Contemplative
21.1 km
5:40 /km
Bund half.
Photo · Shanghai Race Library
Shanghai, China·Asia·November
Shanghai Marathon
City, flat, iconic riverfront.
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- Official distance
- 42.195 km
- Elevation gain
- +60m
- Mindful tempo
- 5:10 /km
- Character
- City, flat, iconic riverfront
Bund start under the Pudong skyline — modern China at speed.
Because uninterrupted rhythm is medicine — this course lets the body forget the clock.
River light — glide the first ten kilometres.
Course
Open in OpenStreetMap Map & elevation profile
Course line · live Xymove map
Xymove · rendering the line
Xymove Map
42.195 km loop
Live · pinch, drag, zoom31.230, 121.474
Elevation profile
+60 m gainPeak 60 m · 42.195 km
Elevation profile: total gain 60 metres, peak 60 m above start, low 0 m.A gentle profile — the course rewards patience rather than power.
Shanghai31.230, 121.474
Race Day
Practical & atmospheric notes
Kind shoulder-season conditions — mild mornings, arm-sleeves off by kilometre eight for most runners.
A warm regional start — clubs in matching kit, coffee vans, a local mayor with a microphone. Human-scale and unhurried.
Steady, generous local support along the main boulevards and finish straight; genuine strangers-turned-friends handing out orange slices in the suburbs.
Water sections between km 18 and km 24 thin the crowd — breathe long, let the current pace you.
Sealed city tarmac — closed to traffic on race day
The official road is fully sealed and step-free on race day. Handcyclists routinely start with the elite wave; strollers welcome in the shakeout events.
WheelchairStroller
Recovery
Slow tea in the French Concession.
Along the line
Course imagery
Soul-Tuned Variations
One race, three ways to run it.
Recovery echo
5 km
6:20 /km
Riverside walk.
Stronger
42.195 km
4:40 /km
PB attempt.
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