Big marathons you can enter without a lottery
All of these have at least 5,000 finishers and first-come entry. Popular ones still sell out, so register early.
- 1Marine Corps Marathon30,000 finishers🇺🇸 Arlington, United States · 25 Oct 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 213 m · start 10°C
- 2Manchester Marathon22,000 finishers🇬🇧 Manchester, United Kingdom · 18 Apr 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 55 m · start 9°C
- 3Honolulu Marathon20,000 finishers🇺🇸 Honolulu, United States · 13 Dec 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 120 m · start 22°C
- 4Los Angeles Marathon20,000 finishers🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States · 7 Mar 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 190 m · start 9°C
- 5Copenhagen Marathon20,000 finishers🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark · 9 May 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 50 m · start 11°C
- 6Athens Authentic Marathon17,000 finishers🇬🇷 Marathon, Greece · 8 Nov 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 300 m · start 15°C
- 7Rotterdam Marathon17,000 finishers🇳🇱 Rotterdam, Netherlands · 11 Apr 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 30 m · start 10°C
- 8Amsterdam Marathon16,800 finishers🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands · 18 Oct 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 30 m · start 11°C
- 9Rome Marathon16,000 finishers🇮🇹 Rome, Italy · 14 Mar 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 130 m · start 7°C
- 10Hamburg Marathon15,500 finishers🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany · 25 Apr 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 50 m · start 7°C
- 11Frankfurt Marathon14,000 finishers🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main, Germany · 25 Oct 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 27 m · start 10°C
- 12Walt Disney World Marathon13,300 finishers🇺🇸 Orlando, United States · 10 Jan 2027 (est.) · Marathon · ↑ 79 m · start 13°C
- 13Philadelphia Marathon12,500 finishers🇺🇸 Philadelphia, United States · 22 Nov 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 198 m · start 3°C
- 14Kuala Lumpur Marathon12,000 finishers🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · 3 Oct 2027 (est.) · Marathon · ↑ 150 m · start 25°C
- 15Warsaw Marathon9,500 finishers🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland · 26 Sept 2027 (est.) · Marathon · ↑ 83 m · start 13°C
- 16Florence Marathon8,000 finishers🇮🇹 Florence, Italy · 29 Nov 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 60 m · start 6°C
- 17California International Marathon8,000 finishers🇺🇸 Folsom, United States · 6 Dec 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 100 m · start 6°C
- 18Cologne Marathon7,900 finishers🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany · 3 Oct 2027 (est.) · Marathon · ↑ 36 m · start 13°C
- 19Twin Cities Marathon7,000 finishers🇺🇸 Minneapolis, United States · 17 Oct 2027 (est.) · Marathon · ↑ 120 m · start 6°C
- 20Indianapolis Monumental Marathon6,700 finishers🇺🇸 Indianapolis, United States · 7 Nov 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 92 m · start 7°C
- 21Venice Marathon6,000 finishers🇮🇹 Stra, Italy · 25 Oct 2026 · Marathon · ↑ 78 m · start 13°C
- 22Houston Marathon6,000 finishers🇺🇸 Houston, United States · 17 Jan 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 40 m · start 9°C
- 23Kraków Marathon6,000 finishers🇵🇱 Kraków, Poland · 18 Apr 2027 (est.) · Marathon · ↑ 40 m · start 9°C
- 24Grandma's Marathon6,000 finishers🇺🇸 Two Harbors, United States · 19 Jun 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 100 m · start 15°C
- 25St. George Marathon6,000 finishers🇺🇸 Central, United States · 2 Oct 2027 (est.) · Marathon · ↑ 180 m · start 15°C
- 26Flying Pig Marathon5,250 finishers🇺🇸 Cincinnati, United States · 2 May 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 290 m · start 12°C
- 27Zurich Marathon5,200 finishers🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland · 11 Apr 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 147 m · start 6°C
- 28Pittsburgh Marathon5,000 finishers🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, United States · 2 May 2027 (est.) · Marathon · ↑ 284 m · start 10°C
- 29Vancouver Marathon5,000 finishers🇨🇦 Vancouver, Canada · 2 May 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 80 m · start 10°C
- 30San Francisco Marathon5,000 finishers🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States · 25 Jul 2027 · Marathon · ↑ 300 m · start 14°C