Med City Marathon

MAY
16-17
2026
Celebrate 30 years of running in Rochester at the Med City Marathon. This Boston qualifying event offers distances from a 5K to a full marathon with chip timing and a live music post race party.
16-17 May 2026
26 miles 20 miles 13 miles 5 kilometers

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30th Anniversary Race Weekend in Rochester

The Med City Marathon is an annual running event held in Rochester, Minnesota. For 2026, the event celebrates 30 years with a variety of distance options and community activities. The race weekend is presented by ActivePT and features a range of course lengths to accommodate different participants:

  • Marathon (26.2 miles)
  • Half Marathon
  • 20 Mile
  • Relay
  • Altra 5K & Corporate 5K
  • Back2Back Challenges
  • Kids Run

The marathon course is a Boston Qualifier and features 13 water and nutrition stations distributed along the route. All races are chip timed, and awards are provided for both overall winners and age group categories.

The event includes the Health Street Expo, which hosts health and wellness vendors as well as local artists. Participants can pick up their race packets at this location. Following the races, there is a post-race party featuring live music. The event is supported by hundreds of volunteers and local sponsors from the Rochester area. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

26 mi
Full Marathon
20 mi
20 Mile
13 mi
Half Marathon
5 km
Kids Run
Relay