Guam Marathon

Course & Elevation

The United Airlines Guam Marathon was a marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K weekend held in Tumon, Guam, in April, and it has not been run in person since 2019. Guam Sports Events, Inc., a nonprofit that hosts sports-tourism events, organised it with title sponsor United Airlines, and it began in April 2013 as the Guam International Marathon. All distances were out-and-back and started and finished at Governor Joseph Flores Memorial Park (Ypao Beach) in Tumon, with the start in front of the Guam Visitors Bureau. Runners went north on Pale San Vitores Road, turned onto Tumon Bay Road and joined Marine Corps Drive heading south along the west coast. The half marathon turned around just past the Governor's Complex in Adelup, and in the 2013 route the marathon continued to a turnaround at Sumay, in front of the T. Stell Newman Visitor Center, before retracing its route to Ypao Beach. The organisers described it as Guam's first IAAF-approved marathon, and the courses were certified by IAAF and AIMS. More than 4,000 runners took part in 2019. After a virtual edition in 2020, the organisers cancelled the 2021 and 2022 events and suspended the race indefinitely. Guam's April road race today is the Ko'ko' Road Race at Ypao Beach, which offers a half marathon and a 5K relay.