Málaga Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Generali Maratón de Málaga is a road marathon with a half marathon on the same morning, organised by LASTLAP, S.L.U. The 16th edition is on Sunday 8 November 2026 at 08:30; until 2025 the race was usually held in mid-December, and the new date puts it a month earlier. The marathon starts and finishes on the Paseo del Parque, opposite the rectorate of the University of Málaga, on a course measured to World Athletics and RFEA rules with every kilometre marked. For 2026 the organisers describe new routes that are faster, flatter and with fewer bends, running from the historic centre and the port to the El Palo area and back along the coast. The marathon continues along the Paseo de los Curas, the Alameda Principal and the calle Armengual de la Mota, and passes near La Rosaleda stadium and the Huelin district; the half marathon finishes at the Plaza del General Torrijos. The time limit is 5 hours 30 minutes from the last official start. The first marathon was held on 6 December 2010. In 2025 about 22,000 runners entered the two distances, around two thirds of them from abroad, and 17,000 had registered for 2026 by late October.