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Acea Run Rome The Marathon – Course Map and Elevation Profile

42.195 km certified · a loop over the city hills, highest point at km 37

The Race at a Glance
Distance42.195 km
Route elevation132 m up · 132 m down
Highest point39 m · 36.6 km
Lowest point14 m · 8.6 km
Steepest climb+2.5 % · 18.4 km
Steepest descent−2.7 % · 17.6 km
Net elevation change−1 m
Course typeLoop
Course record men2:06:24 · Asbel Rutto · 18 March 2024
Course record womenno verified figure

132 metres up and 132 down across 2 climbs worth the name. No single one decides the race; the sum of them does.

Course

Rom in numbers

Distance
42.195km
Ascent
132m
Descent
132m
Low / high
14 / 39m
Flat-equivalent
+0.67 %
Steepest 50 m
+2.5 %

Pace Planner

1:58:006:00:00
Same effort, flat4:55 /km
Slowest5:18 at km 19

bergauf flach bergabWaagerecht: Distanz. Streifen unter dem Profil: mittlere Steigung je 500 m. Gestrichelte Linien sind Orientierungspunkte.

Position
0.00 km
Elevation
35 m
Gradient
+0.4 %
Pace here
4:55 /km
Elapsed
0:00
Remaining
3:30:00
Landmark

Pacing table

kmPointElevationGradientup / downTarget pacetotaladjusted
135 m32 m−0.23 %+1 m / −3 m4:554:554:55
232 m34 m+0.18 %+4 m / −2 m5:009:554:55
334 m30 m−0.45 %+3 m / −7 m4:5614:504:55
430 m30 m+0.09 %+3 m / −2 m4:5919:494:55
530 m26 m−0.46 %+1 m / −6 m4:5424:434:55
626 m20 m−0.63 %+2 m / −8 m4:5429:374:55
720 m17 m−0.24 %+1 m / −3 m4:5434:314:55
817 m21 m+0.38 %+5 m / −1 m5:0339:344:55
921 m16 m−0.52 %+2 m / −7 m4:5444:294:55
1016 m17 m+0.17 %+3 m / −1 m4:5949:284:55
1117 m19 m+0.16 %+5 m / −3 m5:0154:294:55
1219 m27 m+0.78 %+8 m / −0 m5:0959:384:55
1327 m15 m−1.16 %+1 m / −12 m4:491:04:274:55
1415 m23 m+0.75 %+8 m / −0 m5:071:09:344:55
1523 m21 m−0.22 %+2 m / −4 m4:561:14:304:55
1621 m28 m+0.71 %+8 m / −1 m5:081:19:384:55
1728 m31 m+0.32 %+4 m / −1 m5:011:24:394:55
1831 m17 m−1.37 %+1 m / −15 m4:491:29:284:55
1917 m30 m+1.25 %+14 m / −2 m5:181:34:464:55
2030 m28 m−0.14 %+3 m / −4 m4:571:39:434:55
2128 m29 m+0.06 %+2 m / −1 m4:571:44:404:55
2229 m32 m+0.31 %+3 m / −0 m5:011:49:414:55
2332 m30 m−0.20 %+0 m / −2 m4:541:54:354:55
2430 m28 m−0.16 %+0 m / −2 m4:551:59:304:55
2528 m19 m−0.89 %+0 m / −9 m4:502:04:204:55
2619 m21 m+0.14 %+1 m / −0 m4:582:09:184:55
2721 m19 m−0.17 %+0 m / −2 m4:542:14:124:55
2819 m19 m−0.04 %+1 m / −1 m4:562:19:084:55
2919 m20 m+0.11 %+2 m / −1 m4:582:24:064:55
3020 m25 m+0.50 %+5 m / −0 m5:032:29:094:55
3125 m30 m+0.49 %+5 m / −0 m5:032:34:134:55
3230 m24 m−0.61 %+0 m / −6 m4:522:39:054:55
3324 m19 m−0.51 %+0 m / −5 m4:522:43:574:55
3419 m25 m+0.60 %+7 m / −1 m5:062:49:034:55
3525 m29 m+0.41 %+4 m / −0 m5:022:54:054:55
3629 m34 m+0.50 %+5 m / −0 m5:032:59:094:55
3734 m36 m+0.24 %+5 m / −3 m5:023:04:114:55
3836 m29 m−0.72 %+0 m / −7 m4:513:09:024:55
3929 m32 m+0.35 %+3 m / −0 m5:013:14:034:55
4032 m26 m−0.65 %+1 m / −7 m4:523:18:554:55
4126 m30 m+0.39 %+6 m / −2 m5:033:23:584:55
4230 m35 m+0.53 %+6 m / −1 m5:053:29:034:55
42.2035 m34 m−0.62 %+0 m / −1 m4:523:30:004:55

The course, kilometre by kilometre

Start and finish are 22 metres apart: the Acea Run Rome The Marathon is a loop.

Highest and lowest point are 25 metres apart, and start and finish are at practically the same height.

The race is held in Rom, Italy, in March, on tarmac throughout.

Elevation gain and climbs

132 metres up and 132 down across 2 climbs worth the name. No single one decides the race; the sum of them does.

The hardest stretch runs from km 18.3 to 19.2: 16 metres at 1.7 % on average.

Against a 3:30 target the terrain costs about 1 minute compared with a flat loop. Adjust for gradient and what remains is what the legs actually paid.

The route on the map

The course runs as a loop through Rom and finishes 22 metres from where it started.

The GPX data of this course

The smoothed profile is stored every 50 metres: 845 points with latitude, longitude, elevation and gradient. The elevations here do not come from the course file but from a terrain model: the ones in the original were unusable.

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 Rom Marathon?
132 metres of ascent and 132 of descent over 42.195 km. 79 % of the course sits between −1 and +1 per cent, and 0 % steeper than three. That makes it a rolling course.
Where is the hardest section?
Between km 18.3 and 19.2, gaining 16 metres at 1.7 % on average. The steepest single ramp is at km 18.4 at 2.5 %, the steepest descent at km 17.6 at −2.7 %.
Is this a good course for a personal best?
Minetti's cost model puts this course at 0.67 % against a flat one. On a three-and-a-half-hour target that is roughly 1 minutes.
Is the course a loop?
Yes. Start and finish are 22 metres apart.
Where does this elevation data come from?
Streckendatei „Run Rome The Marathon 2025 – 42.195 km“ von goandrace.com (Garmin-Connect-Export), übergeben am 18.08.2026, 734 Punkte. Elevation: Geländemodell (Terrarium/AWS), 25-m-Abtastung — die Höhen der Datei korrelieren mit dem Gelände nur zu 0,42 und nennen 61 m auf einer Strecke, für die das Gelände 132 m gibt.

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