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Lowest ascent half marathons

The lowest ascent half marathons, ranked from trusted raw-elevation route profiles across 191 qualifying races.

Ranking current as of

Which race ranks first — and why is it Summer Breeze Half Marathon (San Leandro)?

Summer Breeze Half Marathon (San Leandro) leads this ranking on total ascent (0 m).

Compare Summer Breeze Half Marathon (San Leandro) vs Naturosa Catania Marathon

#RaceTotal ascentClimb densityDescentNet elevationMax absolute gradeFeeAs of
1Summer Breeze Half Marathon (San Leandro) - california0 m0.0 m/km0 m-0 m1.8%Unavailable
2Naturosa Catania Marathon Half Marathon - italy11 m0.5 m/km12 m-0 m3.1%Unavailable
3ATW Bedford 10k & Half Marathon - east-of-england15 m0.7 m/km15 m0 m2.9%Unavailable
4Zürich Marathon Half Marathon - switzerland21 m1.0 m/km23 m-2 m2.2%Unavailable
5Vale of York Half Marathon - yorkshire27 m1.3 m/km27 m0 m1.8%£28
6Medio Maratón de Santander Half Marathon - spain28 m1.3 m/km28 m-0 m3.2%Unavailable
7Bath & Bristol Railway Races Half Marathon - south-west33 m1.6 m/km33 m1 m2.4%£46
8Mississippi River Marathon Half Marathon - mississippi36 m1.7 m/km36 m0 m6.1%Unavailable
9Tirol läuft (Innsbruck) Half Marathon - austria40 m1.9 m/km42 m-2 m5.5%Unavailable
10Spurs Austin International Half (fka 3M Half Marathon) - texas42 m2.0 m/km143 m-101 m8.1%Unavailable
11Mizuno Swansea Half Marathon - wales44 m2.1 m/km44 m-0 m5.6%Unavailable
12Novant Health Wilmington Marathon Half Marathon - north-carolina46 m2.2 m/km47 m-0 m4.6%Unavailable
13Hartlepool Half Marathon - north-east50 m2.4 m/km52 m-2 m6.7%Unavailable
14Idaho Falls Marathon Half Marathon - idaho50 m2.4 m/km52 m-3 m9.1%Unavailable
15The Woodlands Marathon Half Marathon - texas52 m2.5 m/km55 m-3 m3.5%Unavailable
16NLB Ljubljana Marathon Half Marathon - slovenia53 m2.5 m/km52 m0 m3.9%Unavailable
17ZeroWind Romeo&Giulietta Run Half Marathon (Verona) - italy55 m2.6 m/km42 m12 m7.3%Unavailable
18Martian Invasion of Races Half Marathon - michigan58 m2.7 m/km58 m0 m5.4%Unavailable
19Estes Park Marathon and Half Marathon - colorado61 m2.9 m/km539 m-477 m21.5%Unavailable
20Trieste Spring Run Half Marathon - italy63 m3.0 m/km134 m-73 m20.7%Unavailable
21Bozeman Half Marathon & 10K - montana67 m3.2 m/km249 m-182 m6.7%Unavailable
22Maine Coast Marathon Half Marathon - maine68 m3.2 m/km67 m1 m8.0%Unavailable
23Charlotte Racefest at SouthPark Half Marathon and 10K - north-carolina70 m3.3 m/km59 m11 m15.6%Unavailable
24Cheltenham Running Festival Half Marathon - south-west70 m3.3 m/km75 m-5 m4.4%£38
25Vienna City Marathon Half Marathon - austria71 m3.4 m/km58 m13 m8.2%Unavailable
26Maratona di Pisa Half Marathon - italy72 m3.4 m/km67 m4 m5.6%Unavailable
27Nagyerdei Terep Maraton (Debrecen) Half Marathon - hungary72 m3.4 m/km69 m3 m9.9%Unavailable
28Bear Trail Half Marathon & 10K - delaware73 m3.5 m/km73 m-0 m4.9%Unavailable
29Montana Marathon (Billings) Half Marathon - montana73 m3.5 m/km266 m-193 m11.6%Unavailable
30University of Charleston Marathon (Charleston, WV) Half Marathon - west-virginia74 m3.5 m/km74 m0 m7.0%Unavailable
31Buffalo Stampede Half Marathon (Kearney) - nebraska75 m3.6 m/km78 m-3 m7.0%Unavailable
32Belfast City Marathon Half Marathon - northern-ireland75 m3.6 m/km75 m0 m5.9%£42
33Haspa Marathon Hamburg Half Marathon - germany76 m3.6 m/km66 m11 m7.2%Unavailable
34Great North Run Half Marathon - north-east80 m3.8 m/km111 m-32 m6.7%£68
35Parkway Subaru Battleship Half Marathon & GFL 10K|5K (Wilmington) - north-carolina84 m4.0 m/km84 m0 m7.0%Unavailable
36Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel - indiana86 m4.1 m/km85 m0 m5.4%Unavailable
37Belfast City Half Marathon - northern-ireland88 m4.2 m/km89 m-0 m8.6%£50
38Allianz Richmond Marathon Half Marathon - virginia89 m4.2 m/km126 m-37 m8.7%Unavailable
39Paavo Nurmi Marathon Half Marathon - finland91 m4.3 m/km92 m-1 m9.1%Unavailable
40DRC's The Half (Dallas Running Club) Half Marathon - texas92 m4.4 m/km108 m-16 m13.3%Unavailable
41Mercy Health Glass City Marathon Half Marathon - ohio92 m4.4 m/km88 m4 m6.2%Unavailable
42Stormin' Norman Run Half Marathon - oklahoma94 m4.4 m/km94 m-0 m7.4%Unavailable
43The Fury Run (Stormin' Norman Run), Norman Half Marathon - oklahoma94 m4.4 m/km94 m-0 m7.4%Unavailable
44Generali Genève Marathon Half Marathon - switzerland94 m4.4 m/km147 m-54 m7.0%Unavailable
45Debrecen Maraton Half Marathon - hungary94 m4.5 m/km94 m0 m5.6%Unavailable
46Cambridge Half Marathon - east-of-england95 m4.5 m/km95 m-0 m4.7%Unavailable
47Bari Med Marathon Half Marathon - italy97 m4.6 m/km99 m-3 m6.3%Unavailable
48Great Smoky Mountains Half Marathon - tennessee99 m4.7 m/km35 m65 m7.4%Unavailable
49Stuttgart-Lauf Half Marathon - germany100 m4.7 m/km100 m-1 m9.8%Unavailable
50Cleveland Marathon Half Marathon - ohio102 m4.8 m/km102 m-0 m11.9%Unavailable
51Reims Champagne Run Half Marathon - france103 m4.9 m/km105 m-2 m4.9%Unavailable
52SwissCityMarathon – Lucerne Half Marathon - switzerland103 m4.9 m/km104 m-2 m7.9%Unavailable
53Mein Freiburg Marathon Half Marathon - germany105 m5.0 m/km104 m1 m6.2%Unavailable
54Greifenseelauf Uster Half Marathon - switzerland108 m5.1 m/km90 m18 m7.8%Unavailable
55Goodyear Half Marathon & 10K (Akron) - ohio109 m5.2 m/km119 m-9 m12.7%Unavailable
56Wilmslow Half Marathon - north-west111 m5.2 m/km114 m-3 m5.9%Unavailable
57YMCA Harrisburg Marathon, Half, and Relay Presented by Enders Insurance Half Marathon - pennsylvania112 m5.3 m/km113 m-0 m11.1%Unavailable
58Madison Marathon (Madison, Wisconsin) Half Marathon - wisconsin112 m5.3 m/km106 m6 m8.7%Unavailable
59Toulouse Métropole Run Experience Half Marathon - france114 m5.4 m/km123 m-10 m11.2%Unavailable
60Run Leicester Half Marathon - east-midlands114 m5.4 m/km114 m-0 m7.9%£33
61Colchester Half Marathon - east-of-england114 m5.4 m/km114 m0 m9.5%£37
62MountainOne Steel Rail Races (Adams) Half Marathon - massachusetts114 m5.4 m/km114 m-0 m10.6%Unavailable
63Regeneron Great Limerick Run Half Marathon - ireland114 m5.4 m/km117 m-3 m5.4%Unavailable
64Chester Half Marathon - north-west116 m5.5 m/km91 m25 m7.0%Unavailable
65Regensburg Marathon Half Marathon - germany116 m5.5 m/km116 m0 m9.5%Unavailable
66David Cliff Wokingham Half Marathon - south-east117 m5.6 m/km117 m-0 m5.8%£43
67Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes Half Marathon - france119 m5.9 m/km121 m-2 m11.7%Unavailable
68Amica Newport Marathon & Half Marathon - rhode-island119 m5.7 m/km119 m0 m8.1%Unavailable
69Termal Bologna Marathon Half Marathon - italy121 m5.7 m/km103 m18 m11.5%Unavailable
70Garmin New Forest Marathon Half Marathon - south-east122 m5.8 m/km122 m0 m5.1%£54
71Helsinki City Marathon Half Marathon - finland122 m5.8 m/km117 m6 m7.1%Unavailable
72Endurancelife Suffolk (Dunwich) Half Marathon - east-of-england123 m5.7 m/km124 m0 m11.0%£47
73Zurich Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Madrid Half Marathon - spain124 m5.9 m/km151 m-26 m11.2%Unavailable
74St. Croix Crossing Half Marathon - minnesota124 m5.9 m/km189 m-64 m10.8%Unavailable
75Hoag OC Marathon Running Festival Half Marathon - california125 m5.9 m/km157 m-32 m7.9%Unavailable
76Wisconsin Lakeside Half Marathon & 5K (Monona) - wisconsin126 m6.0 m/km127 m-0 m14.6%Unavailable
77Trondheim Maraton Half Marathon - norway127 m6.0 m/km125 m1 m8.3%Unavailable
78Wallis Sands Half Marathon - new-hampshire128 m6.1 m/km129 m0 m12.8%Unavailable
79Göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon - sweden131 m6.2 m/km133 m-2 m7.6%Unavailable
80Sioux Falls Skedaddle Half Marathon - south-dakota133 m6.3 m/km140 m-7 m13.3%Unavailable
81Maine Marathon (Portland) Half Marathon - maine133 m6.3 m/km133 m0 m9.8%Unavailable
82HooDoo Half Marathon (Fairbanks) - alaska133 m6.3 m/km180 m-48 m10.2%Unavailable
83City of Colleges Half Marathon - arkansas134 m6.3 m/km135 m-0 m9.2%Unavailable
84Rimi Riga Marathon Half Marathon - latvia135 m6.4 m/km134 m1 m18.7%Unavailable
85RAD Half Marathon & 10K (Asheville) - north-carolina135 m6.4 m/km206 m-71 m11.9%Unavailable
86Windermere Marathon (Spokane) Half Marathon - washington140 m6.6 m/km170 m-30 m13.5%Unavailable
87OhioHealth Capital City Half & Quarter Marathon (Columbus) Half Marathon - ohio142 m6.7 m/km142 m0 m14.9%Unavailable
88Courses de Strasbourg Eurométropole Half Marathon - france143 m6.8 m/km136 m7 m8.9%Unavailable
89Büchl Éjszakai Félmaraton (Győr) Half Marathon - hungary144 m6.8 m/km143 m1 m7.2%Unavailable
90Weymouth Half Marathon - south-west146 m6.9 m/km146 m-1 m9.2%£41
91Cajun Country Run Half Marathon - louisiana147 m7.0 m/km147 m0 m9.5%Unavailable
92PeaceHealth Appletree Marathon Half Marathon - washington147 m7.0 m/km147 m1 m8.0%Unavailable
93Midnattssolmaraton (Midnight Sun Marathon), Tromsø Half Marathon - norway148 m7.0 m/km147 m2 m7.5%Unavailable
94Sioux Falls Marathon Half Marathon - south-dakota149 m7.1 m/km151 m-2 m8.0%Unavailable
95Omaha Marathon Half Marathon - nebraska150 m7.1 m/km151 m-1 m11.5%Unavailable
96Hyundai Meia Maratona Internacional do Porto Half Marathon - portugal150 m7.1 m/km150 m0 m50.0%Unavailable
97Southampton Marathon Half Marathon - south-east151 m7.1 m/km136 m15 m12.4%Unavailable
98Michelob Ultra El Paso Marathon Half Marathon - texas151 m7.2 m/km150 m1 m9.4%Unavailable
99DNB Oslo Marathon Half Marathon - norway153 m7.2 m/km153 m-0 m6.5%Unavailable
100Lake Monona 20K & 5K (Monona) Half Marathon - wisconsin153 m7.7 m/km153 m0 m9.9%Unavailable
3
ATW Bedford 10k & Half Marathoneast-of-england
Total ascent
15 m
Climb density
0.7 m/km
Descent
15 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
2.9%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

4
Zürich Marathon Half Marathonswitzerland
Total ascent
21 m
Climb density
1.0 m/km
Descent
23 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
2.2%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

5
Vale of York Half Marathonyorkshire
Total ascent
27 m
Climb density
1.3 m/km
Descent
27 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
1.8%
Fee
£28

As of

11
Mizuno Swansea Half Marathonwales
Total ascent
44 m
Climb density
2.1 m/km
Descent
44 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
5.6%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

13
Hartlepool Half Marathonnorth-east
Total ascent
50 m
Climb density
2.4 m/km
Descent
52 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
6.7%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

21
Bozeman Half Marathon & 10Kmontana
Total ascent
67 m
Climb density
3.2 m/km
Descent
249 m
Net elevation
-182 m
Max absolute grade
6.7%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

26
Maratona di Pisa Half Marathonitaly
Total ascent
72 m
Climb density
3.4 m/km
Descent
67 m
Net elevation
4 m
Max absolute grade
5.6%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

28
Bear Trail Half Marathon & 10Kdelaware
Total ascent
73 m
Climb density
3.5 m/km
Descent
73 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
4.9%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

34
Great North Run Half Marathonnorth-east
Total ascent
80 m
Climb density
3.8 m/km
Descent
111 m
Net elevation
-32 m
Max absolute grade
6.7%
Fee
£68

As of

37
Belfast City Half Marathonnorthern-ireland
Total ascent
88 m
Climb density
4.2 m/km
Descent
89 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
8.6%
Fee
£50

As of

45
Debrecen Maraton Half Marathonhungary
Total ascent
94 m
Climb density
4.5 m/km
Descent
94 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
5.6%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

46
Cambridge Half Marathoneast-of-england
Total ascent
95 m
Climb density
4.5 m/km
Descent
95 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
4.7%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

47
Bari Med Marathon Half Marathonitaly
Total ascent
97 m
Climb density
4.6 m/km
Descent
99 m
Net elevation
-3 m
Max absolute grade
6.3%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

49
Stuttgart-Lauf Half Marathongermany
Total ascent
100 m
Climb density
4.7 m/km
Descent
100 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
9.8%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

56
Wilmslow Half Marathonnorth-west
Total ascent
111 m
Climb density
5.2 m/km
Descent
114 m
Net elevation
-3 m
Max absolute grade
5.9%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

60
Run Leicester Half Marathoneast-midlands
Total ascent
114 m
Climb density
5.4 m/km
Descent
114 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
7.9%
Fee
£33

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61
Colchester Half Marathoneast-of-england
Total ascent
114 m
Climb density
5.4 m/km
Descent
114 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
9.5%
Fee
£37

As of

64
Chester Half Marathonnorth-west
Total ascent
116 m
Climb density
5.5 m/km
Descent
91 m
Net elevation
25 m
Max absolute grade
7.0%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

74
St. Croix Crossing Half Marathonminnesota
Total ascent
124 m
Climb density
5.9 m/km
Descent
189 m
Net elevation
-64 m
Max absolute grade
10.8%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

77
Trondheim Maraton Half Marathonnorway
Total ascent
127 m
Climb density
6.0 m/km
Descent
125 m
Net elevation
1 m
Max absolute grade
8.3%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

78
Wallis Sands Half Marathonnew-hampshire
Total ascent
128 m
Climb density
6.1 m/km
Descent
129 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
12.8%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

79
Göteborgsvarvet Half Marathonsweden
Total ascent
131 m
Climb density
6.2 m/km
Descent
133 m
Net elevation
-2 m
Max absolute grade
7.6%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

82
HooDoo Half Marathon (Fairbanks)alaska
Total ascent
133 m
Climb density
6.3 m/km
Descent
180 m
Net elevation
-48 m
Max absolute grade
10.2%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

83
City of Colleges Half Marathonarkansas
Total ascent
134 m
Climb density
6.3 m/km
Descent
135 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
9.2%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

90
Weymouth Half Marathonsouth-west
Total ascent
146 m
Climb density
6.9 m/km
Descent
146 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
9.2%
Fee
£41

As of

91
Cajun Country Run Half Marathonlouisiana
Total ascent
147 m
Climb density
7.0 m/km
Descent
147 m
Net elevation
0 m
Max absolute grade
9.5%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

95
Omaha Marathon Half Marathonnebraska
Total ascent
150 m
Climb density
7.1 m/km
Descent
151 m
Net elevation
-1 m
Max absolute grade
11.5%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

99
DNB Oslo Marathon Half Marathonnorway
Total ascent
153 m
Climb density
7.2 m/km
Descent
153 m
Net elevation
-0 m
Max absolute grade
6.5%
Fee
Unavailable

As of

Showing the top 100 of 191 qualifying races; use the distance catalogue for the full searchable list. Scores are out of 100 when present; route, elevation and cost figures are shown in their natural units.

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Races are ranked by Total ascent. Score metrics use methodology scoring-methodology-v1.0. Elevation rankings use only trusted raw-elevation course profiles. A ranking is only published when at least five races qualify, so the table is never padded with thin data.

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What is the lowest ascent half marathons?

Summer Breeze Half Marathon (San Leandro) ranks first by total ascent, from 191 qualifying races compared under our published methodology.