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6:00:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Leipzig Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Leipzig Marathon is described as flat. The course listing puts the climb at 156 m.
The Leipzig Marathon route starts at Am Sportforum, 04109 Leipzig (near the Red Bull Arena / Sportforum) and finishes at Am Sportforum, Leipzig (start and finish at the Sportforum). Underfoot, expect paved city roads. It passes Red Bull Arena, Neues Rathaus, Gewandhaus, Oper Leipzig and Grassi Museum. The marathon is a city-centre loop course run twice (two laps).
Free clothing storage, changing and showers on the Marathon-Campus, open 08:00-16:30 (no liability accepted). Run on closed roads through Leipzig city centre; the city issues extensive traffic-closure notices for the route. Pacemakers (Zeitläufer) are provided.