Tupelo Marathon route map
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Tupelo Marathon
This race edition
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Entry options
2026 edition
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Modelled energy-cost change 0.4% versus flat · net elevation 1 m
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Decision summary
Tupelo Marathon at a glance
- Route ascent
- 243 m
- Cut-off average pace
- 8:32/km
- Typical conditions
- 41/100
- Evidence depth
- 32 verified facts
Lower than 63% of comparable mapped races
6:00:00 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
What runners ask first
How hilly is the Tupelo Marathon?
The Tupelo Marathon route has 243 m of ascent, 242 m of descent and an estimated 0.4% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
Where does the Tupelo Marathon route go?
The Tupelo Marathon route starts at and finish at 549 Coley Road, Tupelo, MS 38801 (the Tupelo Furniture Market / Mississippi Building area, at the corner of Coley and Chesterville Roads) and finishes at 549 Coley Road, Tupelo, MS 38801, the same location as the start. Underfoot, expect paved country roads. It passes Tupelo Furniture Market, Coley Road, Chesterville Road, Lee County countryside and Pontotoc County countryside. Marathoners run a 13.1-mile out-and-back.
Race character
Scenery
- Countryside
- Waterfront
- Coastal
Terrain
- Road
- Elevation character
- Gently Rolling
- Technicality
- Non Technical
- Net elevation
- 1 m
Entry, logistics and records
Records and field
- Field size
- Entries are capped at 150 for the Marathon and 300 for the 14er (14.2 miler).
- Field cap
- 150
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Past event: The listed edition date has passed.
- Minimum age
- 18+
- Cut-off
- Clocks cease timing at 6 hours.
- Qualification status
- Certified Boston Marathon qualifying course (USATF certification MS23005MS); promoted with the tagline 'Get your BQ in Tupelo!'
Race day logistics
- Medal
- Finishers receive a medallion. (No awards, shirts or medals are mailed.)
- Finisher tee
- Registrants receive a long-sleeve race shirt.
Access and course status
- Start
- Start and finish at 549 Coley Road, Tupelo, MS 38801 (the Tupelo Furniture Market / Mississippi Building area, at the corner of Coley and Chesterville Roads).
- Finish
- Finish at 549 Coley Road, Tupelo, MS 38801, the same location as the start.
Course facts
- Course type
- Out And Back
- Surface
- Paved country roads.
- Landmarks
- Tupelo Furniture Market, Coley Road, Chesterville Road, Lee County countryside, Pontotoc County countryside
- Notable features
- Famous for its hardcore, low-frills character and its slogan 'Trample the Weak and Hurdle the Dead.' A 5:00 AM CDT mass start is used to beat the Mississippi heat. Marathoners run a 13.1-mile out-and-back
- '14ers' continue an extra 1.1 miles past the turnaround for a 14.2-mile total
- Rural out-and-back on rolling country roads
- water stops and a few cheering spectators along the way. Minimal-support, hot-weather endurance challenge with a 5 AM start
How hilly is the Tupelo Marathon?
- Steep descent 0%
- Descent 10%
- Flat 79%
- Climb 10%
- Steep climb 0%
- Total ascent
- 243 m
- Net elevation
- +1 m
- GAP factor
- 0.4%
- Longest climb
- 460 m at 3.8%
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 25°CTypical temperature
- 13 kphTypical wind
- 2 mmTypical rainfall
- 41Favourability /100
More race details
Is the Tupelo Marathon flat?
Its normalised GAP factor is 0.4% slower than a flat course, with about 243 m of total ascent.