Gijón Half Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Gijón Half Marathon, officially the MBA Media Maratón Gijón “Villa de Jovellanos”, is a road half marathon in the Asturian port city of Gijón on Spain's north coast. It is organised by the city's Patronato Deportivo Municipal together with the club A.D. Gijón Atletismo, and the 2026 race was the 15th edition. For years it was held in spring; in 2025 it was moved to a Saturday in October because roadworks affected the certified route, and since then it has started in the late afternoon, at 17:30. The course is a 21,097 m circuit measured and approved by the Spanish athletics federation (RFEA), and the race is part of the federation's national road calendar. The organisers describe it as a flat, fast half marathon with timing checkpoints every 5 km. Key points on the route are the Muro seafront and a stretch that climbs towards El Natahoyo along calle Mariano Pola, and the race finishes in the velodrome of the Las Mestas sports complex, where bibs are also collected. The 2026 edition used the same route as 2025. The race doubles as the Asturian half marathon championship. Participation has grown quickly, from about 2,500 runners in 2025 to 3,000 in 2026, and in both years all bibs were taken. The men's course record is 1:02:16, set by Shadrack Korir Kipyegon in 2025, and the women's is 1:08:55 by Maurine Jemutai from 2022.