Marathon Trip Your trips on every device: sign in, or make a free account when you save one.
Signed in on this browser.
Sign in My marathons Account and dataLocked out? An export link you keep still opens your list in any browser.
No account: email it to me
One email with this trip and a link to open it again. We do not keep the address and send nothing else.
Only a race from our list can be emailed. An account keeps this one.
What we keep, and what we do notCheck your inbox at to confirm it.
Browse the racesEach edition the day it comes out, and nothing else. Off again with one click. How it is kept.
Imagery: Google Earth and its imagery providers
A climb of 28 m from km 11 to km 17, downhill to km 20, then downhill home from km 24.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
km 8.3mile 5.2
About 8 km in, the course weaves through the historic district past the Liberty Bell, among the sights the organiser says are familiar to Franklin and Washington.
Photo: Tony the Misfit on Flickr, CC BY 2.0
km 9.4mile 5.8
The line goes by City Hall at about km 9, just after the historic district.
Photo: Versatile Aure, CC BY 2.0
km 41.1mile 25.5
The course follows the Schuylkill River on Kelly Drive, alongside the row of rowing clubhouses, on the way out to Manayunk and again on the way back.
Photo: Jeffrey M. Vinocur, CC BY 2.5
km 41.7mile 25.9
The start is on the Parkway near the Museum and the race ends speeding towards the steps of the Art Museum, in the organiser's words.
Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: USGS 3DEP 1 m digital elevation model.
Dashed: bridge
Your 5 gels, at the orange marksFor a 4:00 finish, one every 40 minutes
Get them on AmazonAmazon partner link
The course runs through Fairmount Park and along the Schuylkill River, with neighbourhood crowds in University City and Manayunk, then through the streets of the historic district before the finish at the steps of the Art Museum.
The start is on the 2200 block of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, at 22nd Street, just east of Eakins Oval and near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The 2026 race is on 22 November and the marathon starts at 7:00 a.m.
Sourced
The course is USATF certified and the race holds a World Athletics Label. Check points stand at 5K, 10K, 15K, 20K, the half way mark at 13.1 miles, 25K, 30K and 40K, with fluid stations and spectator overlooks along the whole course.
Sourced
The finish stays open for 7 hours, and every runner has to hold at least a 16 minute mile, just under 10 minutes per kilometre, the whole way. No qualifying time is needed. Free pace groups run from 2:50 to 5:30.
Sourced
A loop that starts on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and finishes at the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, through Fairmount Park, Manayunk and the historic district past Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
The Philadelphia Marathon is a loop of 42.2 km (26.2 miles) with 108 m (354 ft) of climbing. Its lowest point is 2 m (7 ft) and its highest 39 m (128 ft) above sea level. Next race: Sunday 22 November 2026, starting at 7:00 AM.
08:008:00 AM–21:009:00 PM
08:008:00 AM–17:005:00 PM
05:005:00 AM
06:556:55 AM
07:007:00 AM
Time not published
Times as published by Philadelphia City Fund, in Philadelphia time, checked .
The forecast for Sunday
Add to calendar .ics file, times in Philadelphia time
Entry through the organiser
Philadelphia City Fund, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.
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.
Imagery: Google Earth3:57 filmEntry openHavana, Cuba
Sun 15 Nov42.2 kmClimb 108 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.
Vienna, Austria
Sun 18 Apr 202742.2 kmClimb 110 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: Schönbrunn Palace, by Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sun 30 May 202742.2 kmClimb 110 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: Sugarloaf Mountain, by Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth3:12 filmBoston, United States
Mon 19 Apr 202742.2 kmClimb 105 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.Not entirely. It has 108 m (354 ft) of climbing over 42.2 km (26.2 miles). The highest point is 37 m (121 ft) above the lowest.
Sunday 22 November 2026. The start is at 7:00 AM.
Runners have 7 hours to finish.
Start: 2200 block of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, just east of Eakins Oval.
12,381 runners finished in 2024.
Yes. A 3D flyover film of the whole course, start to finish (1:15), plays at the top of this page.
