2027 edition
Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.
Decision summary
7:00:00 total limit divided by distance. Check gun/chip timing and intermediate limits; allow time for stops.
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Stored GPS route
Quick answers
raceindex.org has a GPS course file for Ascension Seton Austin Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Ascension Seton Austin Marathon is described as rolling. The course listing puts the climb at 309 m. The course notes also call it rolling, scenic tour of Austin neighbourhoods with a challenging hilly first half rewarded by a fast downhill stretch into a finish on Congress Avenue beneath the State Capitol.
The Ascension Seton Austin Marathon route starts at 2nd Street & Congress Avenue, downtown Austin (7 a.m. start) and finishes at 9th & Congress Avenue, on historic Congress Avenue in front of the Texas State Capitol. Underfoot, expect road. It passes Texas State Capitol, Congress Avenue, South Congress (SoCo), Lady Bird Lake / Colorado River and Zilker Park. Rolling, scenic tour of Austin neighbourhoods with a challenging hilly first half rewarded by a fast downhill stretch into a finish on Congress Avenue beneath the State Capitol.
Yes - the course runs on closed downtown and neighbourhood streets; roads progressively re-open behind a 16-minute-per-mile sweep pace, with the full course closing at 2:18 p.m. Entertainment stationed on course plus a finish-line festival on Congress Avenue with live music and a beer garden. 22. Yes - official marathon pace groups carry goal finish times on the back of their shirts as a moving finish line.