The route takes in all the best sites of Edinburgh and surrounding Realise your potential and run a PB in Edinburgh.

Whether you are looking to break four hours for the first time, raise money for charity or regularly break 2hrs 30mins, all entrants run to achieve a goal or finish in a personal best time. 

Edinburgh provides a stunning back drop to this IAAF accredited race event. The historic city including Edinburgh Castle and the beautiful East Lothian looks forward to welcoming you!

This prestigious and highly sought after event offers all runners the chance to achieve - it's fast and flat. With an overall elevation drop of almost 40m the EMF has the fastest marathon route in the UK but you need to be quick to get your place, entries are on a first-come, first-served basis and have sold out every year since 2008.

Edinburgh Marathon standard entries are close to capacity and expected to close on Sunday 5th January at midnight. The marathon takes place on Sunday 24th May 2020 and attracts thousands of runners from the UK and beyond to take part in one of the flattest and fastest marathons the UK has to offer.

Edinburgh Marathon Standard Entries Set To Close Soon

Edinburgh Marathon

Post-Race Review/ Results

A gallery of photos taken during the 2019 Edinburgh Marathon on May 26.

Edinburgh Marathon 2019: Can you spot yourself in our runners gallery?

Thousands of runners from all over the world gathered in the nation's capital to take part in the seventeenth edition of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival. Across the action-packed weekend, Scotland's biggest running festival featured nine races including a full marathon, half marathon, team relay, 10k and 5k, plus four junior events.

Thousands Of Runners Take Part In Seventeenth Edinburgh Marathon Festival

The Edinburgh Marathon Festival have today announced a partnership with the team at Hamilton Waste & Recycling in its ambition to be one of the only events in the country which is a zero waste to landfill event. Hamilton is one of Scotland's leading independent recycling and resource management companies.

Edinburgh Marathon Festival Becomes A Zero Waste To Landfill Event

Scotland's biggest marathon deserves better

Marathon Summary

Marathon Results