Interactive marathon course maps
Every course here is fully mapped, from the start line to the finish, with a 3D fly-through. Follow the elevation profile kilometre by kilometre on the 24 measured courses, download the GPX for your watch, or print the course map to take with you. Each race also has its entry and ballot odds, race-day start times and cut-offs, and up to thirty-one years of race-day weather.
Berlin Marathon
Berlin, Germany · September
A ten-minute walk from start to finish, and thirteen world records set in between.
- Next race
- 27 Sept 2026
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 54,000
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, USA · October
Seven world records on a loop through twenty-nine neighbourhoods.
- Next race
- 11 Oct 2026
- Entry
- Drawing
- Field
- 55,000+
Amsterdam Marathon
Amsterdam, Netherlands · October
From the 1928 Olympic Stadium, through the Rijksmuseum and twelve kilometres out along the Amstel.
- Next race
- 18 Oct 2026
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 32,000
Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Toronto, Canada · October
Canada's biggest marathon spends most of the morning on the shore of Lake Ontario.
- Next race
- 18 Oct 2026
- Entry
- First come
- Field
- 9,500
Frankfurt Marathon
Frankfurt, Germany · October
Twice across the Main and out to Höchst, then home to a red carpet inside the Festhalle.
- Next race
- 25 Oct 2026
- 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.
- Next race
- 25 Oct 2026
- Entry
- Ballot
- Field
- 22,500
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
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
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
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+