Buffalo Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Buffalo Marathon is a road marathon through downtown Buffalo, New York, held on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend as part of Buffalo Marathon Weekend. It is organised by the Buffalo-Erie Marathon Association and starts at 6:30am at Delaware and Huron Streets; the finish is in front of the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center on Franklin Street, and the full and half marathon use a common start and finish line less than 900 feet apart. The organisers say the full marathon offers views of Lake Erie, KeyBank Center, Forest Lawn Cemetery and parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and press reports describe the 2026 route as running through LaSalle Park and the Basin Marina on the waterfront, then Delaware Park and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, before returning downtown. The half marathon starts at the same time as the marathon, and the Saturday has a 5K run and walk, a kids' mini-marathon, a Diaper Dash, a plogging run and a dog run. The organisers describe the marathon as a fast, scenic Boston Marathon qualifier. The 25th anniversary was in 2026, and the 26th is scheduled for 29-30 May 2027.