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2026 Kansas City Marathon

42KCombo
Distances5K10K21K
BonusesScenic
Oct 17, 2026 · 1 day🇺🇸 Kansas City, United States
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The Garmin Kansas City Marathon is a rolling, moderately hard course through midtown Kansas City, starting and finishing near Crown Center and the Liberty Memorial. It is USATF-certified and Boston-qualifier eligible, with a 6-hour time limit.

Why attend here

Kansas City’s October air is crisp, perfect for a 42k that winds past the Country Club Plaza’s fountains and into leafy Hyde Park, with the climb to the WWI Memorial rewarding you with a sweeping skyline view. After you cross the line, warm up with a plate of burnt ends at a local barbecue joint—this is the city that made ’cue famous—and stroll the Plaza’s tile-roofed streets as the fountains still flow in the mild autumn evenings.

Distance from you
From Columbus, US to Kansas City, US
~1.2h · 997 km

Kansas City

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typical Oct weather · 2025
17 Fri
28°18°
0mm4.4 m/s
Event Details
Elevation

≈365 m

Course

The course is a scenic tour of midtown Kansas City, passing the Country Club Plaza with its fountains and tile rooftops, the Plaza-Westport district, leafy neighborhoods like Hyde Park, and climbing to the National WWI Museum and Liberty Memorial for a panoramic skyline view.