Race Intelligence · Taitung, Chinese Taipei
Taiwan's full distance gives you the same coastal climbs twice and a marathon afterwards. There is no prize for proving how strong you are on the first ride north. You need to be just as capable on the second pass.
Taitung, Provincial Highway 9.
Your day in Taitung
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The course behind your race
Flowing Lake starts the full race before two long visits to the coast around Xiaoyeliu and Doulan. The climbs are not where you prove your strength. You still have Taitung's city streets, Pipa Lake Park and coastal marathon to cover after the second bike pass. Ride both loops for that moment.
Flowing Lake, two swim circuits
A two-lap, anti-clockwise reservoir course with two turn buoys per lap gives clean sighting and calm water. Settle into a controlled rhythm you can hold across both laps.
Settle by 400 m. Sight the turn buoys early.
Zhonghua Bridge to Xiaoyeliu
The course heads out of town over ZhongHua bridge and hits the coast near XiaoYeLiu. This lap repeats exactly, so ride it at a number you can hold twice.
Cap effort on the early rollers. Fuel before the coastal exposure starts.
Doulan and the northern coastal turn
The route rolls along the east coast through Doulan before turning around at BaWonWon. This is the course's real climbing, and it comes around again on lap two.
Ride to power or perceived effort. Keep drinking through the exposed coastal stretch.
Pacific coast, second bike circuit
The second lap repeats the same climbing and the same coastal exposure, now on legs that have already ridden it once. Protect the same number rather than defending a time split.
Compare effort to lap one. Stay on the fuelling schedule.
Coastal return towards Taitung
As the second lap closes back towards the city, shift focus to the run ahead. Finish planned nutrition and let cadence rise before you're on your feet.
Finish the planned bottle. Let cadence rise before T2.
Taitung city, opening marathon
The run opens through the cultural heart of Taitung city on legs coming off two long undulating coastal laps. Let the opening kilometres be genuinely easy.
Shorten stride out of T2. Take the early aid stations deliberately.
Pipa Lake Park, fields and orchards
The middle of the run moves through Pipa Lake Park and the surrounding rice fields and orchards. Hold your planned pace through the scenery rather than letting it change your effort.
Reassess pace every 5 km. Keep fuelling on schedule.
Seafront promenade, marathon finish
The closing kilometres bring you onto the ocean promenade towards the finish. If both bike laps were paced the same way, this is where it pays off.
Decide the finish honestly. Save something for the promenade.
Check the 2027 Flowing Lake full-distance swim, Doulan and BaWonWon bike turns, transitions and entire marathon. The older bike elevation figure applies to the complete 180 km ride, not each lap. Recheck the actual run-aid spacing and supply plan before race day.
A race-day forecast is not meaningful yet; check back closer to the event.
Historical baseline, 2019–2025 · Open-Meteo historical archive · Updated 2026-09-15.Historical comparison only. This is not a forecast for 2027.
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Prepare for Taitung
A finish range gives you something to work towards. The preparation is specific to this race: two long coastal bike circuits at a controlled climbing effort feel routine enough to make the first hour of the marathon deliberately patient.
I’m Tom. With Sense Endurance Coaching, I’ll build that preparation around your life, follow how you respond and adjust the work as you get closer to Taitung.
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