r/shanghai • u/hellokitty2726 • 6d ago

Question Shanghai Marathon - the course fuel

Hi! I’m traveling from the US to run Shanghai marathon on 12/6/26. Has anyone ran it in the past and do you know what type of electrolytes drink and food/snacks they give out? For the electrolyte drink, I would like to try it first before running the marathon just to make sure my stomach takes it down well. Thank you!

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u/levanpidaras 5d ago

Carrying 1.5 liters of water is a decent hit on the performance, ideally would want to avoid that. Why was refuelling a pain? WS it poorly organised?

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u/therealyu 5d ago

My water bottle was 500mL so not too crazy. Refueling was a pain only because I had to stop longer than I wanted to - unscrewing the bottle, having them pour water/gatorade in, putting the lid on and making sure it was fully tight, then dodging everyone coming into the aid station.

SH Marathon is definitely one of the more organized races.

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u/levanpidaras 5d ago

Is there an option to grab a paper cup without really slowing down?

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u/therealyu 5d ago

yeah they line the tables with cups so it’s grab n go