Tokyo Marathon – Course Map and Elevation Profile
| Distance | 42.195 km |
|---|---|
| Route elevation | 286 m up · 313 m down |
| Highest point | 58 m · 0.0 km |
| Lowest point | 5 m · 25.3 km |
| Steepest climb | +7.4 % · 1.0 km |
| Steepest descent | −6.9 % · 40.5 km |
| Net elevation change | −27 m |
| Course type | Point to point |
| Course record men | 2:02:16 · Benson Kipruto · 3 March 2024 |
| Course record women | no verified figure |
286 metres up and 313 down: 8 climbs, several of them long enough to break a rhythm.
Course
Tokio in numbers
- Distance
- 42.195km
- Ascent
- 286m
- Descent
- 313m
- Low / high
- 5 / 58m
- Flat-equivalent
- +1.37 %
- Steepest 50 m
- +7.4 %
Pace Planner
bergauf flach bergabWaagerecht: Distanz. Streifen unter dem Profil: mittlere Steigung je 500 m. Gestrichelte Linien sind Orientierungspunkte.
- Position
- 0.00 km
- Elevation
- 58 m
- Gradient
- −5.5 %
- Pace here
- 4:41 /km
- Elapsed
- 0:00
- Remaining
- 3:30:00
- Landmark
- —
Pacing table
| km | Point | Elevation | Gradient | up / down | Target pace | total | adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58 m → 30 m | −2.77 % | +5 m / −33 m | 4:41 | 4:41 | 4:52 | |
| 2 | 30 m → 53 m | +2.30 % | +23 m / −0 m | 5:32 | 10:13 | 4:52 | |
| 3 | 53 m → 43 m | −1.00 % | +3 m / −13 m | 4:49 | 15:02 | 4:52 | |
| 4 | 43 m → 27 m | −1.67 % | +1 m / −17 m | 4:43 | 19:45 | 4:52 | |
| 5 | 27 m → 23 m | −0.40 % | +5 m / −9 m | 4:54 | 24:39 | 4:52 | |
| 6 | 23 m → 17 m | −0.54 % | +1 m / −6 m | 4:50 | 29:29 | 4:52 | |
| 7 | 17 m → 20 m | +0.24 % | +16 m / −13 m | 5:11 | 34:40 | 4:52 | |
| 8 | 20 m → 14 m | −0.52 % | +7 m / −12 m | 4:56 | 39:36 | 4:52 | |
| 9 | 14 m → 21 m | +0.69 % | +8 m / −2 m | 5:05 | 44:40 | 4:52 | |
| 10 | 21 m → 20 m | −0.11 % | +6 m / −7 m | 4:57 | 49:38 | 4:52 | |
| 11 | 20 m → 17 m | −0.34 % | +4 m / −8 m | 4:54 | 54:32 | 4:52 | |
| 12 | 17 m → 20 m | +0.36 % | +10 m / −6 m | 5:04 | 59:36 | 4:52 | |
| 13 | 20 m → 29 m | +0.84 % | +9 m / −1 m | 5:06 | 1:04:42 | 4:52 | |
| 14 | 29 m → 21 m | −0.81 % | +1 m / −9 m | 4:48 | 1:09:30 | 4:52 | |
| 15 | 21 m → 13 m | −0.75 % | +4 m / −11 m | 4:52 | 1:14:21 | 4:52 | |
| 16 | 13 m → 16 m | +0.30 % | +4 m / −1 m | 4:58 | 1:19:20 | 4:52 | |
| 17 | 16 m → 14 m | −0.22 % | +2 m / −5 m | 4:53 | 1:24:12 | 4:52 | |
| 18 | 14 m → 16 m | +0.23 % | +12 m / −10 m | 5:06 | 1:29:18 | 4:52 | |
| 19 | 16 m → 23 m | +0.72 % | +12 m / −5 m | 5:09 | 1:34:28 | 4:52 | |
| 20 | 23 m → 8 m | −1.51 % | +2 m / −17 m | 4:45 | 1:39:13 | 4:52 | |
| 21 | 8 m → 9 m | +0.11 % | +6 m / −5 m | 4:58 | 1:44:11 | 4:52 | |
| 22 | Halbmarathon | 9 m → 9 m | −0.03 % | +1 m / −1 m | 4:52 | 1:49:04 | 4:52 |
| 23 | 9 m → 7 m | −0.17 % | +2 m / −4 m | 4:53 | 1:53:56 | 4:52 | |
| 24 | 7 m → 5 m | −0.20 % | +2 m / −4 m | 4:53 | 1:58:49 | 4:52 | |
| 25 | 5 m → 7 m | +0.12 % | +6 m / −5 m | 4:58 | 2:03:48 | 4:52 | |
| 26 | 7 m → 10 m | +0.29 % | +4 m / −2 m | 4:58 | 2:08:46 | 4:52 | |
| 27 | 10 m → 11 m | +0.10 % | +2 m / −1 m | 4:55 | 2:13:40 | 4:52 | |
| 28 | 11 m → 8 m | −0.29 % | +4 m / −7 m | 4:54 | 2:18:34 | 4:52 | |
| 29 | 8 m → 14 m | +0.63 % | +8 m / −2 m | 5:04 | 2:23:38 | 4:52 | |
| 30 | 14 m → 16 m | +0.22 % | +5 m / −3 m | 4:58 | 2:28:37 | 4:52 | |
| 31 | 16 m → 17 m | +0.06 % | +6 m / −6 m | 4:59 | 2:33:36 | 4:52 | |
| 32 | 17 m → 26 m | +0.96 % | +10 m / −1 m | 5:08 | 2:38:44 | 4:52 | |
| 33 | 26 m → 23 m | −0.30 % | +4 m / −7 m | 4:54 | 2:43:38 | 4:52 | |
| 34 | 23 m → 21 m | −0.27 % | +3 m / −6 m | 4:53 | 2:48:31 | 4:52 | |
| 35 | 21 m → 23 m | +0.20 % | +14 m / −12 m | 5:08 | 2:53:39 | 4:52 | |
| 36 | 23 m → 13 m | −0.92 % | +2 m / −12 m | 4:49 | 2:58:28 | 4:52 | |
| 37 | 13 m → 24 m | +1.01 % | +12 m / −2 m | 5:10 | 3:03:38 | 4:52 | |
| 38 | 24 m → 25 m | +0.15 % | +9 m / −7 m | 5:02 | 3:08:40 | 4:52 | |
| 39 | 25 m → 12 m | −1.33 % | +1 m / −15 m | 4:45 | 3:13:26 | 4:52 | |
| 40 | 12 m → 23 m | +1.09 % | +12 m / −2 m | 5:11 | 3:18:37 | 4:52 | |
| 41 | 23 m → 17 m | −0.52 % | +14 m / −20 m | 5:05 | 3:23:42 | 4:52 | |
| 42 | 17 m → 25 m | +0.77 % | +14 m / −6 m | 5:12 | 3:28:54 | 4:52 | |
| 42.20 | 25 m → 31 m | +2.97 % | +6 m / −0 m | 5:40 | 3:30:00 | 4:52 |
The course, kilometre by kilometre
Start and finish are 6.4 km apart as the crow flies, so this is a point-to-point course.
The finish sits 27 metres below the start — spread over 42 km you will not feel it, but it shows up in the arithmetic.
The race is held in Tokio, Japan, in March, on tarmac throughout.
Elevation gain and climbs
286 metres up and 313 down: 8 climbs, several of them long enough to break a rhythm.
The hardest stretch runs from km 0.9 to 1.7: 26 metres at 3.4 % on average. It comes early enough to take on fresh legs.
Against a 3:30 target the terrain costs about 3 minutes compared with a flat loop. Adjust for gradient and what remains is what the legs actually paid.
The route on the map
The course covers 6.4 km of ground between start and finish and never returns to where it began.
The GPX data of this course
The smoothed profile is stored every 50 metres: 845 points with latitude, longitude, elevation and gradient. The elevations come from the course file itself, median-filtered and smoothed with Savitzky-Golay.
We do not hand this course out as a file: the line comes from a third-party source and is not ours to pass on. Once a course is built from runners’ own recordings, the file appears here.
Common questions
- How hilly is the Tokio Marathon?
- 286 metres of ascent and 313 of descent over 42.195 km. 47 % of the course sits between −1 and +1 per cent, and 11 % steeper than three. That makes it a hilly course.
- Where is the hardest section?
- Between km 0.9 and 1.7, gaining 26 metres at 3.4 % on average. The steepest single ramp is at km 1.0 at 7.4 %, the steepest descent at km 40.5 at −6.9 %.
- Is this a good course for a personal best?
- Minetti's cost model puts this course at 1.37 % against a flat one. On a three-and-a-half-hour target that is roughly 3 minutes.
- Is the course a loop?
- No. Start and finish are 6.4 km apart in a straight line.
- Where does this elevation data come from?
- GPX-Streckendatei von goandrace.com (Garmin-Connect-Export), 2922 Punkte, auf 42195 m normiert (Rohlinie 42,29 km). Elevation: Höhenwerte der GPX-Spur, Medianfilter 310 m, Savitzky-Golay 510 m.
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