2027 Ehime Marathon - Feb 7

Out-and-back road marathon marathon course in Matsuyama. North along the Seto Inland Sea from the Ehime Prefectural Government Office to a turnaround at Hojo Bunka-no-Mori Park, finishing at Shiroyama Park below Matsuyama Castle. Reading the official elevation chart, the high point of roughly 46 m appears twice - just past 8 km outbound and again just past 35 km - because it is the same hill taken in both directions. The middle 11-31 km runs flat along the coast