Edinburgh Marathon Festival

Experience Edinburgh's festival of running on Bank Holiday weekend! With nine distances on offer, there's something for everyone. Scotland's biggest running festival returns to one of Europe's most beautiful capital cities across a Bank Holiday weekend in May. With 40,000 participants, nine events, and a course previously voted the UK's fastest marathon by Runner's World, this is a bucket-list weekend for runners of every ability. From fun runs for young children to a sell-out marathon, the festival starts in the heart of the city at the iconic Holyrood Park, before heading out along the dramatic East Lothian coastline. The crowd support, historic setting, and sheer scale make it an experience far beyond an ordinary race.