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Edinburgh Marathon Festival Marathon

Sunday 24 May 2026

Sign up I have my own place
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Sign up I have my own place

Take part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Scotland's largest running event. The marathon route starts on Potterrow, with backdrop of The University of Edinburgh's McEwan Hall and will take you on a journey past many iconic sights of the city.

How to enter

There are 2 ways you can run in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival Marathon.

Charity place

Our Charity Places for 2026 are now live!

To get a charity place, you'll need to pay an entry fee of £25 and commit to raising a fundraising target of £500. Your charity place with us includes entry into the event plus additional benefits.

  • £25 registration fee
  • £500 fundraising target

Sign up

Own place

If you’ve already got a place for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival Marathon, you can sign up to fundraise for BHF. You’ll get all the same support and benefits as a charity place runner. There’s no entry fee and no fundraising goal. Just raise as much as you can.

  • No registration fee
  • No fundraising target - raise as much as you can

I have my own place

24 May 2026
Edinburgh
£25
26.2 miles / 42.2 km
Sign up I have my own place

Your entry includes:

  • a BHF running top or vest
  • free training plans and support
  • a fundraising pack with information and tips
  • regular support from BHF 
  • access to our Team BHF Facebook group.

The easiest way to start fundraising is by setting up a JustGiving page.

You can share your page with friends and family and on social media.

We also have a wealth of fundraising resources for you. You can:

You might be an experienced runner, or this might be your first official race. Either way we’d recommend some training before taking on this kind of run.

In order to help you reach the finish line, we've put together some top tips on nutrition and some running training schedules.

Learn about nutrition for sport

See our running training plans 

Contact us

Our customer care team is available from Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

If you have a question you can reach them on:

Tel: 0300 330 3322

WhatsApp: 07581016513

Email: [email protected]

To find out more, or to support British Heart Foundation’s work, please visit www.bhf.org.uk. You can speak to one of our cardiac nurses by calling our helpline on 0808 802 1234 (freephone), Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. For general customer service enquiries, please call 0300 330 3322, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

British Heart Foundation is a registered Charity No. 225971. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 699547. Registered office at Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London NW1 7AW. Registered as a Charity in Scotland No. SC039426