Marathon de Bordeaux

Course & Elevation

The Marathon de Bordeaux AG2R La Mondiale returns on a Sunday in November 2026 after seven years without a full marathon. It is run by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), organiser of the Paris Marathon, with the Stade Bordelais Athlétisme, and shares the day with a half marathon and a 10 km. The marathon starts at 08:00 at the Jardin Public on Cours de Verdun and finishes at the Miroir d'eau on the left bank. The course runs through the Chartrons, along the quays, through the city centre past Place Pey-Berland and the Triangle d'Or, and out to Bacalan. It then crosses the Pont Chaban-Delmas to Brazza and La Bastide on the right bank, turns at the Pont Simone-Veil near the 35 km mark, and returns over the Chaban-Delmas bridge a second time before the finish. The current marathon began in 2015 as a night race, with five editions until 2019; an earlier Bordeaux marathon ran twelve times between 1976 and 2002. The time limit is 5 hours 30 minutes from the moment the last runner crosses the start line. About 35,000 runners are expected across the three races.