Tallahassee Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay

Tallahassee Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay takes place in Florida's capital on February 7, 2027. The marathon (26.2 miles), the marathon relay and the half marathon (13.1 miles) all start at 7:30 a.m. The event dates back to 1975 and has grown considerably since, drawing a varied field and strong local support each year.

The relay is the option worth knowing about: splitting 26.2 miles across a team lets runners who are not marathon fit be part of the race, and it is a good way to introduce someone to the distance gradually. Individual marathoners should count on a sixteen week build with a weekly long run and regular marathon pace efforts, while twelve weeks is enough for the half. An early February date puts the hardest training over the autumn and the turn of the year.