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Flat from start to finish: 5 m between the lowest and the highest point.
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The 2026 course starts at the ORCA Mall on Ahmadu Bello Way in Eko Atlantic City. The earlier editions started at the National Stadium in Surulere.
km 8.1mile 5
The out-and-back runs the highway between Eko Atlantic City and its turn at km 19.96.
km 20mile 12.4
The far end of the 2026 out-and-back: the organiser's map turns the runners about 20 km east of Eko Atlantic City on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and brings them back on the same road.
km 39.1mile 24.3
km 42.2mile 26.2
The 2026 finish is in front of Eko Atlantic City, the reclaimed waterfront district on Victoria Island.
Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.
Dashed: bridge
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This is a coastal course with no hill. The road runs between sea level and 5.3 m above it, and 72% of the course is at 4 m or lower. The high point is at km 16.4, on the way out along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway; the low point is at the finish in Eko Atlantic City.
In all the marathon climbs 19.7 m, about half of it on the way out and half on the way back. Three short bridge decks, at about km 11.7, 28.1 and 41.6, carry the road over water and creeks. A watch on the day will count more small rises than these figures do.
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The 2026 start is at the ORCA Mall on Ahmadu Bello Way, in Eko Atlantic City, the reclaimed waterfront district on Victoria Island. The course leaves it and takes the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway east and back along it.
The organiser’s map pins every 2.5 km and puts the turn between its 20 km and 22.5 km pins, so the halfway point is the turn itself. The runners come back along the highway to finish in front of Eko Atlantic City, where they started.
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The race went off at 6:30 am on 14 February 2026, with the marathon cut off at 12:30 pm, six hours later. The organiser expects about 22 to 27 degrees at the start, and the day only warms from there.
Water stations stand every 2.5 km from 2.5 km to 40 km and at the finish. Sponges are handed out at 5 km and every 5 km after it up to 40 km. Toilets follow the stations at the same distances, and a medical station sits about 200 m past each main drink station.
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An out-and-back run from the reclaimed Eko Atlantic waterfront along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, through one of Africa's largest cities.
The Lagos City Marathon is a flat out-and-back course of 42.2 km with 19.7 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 0 m and its highest 5 m above sea level.
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Marrakech, Morocco
Sun 31 Jan 202742.2 kmClimb 116 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Koutoubia Mosque, by Baca12, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Miami, United States
Sun 31 Jan 202742.2 kmClimb 28 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: South Beach, by Phillip Pessar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sat 12 Dec42.2 kmClimb 18 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, by giggel, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth4:01 filmTokyo, Japan
Sun 7 Mar 202742.2 kmClimb 16 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Imagery: Google Earth0:58 filmNew Orleans, United States
Sat 14 Nov42.2 kmClimb 15 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.Yes. It has 19.7 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 5 m above the lowest.
In 2026 runners had 6 hours to finish.
