Gold Coast Marathon 2027
Gold Coast, Australia
The course
The Gold Coast Marathon starts and finishes near the Broadwater Parklands in Southport, Queensland, on a flat out-and-back coastal course. Runners head south along the Gold Coast Highway and foreshore through Surfers Paradise toward Burleigh Heads, then return north along the same corridor. Nearly the entire course runs beside the beaches and the Broadwater, with only about 62 m of total elevation change.
Course summary source: runtimeracing.co
Course map & elevation
No GPS track for this course yet.
We haven't mapped the Gold Coast Marathon route yet. Elevation data will appear here once a licensed or organizer-verified course map is available.
Training for the Gold Coast Marathon?
Coach Icarus builds your plan around your fitness, your schedule, and this course's elevation.
Race-week weather
Typical high
20°C
Typical low
13°C
Year-to-year swing
±1.1°C
Rain
2.7 mm/day
Based on 2020-2025 of race-week history, with peak gusts around 17 km/h.
Difficulty
Race facts
- Official race site
- goldcoastmarathon.com.au ↗
- Start time
- 06:15
- Field size
- 15,000 finishers (2025)
- Boston qualifier
- Yes
Distances: 42.2 km · 21.1 km · 10 km · 5 km
Training for the Gold Coast Marathon?
Coach Icarus builds your plan around your fitness, your schedule, and this course's elevation.
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