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May 30, 2027
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The M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay is a marathon in Burlington, Vermont, run on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend and produced by the not-for-profit RunVermont. It was founded in 1989 and was the first marathon in the United States to include a marathon relay as part of the event. The start and finish are at Waterfront Park on Lake Champlain, and the marathon is run as two loops of 13.1 miles through the city. The organisers describe a flat, fast course that winds through Burlington and along Lake Champlain, with a long stretch on a bike path beside the lake. For 2027 RunVermont has redesigned the route to remove all at-grade Amtrak rail crossings and to untangle the figure-eight layout of the previous course. Two-person and three-to-five-person relays and a wheelchair race start alongside the marathon, and 2027 adds a standalone half marathon with a capped field. The Vermont City Two Mile and the Mini Marathon fun runs take place on the Saturday. The course records are 2:15:52, set by Ryan Smith in 2026 on his marathon debut, and 2:33:40, set by Maegan Krifchin in 2023.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
Late May in Burlington is mild: average highs are around 21 °C and lows around 9 °C, with some rain on about 14 days of the month.
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The Vermont City Marathon was established in 1989 by a small group of local runners who believed that Burlington could support a large New England marathon in the spring. The marathon relay was held in the very first year, one of the first in the United States and the first organised in conjunction with a marathon. The 1989 race brought 414 marathoners and 125 five-person relay teams to the finish line.
In 2023 Maegan Krifchin ran 2:33:40 in her debut at the race, topping Heidi Westerling's 2009 women's record of 2:35:02. In 2026 Ryan Smith of Boston, running his first marathon, finished in 2:15:52 and broke the men's record set in 2001 by one minute and ten seconds.
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Ryan Smith (2026)
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