Mexico City Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Mexico City Marathon (Maratón de la Ciudad de México Telcel) is a road marathon run by the Mexico City government through the Instituto del Deporte de la Ciudad de México, held on a Sunday in late August. The 2026 race, the 43rd edition, had a limit of 30,000 runners. It started on Avenida Insurgentes by the Biblioteca Central and the Estadio Olímpico of UNAM in Coyoacán and finished in the Zócalo, with a staggered start from 05:45 for the wheelchair and visually-impaired categories, 06:00 for the elite men and then the mass blocks. The route follows Avenida Insurgentes to the Glorieta de Insurgentes, crosses the Roma and Condesa districts, passes through part of Chapultepec and Polanco, returns along Paseo de la Reforma, and ends past the Monumento a la Revolución and the Centro Histórico on 20 de Noviembre. The course is certified by Mundo de Atletismo en México, AIMS and World Athletics, and the race holds a World Athletics Gold label. The time limit is six hours, a maximum pace of 8 minutes 30 seconds per kilometre, and runners must be at least 18. The city sits at about 2,240 metres, and the 2026 winner said the altitude and slopes made the late kilometres the hardest.