Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon

Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon

Join your friends in Roanoke, VA for America's Toughest Road Races on April 18-19, 2026!

Choose your challenge: Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Marathon, Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Half Marathon, Anthem Star 10k, Blue Ridge Double Marathon, Freedom First Marathon Relay, Carilion Children's Family 1 Miler, Sunday Slow-K

This race is the ONLY marathon that runs along the famously scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, and proceeds from this non-profit event benefit the parkway and a dozen local charities every year. The full, half, relay and 10k all prove equally challenging yet rewarding on this mountainous course, and all runners are rewarded with a unique finishers’ medals, shirts and local craft beer at the festival-like finish in downtown Roanoke. For those who need even more than just extreme elevation change can run the course twice with the official Blue Ridge Double (sells out annually).

This event is owned and operated by the Roanoke Outside Foundation whose mission to make outdoor activity and environmental stewardship a core component of our community’s lifestyle by promoting a “conservation through recreation” philosophy.