Tupelo Marathon 23K route map
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Tupelo Marathon 23K
This race edition
- Race date
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- Race timezone
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- Edition status
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Entry options
2026 edition
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Modelled energy-cost change 0.4% versus flat · net elevation 1 m
Decision summary
Tupelo Marathon 23K at a glance
- Route ascent
- 135 m
- Cut-off average pace
- 15:45/km
- Typical conditions
- 41/100
- Evidence depth
- 16 verified facts
Lower than 81% 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 23K?
The Tupelo Marathon 23K route has 135 m of ascent, 134 m of descent and an estimated 0.4% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
Where does the Tupelo Marathon 23K route go?
The Tupelo Marathon 23K 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. The setting includes countryside and coastal. Marathoners run a 13.1-mile out-and-back.
Race character
Scenery
- Countryside
- Coastal
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
- 300
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Past event: The listed edition date has passed.
- Cut-off
- Clocks cease timing at 6 hours.
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
- 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
How hilly is the Tupelo Marathon 23K?
- Steep descent 0%
- Descent 12%
- Flat 78%
- Climb 9%
- Total ascent
- 135 m
- Net elevation
- +1 m
- GAP factor
- 0.4%
- Longest climb
- 1,050 m at 0.9%
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 25°CTypical temperature
- 13 kphTypical wind
- 2 mmTypical rainfall
- 41Favourability /100
More race details
Is the Tupelo Marathon 23K flat?
Its normalised GAP factor is 0.4% slower than a flat course, with about 135 m of total ascent.