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Fundraising Events

Manchester Marathon

Sunday 19 April 2026

Join Team BHF for one of the largest marathons in Europe. Run through the fantastic city of Manchester in this super fast, friendly and flat route - known as the Adidas Manchester Marathon. The route starts and finishes at the Emirates Old Trafford and winds its way past the landmarks of the city.

How to enter

There are 2 entry options for Manchester Marathon.

Charity place entry

To get a charity place, you'll need to pay an entry fee of £30 and commit to raising a fundraising target of £400. Your charity place with us includes entry into the event plus additional benefits.

  • £30 registration fee
  • £400 fundraising target

Sign up

Own place entry

If you’ve already got a place for the adidas Manchester Marathon with the event organisers themselves, 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, just raise as much as you can.

I have my own place

19 April 2026
Manchester
£30
26.2 miles / 42.2 km

Your entry includes:

  • a BHF running top or vest
  • free training plans and support
  • a fundraising guide with information and tips
  • regular support from BHF 
  • access to our Team BHF Facebook group
  • access to our post-race event area.

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]