Race list
Coastal Marathons
Ocean and Great Lakes shores worth building a race trip around.
Races on this list
| Race | Place | From the list |
|---|---|---|
| Honolulu Marathon | Hawaii | Oceanfront miles, Waikiki and views around Diamond Head. |
| Grandma’s Marathon | Minnesota | A Boston qualifying marathon along Lake Superior. |
| Erie Marathon | Pennsylvania | A flat course at Presque Isle for a focused marathon effort. |
About these courses
Honolulu runs along the Pacific through Waikiki and around Diamond Head. Grandma's Marathon follows the shore of Lake Superior from Two Harbors into Duluth. Erie is run on Presque Isle, a peninsula reaching into Lake Erie.
A course that follows a shore is usually flat where it hugs the water, but it is open to the wind. Check each race's course profile and typical race-day weather on its page before you settle on a goal time, and book a room near the start early for a race you have to travel to.
How this list is chosen
Hand-picked by RaceRove. Each race is on the list for the reason given beside it, checked against the race's own website.
Using this list
Open Coastal Marathons in the race finder to search it by race or place, narrow it to one state, sort it, or save all 3 races to your plan. Each race has its own page with its next date, distances, registration and course details.