Chester Marathon

2026 Metric Marathon

26.2 km Road 🇬🇧 Chester, England, United Kingdom
When
Oct 11, 2026
Starts at 10:00am BST
Weather
Last Year's Race Weather
☁️ Cloudy · 8°C–14°C · Wind 10 km/h
Registration
Open Now
Closes September 28, 2026
Event Details

We are looking forward to the 12th MBNA Chester Metric Marathon and hope that you choose to run with us.
The MBNA Chester Metric Marathon is the UK's orignal and most popular metric marathon, it is the must run metric marathon event in any runners race calendar. It sells out 3 months in advance every year! It gives you one of the only opportunities in the UK to run over this distance. This is a 26.2km race, which is the ideal stepping stone from a half marathon to a full marathon.
The event is one of the two grand finale events in our Chester Triple Medal series, withe the sister event, the MBA Chester Marathon — enter early to secure your place before the Metric Marathon sells out!
Join us for what will be an amazing day of running, full of inspirational moments and celebrations. This event sells out every year!
The route is on closed roads and you will run past all Chester's iconic landmarks (Roman Walls, Cathedral, Medieval Rows, Eastgate Clock, Amphitheatre) before heading out to the stunning Cheshire countryside and villages. After joining the marathon runners at Churton you begin the return journey, coming into Chester alongside the River Dee for an unforgettable finish on Castle Drive. The support in the villages and communities along the course is one of the many highlights of the race.

Event type
Other
Distance
26.2 km
Surface
Road
Registration closes
September 28, 2026
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