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Wuxi Marathon (無錫馬拉松)

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Lake Tai
Lake Tai. Photograph by Pjetter (Wikimedia Commons), Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 2026 rules list the marathon as a chain of streets from Taihu Avenue at Yinxiu Road, along Huanhu Road and the lakeside Shili Fangti to Yuantouzhu Road, then through Jiangnan University.

The course in short 3 lines
  • Lake Tai, then a university campusThe 2026 course starts on Taihu Avenue, follows the lake shore, then crosses Jiangnan University.
  • Out and back on Wudu RoadWudu Road is run twice: out to a turn near Lide Road, then back.
  • Three waves from 07:00Three start waves at 07:00, 07:20 and 07:40, by start zone.
Course notes 4 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryLake Tai, then a university campusThe 2026 course starts on Taihu Avenue, follows the lake shore, then crosses Jiangnan University.

The organiser’s 2026 rules give the marathon route as an ordered list of streets rather than a map. It starts at the junction of Taihu Avenue and Yinxiu Road and runs on Hongqiao Road, Zhongnan West Road, Yinxiu Road and Shuanghong Road to Huanhu Road. The lake shore follows on Jianzhu Road, Shili Fangti and Yuantouzhu Road. Shanshui East Road, Gaolang West Road and Yuanxi Road lead on to Zhenze Road and the south gate of Jiangnan University, and the course continues along Central Avenue and the streets around the campus.

This is the 2026 route, run on 22 March 2026.

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Whole courseTacticsOut and back on Wudu RoadWudu Road is run twice: out to a turn near Lide Road, then back.

The 2026 rules send the marathon from Jiangnan Avenue and the university’s east gate onto Wudu Road, “near the Lide Road junction, turn left and double back” (近立德道路口左转掉头), and then back along Wudu Road before a right turn onto Xincheng Road.

That is the route of the 2026 race, run on 22 March 2026.

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Whole courseCrowdThree waves from 07:00Three start waves at 07:00, 07:20 and 07:40, by start zone.

The 2026 rules limit the marathon to 27,000 runners and start them in three waves at 07:00, 07:20 and 07:40, with each start zone going off at its own time. Zones follow the best marathon or half-marathon time from a certified race in the two years before. The elite runners go in the first wave.

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Whole courseFinishFinish at the Taihu Expo CentreLixin Avenue, a wetland park greenway and Qingyuan Road lead to the Expo Center finish.

On the 2026 route the closing stretch leaves Hefeng Road for Lixin Avenue, passes through the greenway of the Gonghu Bay wetland park, turns right onto Gancheng Road and then right again onto Lixin Avenue. Qingyuan Road and Qingshu Road follow, and the finish is at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, which is also where runners collected their race packs.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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5 gels for Wuxi, 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

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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

Trip

Getting a place

Ballot closed for the 2026 race As read 11 October 2026.

Past years and every way in
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