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2026 edition held Feb 14, 2026
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The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon is an annual road marathon in Lagos, Nigeria, first run in 2016 and held on a Saturday in February, with a 10 km race on the same morning. Access Bank is the title sponsor and Nilayo Sports Management is the event's project consultant. The finish is at Eko Atlantic City on Victoria Island. The start and route have changed between editions. In 2025 the marathon began at the National Stadium in Surulere, followed Ikorodu Road towards Anthony and Gbagada, crossed the Third Mainland Bridge to Lagos Island, passed through Falomo Roundabout and Bourdillon Road, crossed the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge to Admiralty Way and Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, and ended at Eko Atlantic. For 2026 the title sponsor listed the marathon start at Orca Shopping Mall on Ahmadu Bello Way in Eko Atlantic City, running through the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road. The marathon flag-off is at 6:30 a.m. and the course closes at 12:30 p.m., six hours later. The 10 km starts at 9:30 a.m. at Grace Garden Events Place in Lekki Phase 1 and finishes at Eko Atlantic. Kenyan runners hold both course records: David Barmasai Tumo ran 2:10:23 and Sharon Cherop 2:31:40, both in 2020.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
February in Lagos is hot and humid: average highs are about 32°C, lows about 26°C and relative humidity around 81%, with rain on only about two days of the month.
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Lagos hosted recurring half marathons before the full-distance Lagos City Marathon began in 2016. Winners of those earlier half marathons included John Cheruiyot Korir, Paul Malakwen Kosgei and Dieudonne Disi. The first marathon was won by Abraham Kiptum of Kenya in 2:16:19 and Halima Hassen of Ethiopia in 2:38:36.
On 8 February 2020 David Barmasai Tumo of Kenya won the Lagos City Marathon in 2:10:23, and his compatriot Sharon Cherop won the women's race in 2:31:40. Both runners started at the National Stadium in Surulere and finished at Eko Atlantic. The grand prize for each winner was $50,000. No winning time from 2021 to 2025 was faster than either of them.
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David Barmasai Tumo (2020)
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