KYOTO GREAT ROUND 80K 2026
Also known as: KGR160K · KGR 160K · KGR80K · KGR 80K · KGR MID · KYOTO GREAT ROUND 80km
KYOTO GREAT ROUND is a year-end long-trail series built on the Kyoto Isshu Trail, linking the ridges of Higashiyama, Kitayama and Nishiyama. Courses are unmarked: runners navigate with the official GPX. The 80K runs one way from Nagisa Park in Otsu over Kyoto's mountains to the Hozu River bank in Kameoka; most runners finish late at night.
The course tops out at 792 m (low point 35 m). There are 4 big climbs: 379 m around 0–8 km; 695 m around 12–19 km; 334 m around 38–42 km; 371 m around 63–71 km. The longest descent drops 589 m around 24 km at about 16% on average. About 40% of the distance is gentle (under 5% grade). In 2025, 53% of starters finished — a tough one. The median finish was about 17 h, through one night.
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- Date
- Tue, 29 Dec 2026
- Start
- 08:50
- Location
- Shiga, Japan
- Distance
- 80 km
- Elevation gain
- 4,100 m
- Time limit
- 18h
- ITRA
- 50M
- Official website
- go-trail.net/pages/kgr80k
Elevation profile
Aid stations and cutoffs
| # | Distance | Aid station | Segment | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 km | Aid 1A1 比叡山（横高山下） | 23 km | — |
| 2 | 38.5 km | Aid 2A2 山幸橋 | 15.5 km | Day 1 18:009h 10m |
| 3 | 60.5 km | Aid 3A3 嵐山 | 22 km | Day 1 22:0013h 10m |
| F | 80 km | FinishFINISH 亀岡河川敷（保津川水辺公園） | 19.5 km | Day 2 02:5018h |
The small figure under each cutoff is the time from the start. Day 1 is the day of the start.
Registration
- Registration
- Wed, 1 Jul 2026 – Wed, 25 Nov 2026
- Entry
- First come, first served
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2025 results
133 starters, 70 finishers (52.6% finish rate). Finish times of those who finished:
- Fastest
- 11h
- Top 10%
- 13h 49m
- Top 25%
- 14h 55m
- Median
- 16h 35m
- Top 75%
- 17h 14m
- Top 90%
- 17h 38m
- Last finisher
- 17h 53m
"Top 25%" means one in four finishers had crossed the line by this time.
Years with a different course or different cutoffs are not directly comparable.
Practice courses
See the course on the Runnable map ↗
Runnable has practice courses on this race's trails, split into sections to run and sections to walk (pages in Japanese).
- Runnable practice course (84 km)
Other races
- Mt. Hiei International Trail Run 50km 2026Sat, 9 May 2026 · Shiga, Japan · 50 km
- Mt. Hiei International Trail Run - 50mile 2026Sat, 9 May 2026 · Shiga, Japan · 80 km
- FAIRY TRAIL 40 km 2026Sat, 13 Jun 2026 · Shiga, Japan · 40 km
- GREAT RYOZEN MOUNTAIN RACE GR50 2023Sun, 22 Oct 2023 · Shiga, Japan · 51 km
- KYOTO GREAT ROUND 160K 2026Tue, 29 Dec 2026 · Shiga, Japan · 164 km
- KYOTO GREAT ROUND 200K (GT) 2026Mon, 28 Dec 2026 · Shiga, Japan · 206.8 km
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