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Mesa Marathon brings runners to Mesa, United States for a memorable marathon, half marathon and 10K race weekend. The event combines a distinctive setting with a welcoming mass-participation atmosphere, making it a strong choice for runners planning a destination race. Confirm the latest entry, packet-pickup, and course information with the organizer before traveling. Course Highlights The point-to-point route moves through the East Valley of metro Phoenix, beginning near Sloan Park and using wide desert-city roads with a fast, gently descending profile. The

Estimated date — the 2027 date has not yet been announced by the organizer. We've kept this event visible on the calendar around its usual weekend so you can plan ahead. Please check the official race website (linked below) before booking travel.Hershey Half Marathon brings runners to Hershey, United States for a memorable half marathon, relay and shorter community races race weekend. The event combines a distinctive setting with a welcoming mass-participation atmosphere, making it a strong choice for runners

The Rut Mountain Runs is a Montana mountain-running festival built around Lone Peak, with distances from a vertical kilometer to a 50K.Course HighlightsThe 2026 celebration runs September 11–13 and includes VK, 11K, 21K, 28K, 50K, a trifecta and the 1K Runt Run. The official distances range from a 4.6K vertical kilometer to an 84K/52.5-mile ultra-style challenge, with steep climbing and high alpine terrain defining the weekend.Big Sky Resort and Lone Mountain gives the race its sense of place, with the

Javelina Jundred is a desert ultramarathon famous for its Halloween-weekend “Jalloween” party atmosphere, generous trail loops and 100-mile challenge.Course HighlightsThe 2026 race runs October 31 through November 1 at the Four Peaks Staging Area. The course is a looped desert trail designed for repeated aid-station access, making it possible to run a very long ultra with a crew, pacer and changing strategy while enjoying the Sonoran landscape.McDowell Mountain Regional Park north of Fountain Hills gives the race its sense of

Quad-City Times Bix 7 is a celebrated seven-mile road race in Davenport with a fast, festive summer atmosphere and a full family program.Course HighlightsThe seven-mile course is the centerpiece, with the race’s signature distance offering a different challenge from the standard 5K, 10K or half marathon. The event also includes QuickBix and youth-focused activities, making race morning feel like a citywide festival rather than a single-distance competition.Davenport’s historic streets and Mississippi River corridor gives the race its sense of place,

The Army Ten-Miler is a major Washington-area road race that starts at the Pentagon and brings thousands of runners through the capital region.Course HighlightsThe 42nd annual in-person race starts at the Pentagon on an early October Sunday. Its ten-mile distance is long enough to feel substantial while remaining approachable for half-marathon trainees, and the official course uses the symbolic setting of the nation’s capital as part of the experience.The Pentagon and Washington, D.C. landmarks gives the race its sense of

M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon is Vermont’s largest single-day sporting event, combining a scenic Burlington marathon with a relay option over Memorial Day weekend.Course HighlightsThe official start and finish are at Waterfront Park, where the lakefront setting gives the race its signature sense of place. Runners can expect a scenic city course with views toward Lake Champlain and a welcoming New England race atmosphere rather than a closed-circuit stadium experience.Burlington’s waterfront and Lake Champlain shoreline gives the race its sense

St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend turns a December race into a major pediatric-cancer fundraising event with four distances and a downtown Memphis course.Course HighlightsThe full marathon starts near B.B. King Boulevard and Beale Street, putting runners in the middle of Memphis’s musical and cultural core. The weekend’s distance menu includes a marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K, so families and mixed-ability groups can race together.Downtown Memphis, Beale Street and the Mississippi riverfront gives the race its sense of place, with

The Allianz Richmond Marathon is a long-running Virginia road race known for a lively downtown start, river scenery and a companion half marathon and 8K.Course HighlightsThe marathon starts at Broad and 1st Streets and finishes near Tredegar Street on Brown’s Island, putting much of the race within Richmond’s historic core. The course time limit is seven hours, and the route’s blend of urban streets, river views and changing neighborhoods rewards steady pacing.Richmond’s Broad Street, riverfront and historic districts gives the

Novant Health Charlotte Marathon showcases Uptown and the Queen City’s tree-lined neighborhoods across a full marathon, half marathon and 5K weekend.Course HighlightsAll distances start in the heart of Uptown on South Tryon Street. The official runner information highlights a course that moves from the city core into distinctive neighborhoods before returning to an urban finish, giving visitors a compact way to experience Charlotte on foot.Charlotte’s Uptown and surrounding neighborhoods gives the race its sense of place, with the start and