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A fueling plan built for the Twin Cities Marathon
Minneapolis → St Paul, MN
CarbRate places every gel on this course, off the steep climbs and next to a station with water.
- 26.2 mi
- marathon
- 410 ft
- of climbing, quarter mile by quarter mile
- 14
- stations with water
- 3.4%
- Nuun Endurance, Lemon-Lime on course
- 1
- gel handout, mile 17
The course
+99 ft-58 ft
Elevation corrected by hand where the terrain model misreads the road: West River Parkway (terrain model read the river): road 819 ft at mile 16.42.
Every aid station
| Mile | Where | What's there |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | Douglas Ave between Humboldt Ave & Knox Ave | |
| 5 | W Bde Maka Ska Pkwy & Rose Ln | |
| 7 | Lake Harriet Pkwy & Roseway Rd | |
| 9 | W Minnehaha Pkwy just west of the Nicollet Ave bridge | |
| 11 | Cedar Ave & E 49th St | |
| 13 | Lake Nokomis Pkwy north of E 50th St | |
| 15 | Godfrey Pkwy across from Minnehaha Falls Park | |
| 17 | W River Pkwy between E 33rd St & E 32nd St | |
| 19 | E River Rd between Franklin Ave & SE Thornton St | |
| 20.6 | Mississippi River Blvd & Pelham Blvd | |
| 22 | Summit Ave between Wilder St & Moore St | |
| 23 | Summit Ave between Pascal St & Albert St | |
| 24 | Summit Ave between Milton St & Victoria St | |
| 25 | Summit Ave between Mackubin Ave & Lawton St |
Build your Twin Cities plan
Your pace, your gut and the forecast, with the fuel placed on this course.
Station data checked against www.tcmevents.org/_files/ugd/ba4a55_42de8f40e1fe457384846a23a1aaa3df.pdf for the 2025 edition; status: draft.
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