snacks at the finish.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
km 0 to 42.2GeometryOne 21.1 km lap, run twice from Cluj ArenaTwo laps of the same 21.1 km route, with a 3-hour limit at the half-way mark.

The 2027 route runs along Splaiul Independentei and Uzinei Electrice Street from the arena, then Motilor Street and the University Street area, Eroilor Boulevard, Unirii Square, 21 Decembrie Street, Central Park Alley, the Napoca Bridge, the Somes bank by the White Bridge and Garibaldi Bridge, and back along Splaiul Independentei to the arena. The route measures 21.1 km and is completed twice, so the 3-hour limit for the first 21.1 km falls at the end of the first lap.

Sourced

km 0 to 42.2TacticsWater and isotonic at 3.2 and 7.5 km, fruit from 11 kmWater and isotonic at every point, with fruit from km 11 and snacks at the finish.

Every hydration point serves water and isotonic drink; from km 11 (and km 32 on the second lap) fruit is added. There is one more point at km 21.3, just after the half-way mark, and water, fruit and snacks at the finish. The 2027 race starts at 8:30 from Cluj Arena and the limit for the marathon is six hours.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Cluj-Napoca, 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

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

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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At a glance

distance
42.2 km26.2 mi
Marathon · Half marathon · 10K · Relay, from the race name, not from a published programme
cut-off
6:00 h
6 hours

Race week

Timetable

Sunday 11 April Race day

  1. 08:308:30 AM

    Marathon start Cluj Arena. The start is at Cluj Arena, with access through tribune 2 from the playground.
  2. Time not published

    Half-way time limit at 21.1 km Three hours for the first 21.1 km; exceeding it means disqualification and removal from the race. 3:00 limit: 8:31/km for 21.1 km3:00 limit: 13:43/mi for 13.1 mi
  3. Time not published

    Overall time limit Six hours for the marathon; exceeding the limit means disqualification and removal from the race. 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 Cluj-Napoca time, checked .

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