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2026 Marathon du Médoc
The Marathon du Médoc is a 42.2km vineyard loop in Pauillac, Bordeaux, with 23 wine, oyster & steak stops, mandatory costume, and a 6h30 cutoff. It is a festive, food-and-wine 'fun run' with a field of around 7,800 runners.
Running the Médoc in early September means you're here for the harvest buzz, when the vineyards are at their most golden and the air smells of ripe grapes. You'll loop through château courtyards and along the Gironde, then celebrate with the region's famously good wine and a plate of entrecôte or fresh oysters — a proper Bordeaux feast to finish a 42k.
Event Details
180m
Loop starting and finishing on the Pauillac quays beside the Gironde estuary, winding through the Médoc grands crus vineyards, with château courtyards, mixed asphalt wine-country lanes and packed gravel/dirt vineyard roads, gently rolling with about 180m of total climb.
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