Erie Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Erie Marathon at Presque Isle is a September road marathon on Presque Isle State Park, the peninsula in Lake Erie at Erie, Pennsylvania. It is hosted by the Erie Runners Club, the first Erie Marathon was held in 1974, and the race has been run at Presque Isle since 2002. Before that the marathon used an original course until 1986 and a city course, called the Eriesistable Marathon, from 1987 to 2001. The marathon is two laps around the park, a distance of 26.2 miles, and it starts at 7 a.m. at the Beach 1 pavilion, which is also the finish. The organisers call the course "Flat, Fast & Fun", with views of Lake Erie, the City of Erie bayfront and miles of beaches, marshes and wooded paths. It is a Boston qualifying race. In 2018 and 2019 the course was run in the reverse direction. Nearly 1,200 runners took part in 2026, when Colton Cassel won the men's race in 2:35:10 and Danielle Scida won the women's in 2:56:41, both in their first marathon.