Cleveland Marathon
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Cleveland Marathon
The Cleveland Marathon is a multi-race running event held in Cleveland over a weekend in May. The event includes a full marathon and several shorter race options and offers race-day and year-round programming for runners and the community.
The event includes these race distances:
- 26.2 miles full marathon
- 13.1 miles half marathon
- 10K (6.2 miles)
- 5K (3.1 miles)
Additional events and formats associated with the weekend include a kids' run, a new three-person relay, a challenge series, and a virtual race option. The event runs a charity program that partners with local organizations; in 2026 the program raised $500,000 with 43 partner organizations and more than 470 participating runners, and the marathon has helped raise well over $5 million for local charities since its inception.
Course information describes a redesigned full marathon route introduced in 2026 that restores long straightaways and active cheer zones, returns the second half along Lake Avenue through Lakewood, and finishes with about a two-mile stretch along the shoreway before a final push through the Hingetown neighborhood into downtown. Training resources and medical support information are provided through event partners and program pages. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
