Kaohsiung Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Kaohsiung Marathon, officially the Fubon Life Kaohsiung Marathon (高雄富邦馬拉松), is a road marathon in Taiwan's southern port city, held on a Sunday in January and organised by the Kaohsiung City Government Sports Development Bureau with Fubon Life as title sponsor. It began in 2010 and also has a half marathon; a 5K leisure run and a pet run take place on the Saturday. For 2027 the full and half marathons use a new point-to-point route from Shidai Avenue by the Dream Mall in Qianzhen district north to the Kaohsiung National Stadium, the main venue of the 2009 World Games in Zuoying. The organisers' route runs from the Asia New Bay Area past the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, the main library, Central Park and the Love River, then past the Zhongdu Brick Kiln, the Neiwei Art Center, the museum park, the old city of Zuoying and its military villages, and out to the Ezailiao fishing port before the stadium finish. In 2026 the course was extended north for the first time, to Qiaotou, Gangshan and Mituo. The marathon time limit is 6 hours 10 minutes and the half marathon limit is 3 hours 10 minutes, with a minimum age of 18 for both. Runners from 35 countries and regions took part in 2026.