Austin Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Austin Marathon, officially the Ascension Seton Austin Marathon, is a road marathon through downtown Austin, Texas, held on a Sunday in February over Presidents' Day weekend and run since 1992. The next edition is on 14 February 2027, with the marathon and half marathon starting together at 7:00 a.m. on Congress Avenue at 2nd Street; a 5K runs on the same morning. The route passes South Congress, Zilker Park and the Texas State Capitol, and the organisers describe it as rolling hills through Austin's neighbourhoods, with a steady climb up South Congress Avenue in the first three miles. The marathon and half marathon share the course through mile 12, then the half marathon turns south to its finish while the marathon heads east and turns north on Guadalupe Street through the University of Texas campus. Both finish on Congress Avenue in front of the Capitol. The course has 22 aid stations, and the marathon has a seven-hour limit, a 16-minute-per-mile pace. The race is a Boston Marathon qualifier. Motorola founded it in 1992, and in 2026 more than 30,000 people took part across the three distances. Joseph Whelan and Kellyn Taylor set the current course records that year, 2:13:18 and 2:33:28.