Caracas Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Maratón CAF-Caracas is an annual road marathon and half marathon in Venezuela's capital, organised by CAF, the development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and held on a Sunday in February. The first edition was run on 20 February 2011, and the tenth took place on 8 February 2026. The race starts and finishes at Parque Los Caobos: in 2026 the elite runners started at 6:00 a.m. and the main field at 6:05 a.m. The route passes El Silencio, the La India roundabout, Los Próceres, Las Mercedes, Chuao, El Llanito, Los Ruices and Altamira, and the courses are endorsed by the Venezuelan Athletics Federation, AIMS and World Athletics. The marathon has been adopted as the national marathon championship of Venezuela. Numbers are capped: 10,000 places in 2026, of which 2,000 were for the 42K, and 8,000 planned for 2027, with 2,500 for the 42K. For the 2026 edition, entrants had to show a recent race result to register. The marathon has a six-hour time limit. At the tenth edition Jorge Castelblanco of Panama won in 2:15:18 and Silvia Ortiz of Ecuador in 2:33:55, both new event records. The 11th edition is scheduled for 21 February 2027.