Vermont City Marathon

Course & Elevation

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.