Course & Elevation
The Suzhou Marathon is a city-level road race in Suzhou, Jiangsu, first held in 2023 and run in early March. The 2025 edition, the third, took place on 2 March with 15,000 places in the marathon and 10,000 in the half marathon, and was certified A1 by the Chinese Athletics Association. It is hosted by the Suzhou municipal government and organised by the city's sports bureau. Both races start at Shishan Cultural Plaza and run along Ganjiang Road, the main east-west axis of the city, to the shore of Jinji Lake and the Gate of the Orient. The half marathon finishes at Tongjing Park, while the marathon continues through the Dushu Lake science and education district to the stadium of the Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre. The 2025 course was redrawn and the organisers chose speed as the theme, adding age-group fast-track entry. Entry is by lottery: more than 160,000 runners paid to enter in 2025. The men's course record is 2:15:02, set by Kenya's Kariuki Jimnah Kuria in 2025, and the women's is 2:35:43, set by China's Chen Weifen in 2025. After a misconduct incident at the 2025 race the Chinese Athletics Association removed the race's eligibility to apply for 2026 certification, and no 2026 edition has been announced.
Course Facts
Weather
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
11°C
Temperature
71%
Humidity
40%
Rain Chance
Early March in Suzhou is cool and damp: highs average about 15°C and lows about 7°C, with rain of 0.1 mm or more on roughly twelve days of the month.
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