Find your next marathon
Course maps, entry details, fees and race-day schedules for 31 of the world's great marathons, from Boston's Hopkinton start to the Opera House forecourt in Sydney. See the whole course before you commit to it, and know what race morning will feel like before you get there.
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Auckland Marathon
Auckland, New Zealand · November
The Harbour Bridge on foot at 15 km, and a flat run along the bays to St Heliers and back after it.
- Next race
- 1 Nov 2026
- Entry
- Open
- Field
- 2,776
New York City Marathon
New York, USA · November
Five boroughs and five bridges, from the Verrazzano to Central Park.
- Next race
- 1 Nov 2026
- Entry
- Drawing
- Field
- 59,000+
Athens Marathon
Athens, Greece · November
Round the burial mound at Marathon, south through Nea Makri, then a long climb inland and down into Athens to finish in the marble stadium of 1896.
- Next race
- 8 Nov 2026
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 25,000
Queenstown Marathon
Queenstown, New Zealand · November
Seventy percent hard-packed trail, between the Crown Range and the Remarkables, and no ballot to get in.
- Next race
- 14 Nov 2026
- Entry
- Open
- Field
- 4,000+
Valencia Marathon
Valencia, Spain · December
Out to the port, round the old city and home along the Turia gardens, to a finish laid over the water.
- Next race
- 6 Dec 2026
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 36,000
California International Marathon
Sacramento, USA · December
Point to point from Folsom Dam to the State Capitol in December, rolling for the first half and nearly level for the last eight kilometres.
- Next race
- 6 Dec 2026
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 8,176
Naha Marathon
Naha, Japan · December
Out of Naha through the hills of southern Okinawa to the Peace Memorial Park, and back along the low ground by the coast, in December warmth.
- Next race
- 6 Dec 2026
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 30,000
Honolulu Marathon
Honolulu, USA · December
A 5:00am start under fireworks, twice round Diamond Head, and a finish that stays open until the last runner is in.
- Next race
- 13 Dec 2026
- Entry
- Open
- Field
- 29,137
Austin Marathon
Austin, USA · February
A February marathon from the river up South Congress and out through the university and East Austin, finishing on Congress below the Capitol.
- Next race
- 14 Feb 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 7,277
Osaka Marathon
Osaka, Japan · February
Down Midosuji to the docks and back, with one short climb onto the plateau before the castle.
- Next race
- 28 Feb 2027
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 31,970
Tokyo Marathon
Tokyo, Japan · March
Down off the Shinjuku plateau, out to Asakusa and back through Ginza to a finish by the Imperial Palace.
- Next race
- 7 Mar 2027
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 40,000
Barcelona Marathon
Barcelona, Spain · March
Through the Eixample past three Gaudí buildings, down to the harbour and along the sea, and back up to the Arc de Triomf.
- Next race
- 14 Mar 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 32,000
Rotterdam Marathon
Rotterdam, Netherlands · April
Over the Erasmus Bridge to the south bank and back, out round the Kralingse Plas, and home up the Coolsingel.
- Next race
- 11 Apr 2027
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 18,000
Zurich Marathon
Zurich, Switzerland · April
From the Quaibrücke down the lake's eastern shore to Meilen and back, with a loop through the city at each end.
- Next race
- 11 Apr 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 5,411
Vienna Marathon
Vienna, Austria · April
Over the Danube to the Prater, out along the Wienzeile to Schönbrunn, and home on the Ring to the Burgtheater.
- Next race
- 18 Apr 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 12,995
Boston Marathon
Boston, USA · April
Qualified for by nearly everyone on its Hopkinton start line.
- Next race
- 19 Apr 2027
- Entry
- Qualify or charity
- Field
- 30,000
London Marathon
London, United Kingdom · April
The fastest marathon ever run, on a course over Tower Bridge just before halfway.
- Next race
- 24 Apr 2027
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 59,830
Hamburg Marathon
Hamburg, Germany · April
Down the Reeperbahn to the harbour, then round the Alster and north to Ohlsdorf before the long run home to the Messe.
- Next race
- 25 Apr 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 20,000
Big Sur Marathon
Big Sur, USA · April
Twenty-six miles of Highway 1 with the Pacific on one side and no way out on the other.
- Next race
- 25 Apr 2027
- Entry
- Free drawing
- Field
- 4,500
Prague Marathon
Prague, Czech Republic · May
Across the Charles Bridge in the first three kilometres, along both banks of the Vltava, and through Old Town Square three times.
- Next race
- 2 May 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 11,800
Copenhagen Marathon
Copenhagen, Denmark · May
Over the harbour to Christianshavn and back, out through Nørrebro and Frederiksberg, and home by Kongens Nytorv and Nyboder to Øster Allé.
- Next race
- 9 May 2027
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 22,424
Cape Town Marathon
Cape Town, South Africa · May
Out through Woodstock to Claremont, back past the Castle and up through the Gardens, then round Sea Point and home along Beach Road.
- Next race
- 23 May 2027
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 27,000
Stockholm Marathon
Stockholm, Sweden · May
From the Olympic stadium round Gamla stan and out to Djurgården, then up onto Södermalm and over Västerbron before the finish on the 1912 track.
- Next race
- 29 May 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 20,302
Gold Coast Marathon
Gold Coast, Australia · July
Flat along the beachfront from Southport to Miami and back, then up the Broadwater to Runaway Bay, in the middle of a Queensland winter.
- Next race
- 4 Jul 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 14,546
Sydney Marathon
Sydney, Australia · August
Over the Harbour Bridge in the first three kilometres, and a finish on the Opera House forecourt.
- Next race
- 29 Aug 2027
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 40,000+
Berlin Marathon
Berlin, Germany · September
A ten-minute walk from start to finish, and thirteen world records set in between.
- Next race
- 26 Sept 2027
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 56,000+
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, USA · October
Seven world records on a loop through twenty-nine neighbourhoods.
- Next race
- 10 Oct 2027
- Entry
- Drawing
- Field
- 54,534
Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Toronto, Canada · October
Canada's biggest marathon spends most of the morning on the shore of Lake Ontario.
- Next race
- 17 Oct 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 9,500
Amsterdam Marathon
Amsterdam, Netherlands · October
From the 1928 Olympic Stadium, through the Rijksmuseum and twelve kilometres out along the Amstel.
- Next race
- 31 Oct 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 32,000
Frankfurt Marathon
Frankfurt, Germany · October
Twice across the Main and out to Höchst, then home to a red carpet inside the Festhalle.
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 18,500+
Dublin Marathon
Dublin, Ireland · October
The bank-holiday marathon: out through Phoenix Park, round the southern suburbs, and home past the Georgian squares.
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 22,500
Auckland Half Marathon
Auckland, New Zealand · November
From Devonport up the North Shore and over the Harbour Bridge, the marathon's first half with a finish of its own in Victoria Park.
- Next race
- 1 Nov 2026
- Entry
- Open
- Field
- 6,620
Queenstown Half Marathon
Queenstown, New Zealand · November
Down from Hunter Road to the Shotover River, then close to level along the rivers and Lake Wakatipu into Queenstown.
- Next race
- 14 Nov 2026
- Entry
- Open
- Field
- 5,641
Austin Half Marathon
Austin, USA · February
The bigger of Austin's two races: up South Congress, out along Lake Austin Boulevard and back downtown to finish below the Capitol.
- Next race
- 14 Feb 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 14,542
Zurich Half Marathon
Zurich, Switzerland · April
Down the lake's east shore to Küsnacht and back, then a loop of the city to a finish beside the opera house.
- Next race
- 11 Apr 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 7,059
Vienna Half Marathon
Vienna, Austria · April
Over the Danube, round the Prater and out to Schönbrunn, then back down Mariahilfer Straße to a finish on the Ring.
- Next race
- 18 Apr 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 13,181
Hamburg Half Marathon
Hamburg, Germany · April
An afternoon half up the Alster to the north of the city and back down its west bank, to finish under the marathon's arch at the Messe.
- Next race
- 25 Apr 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 6,800
Gold Coast Half Marathon
Gold Coast, Australia · July
A Saturday-morning half up the Broadwater from Southport to a turn at Paradise Point, a day before the marathon.
- Next race
- 3 Jul 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 9,889
Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon
Toronto, Canada · October
Down to Lake Ontario and out along the shore to Humber Bay and back, the marathon's course with an earlier turn for home.
- Next race
- 17 Oct 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 11,800
Amsterdam Half Marathon
Amsterdam, Netherlands · October
An afternoon half that crosses the Amstel twice, loops the east of the city and finishes through the Vondelpark into the Olympic Stadium.
- Next race
- 31 Oct 2027
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 12,778
Why our numbers line up
Race websites and GPS watches rarely agree on how much a course climbs, and neither can be compared from one race to the next. So we rebuild every profile from the course line and one terrain model, smooth it over the same window, and show the source and the uncertainty beside each result. When you sort the list, every row means the same thing.
Questions
How the numbers are made.
Where do the elevation numbers come from?
From the course line, with every height taken from one terrain model per country: national lidar for some, a national or European model for the rest. Watch recordings help check a route, but a number never comes from one.
Why does your gain differ from the organiser’s?
Because almost every organiser measures a different way, and hardly any of them say how. Where they publish a figure we show it beside ours, along with the model, the sampling interval and the smoothing window, so you can see where the gap comes from.
What is terrain-adjusted time?
What a course costs you against a flat 42.195 km, worked out from the energy cost of running each gradient instead of from the total climb. A course can climb a lot and still be quick if it gives the height back.
Can I download the data?
Every written-up course has its line as a GPX: our resampled geometry, with heights from the terrain model in place of the GPS noise a watch file carries. If a course line can't be redistributed, there's no download.
Which course is next?
32 courses are measured and 31 are written up. The rest follow in the order their data is ready, and every page shows the date it was last checked.
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