28/100 Moderate

Difficulty

Marathon Index Score

2025 edition held Nov 29, 2025

Next edition expected

Usually November

2026 date not yet confirmed

Results: Soweto Marathon

Average Finish Time

≈ 04:45

≈ estimate

Total Finishers

≈ 8,500

≈ estimate

Established

1991

Difficulty

easy

Course Records

Men's Record

02:16:28

Shadrack Kipchirchir Kemboi

2012

Women's Record

02:33:43

Irvette van Zyl

2018

≈ = estimate, not an official figure

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