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St. Jude Memphis Marathon

Memphis, TN · Saturday, December 5, 2026

St. Jude Memphis Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Saturday, December 5, 2026
Climb
720 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
39°F to 53°Ften-year normals, 31% of days wet

Fly the course

All 26.2 miles through a model of Memphis built from OpenStreetMap: real building footprints, heights and roof shapes, the water, and the course line itself. Scrub it, switch cameras, or let it play.

Route statusa community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. GET https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53454976.json loads: name '2025 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend 2025 Marathon Course.kml', distance 43,122 m (26.79 mi), locality Memphis TN, first point 35.1395,-90.0518 (B.B. King Blvd @ Beale St — matches current start), uploaded 2025-12-05 (day before the 2025 race). A digitized copy of the official 2025 course KML; 2026 course (per official PDFs) keeps the same B.B. King/Beale start and Union Ave finish.

Course line a community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. GET https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53454976.json loads: name '2025 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend 2025 Marathon Course.kml', distance 43,122 m (26.79 mi), locality Memphis TN, first point 35.1395,-90.0518 (B.B. King Blvd @ Beale St — matches current start), uploaded 2025-12-05 (day before the 2025 race). A digitized copy of the official 2025 course KML; 2026 course (per official PDFs) keeps the same B.B. King/Beale start and Union Ave finish. Buildings, roads, parks and shorelines are OpenStreetMap, ODbL, so building coverage varies block to block. Public-domain USGS/USDA aerial imagery and USGS 3DEP terrain are served as static site assets; no paid map API runs in the browser. This is photographic terrain with modeled architecture, not photogrammetry. Bridge approaches, elevations and facade details remain approximate. The organizer's published route is the reference.

Accuracy check: drawn line is within 1.7% of the certified 26.2 miles; no part of the line passes through a building; 95% of it sits on a mapped road; closest it ever comes to a building wall is 0.5 m.

The elevation profile

160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: -0.1% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: +0.6% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: -0.1% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: -0.2% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: +0.1% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: +0.8% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: -0.7% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: +0.8% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: -0.0% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: -0.3% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: -1.9% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: +0.5% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: +1.2% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: +0.1% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: +0.7% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: +0.3% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: -0.0% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: -1.0% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: +1.8% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: -1.0% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: +0.0% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: -0.2% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: +1.0% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: +0.2% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: -2.4% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: -0.3% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: +0.3% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: -0.1% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: -0.9% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: -0.0% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: +3.4% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: -1.1% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: -0.4% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: -0.9% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: -0.9% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: -0.2% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: +0.5% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: +0.8% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: -1.0% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: -0.9% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: +0.2% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: -0.4% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: +0.6% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: +0.7% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: +0.7% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: -0.4% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: -0.7% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: +0.1% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: -0.1% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: +0.9% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: +0.1% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: +0.9% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: +0.2% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: -0.0% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: +0.6% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: -1.1% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: +0.1% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: +0.8% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: -0.2% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: -1.0% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: -0.0% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: -0.7% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: +0.7% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: +0.2% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: -0.7% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: +0.5% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: +0.5% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: +0.6% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: +0.2% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: -1.4% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: +0.0% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: +0.9% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: -0.5% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: +0.9% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +0.5% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: -0.2% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: -0.5% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: -0.0% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: +0.7% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: -0.5% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: -0.7% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: +1.3% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: -1.0% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: -0.4% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: +0.8% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: +0.4% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: +1.1% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: +0.9% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: +1.3% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: -0.1% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: -1.1% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: -0.3% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: -0.8% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: +1.6% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: +0.6% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: -1.7% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: -0.1% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: -0.6% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: +0.8% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: +0.9% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: +0.6% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: -0.9% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: -0.5% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: -0.2% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: -0.2% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: -0.6% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +0.4% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: +0.1% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: -0.2% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: -0.8% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: +1.2% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: +0.7% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: +0.3% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: +0.0% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: -0.6% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: -0.6% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: -0.7% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: -0.7% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: +0.5% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: +0.9% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: -1.0% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -0.3% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: +0.1% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: -0.5% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: -0.1% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: +0.3% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: -0.6% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: -0.7% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: +1.0% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: +0.6% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: -1.4% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +49 ft +40 ft
steep up up flat down steep down

720 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 206 and 356 feet of elevation. The biggest climb runs from mile 17.06 to 17.82, 49 feet up. Click the profile to jump the flythrough to that mile.

Mile by mile

Every mile of the course on the same vertical scale, so they compare at a glance. Net is what the mile does to your elevation; steepest fifth is the sharpest continuous fifth of a mile inside it, the same unit the colour strip above uses.

MileShapeNetElevation Steepest fifthStreets
1+5 ft247 ft+0.7%South B. B. King Boulevard, South 2nd Street, East G. E. Patterson Avenue
2+11 ft258 ft+1.0%North 2nd Street, South 2nd Street
3+5 ft263 ft-2.4%North Front Street, North 2nd Street, Shadyac Avenue
4+5 ft270 ft+1.6%South Front Street, North Front Street
5-24 ft245 ft-2.7%South Front Street, West Georgia Avenue, Riverside Drive
6-11 ft235 ft-0.7%Riverside Drive
7-4 ft230 ft+3.4%North Front Street, Court Avenue, Riverside Drive
8-8 ft220 ft-1.7%North Front Street, North Main Street, Henry Avenue
9+24 ft246 ft+0.8%North 3rd Street, North Main Street, A. W. Willis Avenue
10-1 ft242 ft+1.2%North 4th Street, Danny Thomas Place, A. W. Willis Avenue
11+14 ft257 ft+0.9%North Parkway, A. W. Willis Avenue
12-8 ft246 ft+1.1%North Parkway, North Avalon Street
13-5 ft240 ft-0.9%Jackson Avenue, Stonewall Street, Dickinson Street
14+7 ft248 ft-1.4%North Evergreen Street, Hawthorne Street, Jackson Avenue
15+14 ft261 ft+0.9%Faxon Avenue, Hawthorne Street, North Idlewild Street
16-5 ft257 ft+1.0%North Parkway
17-1 ft255 ft+1.5%Charles Place, Cypress Drive, West Drive
18+41 ft294 ft+1.4%East Parkway North, Center Drive, North Parkway
19-1 ft291 ft+2.0%Poplar Avenue, Morrie Moss Lane, East Parkway North
20-11 ft277 ft-1.7%Veterans Plaza Drive, Golf Drive, Morrie Moss Lane
21-18 ft261 ft-1.3%North Parkway
22-8 ft252 ft-0.8%North Parkway
23+20 ft272 ft+1.2%Stonewall Street, North Parkway
24-8 ft263 ft+1.3%North Parkway, Stonewall Street
25-19 ft244 ft-0.6%North Parkway, North Danny Thomas Boulevard
26+11 ft251 ft+0.9%North Danny Thomas Boulevard, South Danny Thomas Boulevard, Union Avenue

The course on a map

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Course geometry a community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. City geometry is OpenStreetMap, ODbL. Weather normals are ten years of Open-Meteo reanalysis around race day at the start line. Confirm dates and registration on the official site. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it fast.