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Marine Corps Marathon course map poster

The Marine Corps Marathon starts on Route 110 near the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and crosses the Key Bridge into Georgetown. It turns around on Rock Creek Parkway, passes the Kennedy Center and the Lincoln Memorial, and runs out to Hains Point at the tip of East Potomac Park.

Then it heads along the National Mall to a loop by the US Capitol, and back over the 14th Street Bridge, where runners must beat the bridge before the cutoff. After a loop at the Pentagon and a turnaround in Crystal City, it finishes at the Marine Corps War Memorial. It's known as the People's Marathon, the largest marathon in the world that offers no prize money.

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The course

Start
Route 110, near the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery
Finish
Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial), Arlington
Passes through
Rosslyn, Georgetown, Rock Creek Park, Foggy Bottom, West Potomac Park, East Potomac Park, National Mall, Pentagon, and Crystal City

Key facts

First held
1976
Month
October
Finishers
16,238 in 2024
Organizer
Marine Corps Marathon Organization

Along the way

  1. 4.5 mi (7.2 km)Francis Scott Key BridgeFrom Arlington into Georgetown
  2. 7.3 mi (11.8 km)Rock Creek ParkwayA turnaround on the parkway
  3. 10.1 mi (16.3 km)Kennedy CenterOn Rock Creek Parkway
  4. 10.7 mi (17.3 km)Lincoln MemorialPassed on Ohio Drive
  5. 13.7 mi (22.0 km)Hains PointThe southern tip of East Potomac Park
  6. 16.8 mi (27.0 km)National MallOut on Madison Drive, back on Jefferson Drive
  7. 18.1 mi (29.2 km)US CapitolA loop around Peace Circle and Garfield Circle
  8. 19.8 mi (31.9 km)14th Street BridgeBeat the Bridge: the cutoff point of the race
  9. 21.4 mi (34.5 km)PentagonA loop at the Pork Chop lot
  10. 23.0 mi (37.0 km)Crystal CityA turnaround on Crystal Drive

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