Beijing Marathon
Race Day Weather
Cool start, warming trend ahead
Runners will face a temperature rise from 57°F at the start to 67°F by the finish, with low humidity at 45%. Wind will be a light headwind throughout, maxing out at 13 mph. Given the warming trend, pacing should be conservative early to manage the heat later in the race.
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Race Info
The Beijing Marathon has run since 1981 and is organized by the Chinese Athletics Association with the Beijing Sports Bureau and CCTV. It starts at Tiananmen Square and finishes at Celebration Square in Olympic Green, near the Bird's Nest stadium, passing Financial Street, the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and Olympic Forest Park along the way. The race switched to a marathon-only format in September 2015, dropping the half marathon and shorter distances it had offered for decades, becoming China's first marathon-only major race. It holds World Athletics Gold Label status and draws roughly 30,000 runners each year.
