Marine Corps Marathon

Arlington, VA, US · 2026-10-25 · start not verified

Race states its distance as “26.2 mile course”. Calculations use the official marathon distance of 42.195 km.

How your pace lands against this race

What the race publishes

Cutoff mechanism	Fixed time limit
Time limit	Not publishedSearched: Overview and Map tabs. The race states a required pace of 14 minutes per mile and three gauntlets, but publishes no overall finish time limit. A third-party listing shows an event window of 07:15–14:15; not confirmed on the official site and not used here.
Course sweep	Not publishedSearched: Overview, Map and Safety pages. Course enforcement is by gauntlet diversion rather than a described sweep vehicle.
Intermediate cutoffs	Published as times of day source DC Gauntlet — 12:33Participants who do not pass by 12:33 are diverted from the certified course at Independence Avenue to 14th Street. They may continue but will not complete 26.2 miles and are not recognised as official finishers. Beat the Bridge Gauntlet — 13:15, mile 20All participants must reach 14th and D Streets, before the 14th Street Bridge, by 13:15. This is at mile 20. Crystal City Gauntlet — 13:49Participants who do not pass by 13:49 are diverted at 12th South as it becomes Crystal Drive. They may continue but will not complete 26.2 miles and are not recognised as official finishers. All three gauntlets are published as times of day, not as elapsed time from the start. Converting them requires a verified gun time, which this record does not have, so they are not fed to the calculator. They are the race's real enforcement mechanism and are listed in full below.
Start structure	Not publishedSearched: Overview and Map tabs give no start time or wave structure. Because the gauntlets are absolute clock times, an unverified gun time makes every checkpoint uncomputable. This is the highest-value missing field on this record.
Required pace, stated by the race	14:00 per mile sourceThe race states a required pace of 14 minutes per mile for all participants. This is the race's own requirement, not a pace derived from a finish limit — the race publishes no finish limit to derive one from.
Walkers explicitly allowed	Not publishedSearched: Overview tab states a required pace of 14 minutes per mile for all participants and makes no statement about walking. A 14:00 pace is achievable on foot, but the race does not address walking.
Walker division	Not publishedSearched: No walking division listed among the categories on the Overview tab.
Aid stations	Not publishedSearched: Not on Overview or Map tabs; Race Day tab not checked for this record.
Sweeper	Not publishedSearched: No sweeper described. Enforcement appears to be by gauntlet diversion.
Late finishers	Participants diverted at the DC or Crystal City gauntlets may continue but will not complete the 26.2 mile course and will not be recognised as official finishers. source
Course closure	Sections close by gauntlet time rather than by a uniform reopening schedule. source
Official result recorded on	Not publishedSearched: Overview and Map tabs. Course is USATF certified and finish times qualify for Boston, but gun/chip basis not stated on the pages checked.

Participant reports

No participant reports recorded yet.

Sources

• https://www.marinemarathon.com/event/marine-corps-marathon/ — official_page, retrieved 2026-09-03, page last modified 2026-08-19 · not archived
• https://www.marinemarathon.com/event/marine-corps-marathon/map — official_page, retrieved 2026-09-03, page last modified 2026-05-27 · not archived

Last verified 2026-09-03 by manual. Start time NOT verified, which makes all three gauntlets uncomputable. Race Day and FAQ tabs not yet checked.