Madison Marathon
Typically 54–80°F · low rain risk
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2026
58–83°F
dry
2025
58–82°F
dry
2024
56–91°F
dry
2023
56–79°F
dry
2022
53–78°F
dry
2021
51–85°F
dry
2020
52–77°F
dry
2019
48–79°F
dry
2018
62–86°F
dry
2017
58–82°F
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About this race
The Madison Marathon is a high-altitude gravel test that tracks the famous Gravelly Range Road, putting racers in position to gawk at incredible geology like Black Butte and wildlife like Pronghorn and Mule Deer. The inaugural year was 2008, and we are still wowing registrants. The course never drops below 8,300 feet, yet peaks at Monument Ridge – over 9,500 feet above sea level. Choose the “half” if you just want to get acclimated your first year.
The course is now public on Garmin: https://connect.garmin.com/app/course/507500712
And the half marathon option: https://connect.garmin.com/app/course/506868664
Prizes are awarded to the first and second place male and female finishers. Please enjoy refreshments and lite bites in Clover Meadows afterwards, then join us down the mountain at Varney Bridge for the after-party!
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