MarathonRoad🇺🇸 Roanoke, United States

Blue Ridge Marathon

Saturday, 17 April 2027In 6 months · Start 07:35

Billed as America's toughest road marathon: from downtown Roanoke it climbs Roanoke Mountain, Mill Mountain and Peakwood on the Blue Ridge Parkway, with over 2,200 m of total elevation change.

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Facts checked 11 Oct 2026 against blueridgemarathon.com, blueridgemarathon.com, findmymarathon.com.

Elevation gain

1,132 m

Mountain · ↓ 1,132 m

Start altitude

291 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

9°C

Peaks around 18°C

Entry fee

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Finishers

470

typical year

Course

Loop

7.5h cut-off

Getting thereFly into GSO (Greensboro), about 130 km from the start

Course map

A detailed route is not available for this race yet. The marker shows the race location.

Elevation profile

Mountain: about 1,132 m of climbing and 1,132 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start

9°C

Peak during race

18°C

Humidity

64%

Chance of rain

14%

Wind

10 km/h

Race day in past years

Historical averages for 17 April ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 07:35 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

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