Taipei Marathon

Marathon, Half marathon in Taipei, normally held in December. A flat marathon course — Flat riverside course in the coolest month of the year.

Taipei Marathon概览

距离	Marathon, Half marathon
主要距离	42.2 km (marathon)
举办时间	December
赛道	平坦
城市	Taipei, Taiwan
典型天气	19.9°C high / 15.4°C low, rain on ~46% of days

Flat riverside course in the coolest month of the year.

报名参加Taipei Marathon

Entry fees, closing dates and start times are set by the organiser and change every year, so they are not reproduced here — a stale deadline is worse than none. The organiser’s own site and its social channels are the authoritative source for the current year, and are where entry opens.

What is stable, and what this page covers: the month the race is held, what the course is like, the conditions you should expect, and how long a build-up the distance needs.

Taipei Marathon历届天气

Across the last ten years, Taipei in December has averaged a daily high of 19.9°C and a low of 15.4°C, with at least a millimetre of rain on about 46% of days.

These are recorded observations for the race month averaged over ten years, not a forecast and not a single past race day — race dates move, so one day’s figures would mislead. Source: Open-Meteo historical archive.

如何备战Taipei Marathon

How long to train

Build for 16 to 20 weeks from a base you already hold rather than from nothing. For marathon the block should peak at a longest run of 30–32 km, reached at least two weeks before race day so there is time to taper. Three weeks of taper is standard: cut volume by roughly a third each week while keeping some race-pace work so the legs stay sharp.

Training for this course

The course is flat, which means no downhill sections to give your legs a break — you hold one rhythm the whole way. Train on similarly flat ground so the repetitive loading is not a surprise, and practise holding goal pace for long stretches rather than surging.

Conditions in December

Conditions are usually good for racing: highs average 19.9°C and lows 15.4°C in December, which is close to ideal for marathon running. Dress for the temperature about ten degrees warmer than it actually is, since you will warm up within two kilometres. Rain is common — around 46% of days that month see at least a millimetre — so do some training runs wet and know which kit does not chafe.

Fuelling

Over 42 km you will need 30–60 g of carbohydrate an hour from early on, not once you feel empty. Rehearse the exact products in training — the gut trains like anything else — and check in advance which brand is handed out on course, because switching to an unfamiliar one mid-race is a common and avoidable mistake.

Race week

Sleep matters most two nights before, not the night before, so protect that one. Keep eating normally with a modest tilt toward carbohydrate, lay out kit the night before, and do nothing new: no new shoes, no new breakfast, no new socks. Plan to arrive at the start with time to spare — marathon fields move slowly through bag drop and security.

距离与赛道位置

Marathon — 42.2 km
Half marathon — 21.1 km

The pin marks Taipei city centre, the area the Taipei Marathon starts and finishes in. This is not the course line: the route is set by the organiser and changes between editions, so the official course map for the current year is theirs to publish. The routes below are for training on the same roads.

Train on these roads: 10K routes in Taipei · long runs in Taipei · GPS art routes

Taipei的其他赛事

Taipei Marathon Fun Run — 9K, December

Full Taipei race calendar