North America, November Top 8 · Senne
November marathons and half marathons in North America, weekend by weekend
The North American season ends in five weekends. Here are eight of its biggest marathons and half marathons in calendar order, with the registration windows that closed long before the gun.
Fort Wadsworth opens its corrals at 8:10 in the morning on the first Sunday of November, and by the time a runner is standing in one, the entry that put her there was settled months earlier. That is the shape of November on this continent: the running happens across five weekends, the deciding happened in winter and spring.
Sixty North American races fall in November. These are eight of them, read in date order, with what matters on each: when registration opened and closed, what the weekend costs, how long you stand before the gun, and how cold you are while you wait.
1New York, November 1: the lottery closed in February
The month opens with the largest field on the continent. New York Road Runners has staged this race every year since 1970 apart from 2012 and 2020, and the official page records 59,226 finishers in 2025. Entry is settled by lottery because far more people apply than there are places — more than 200,000 for the 2025 edition — and entry is $315.
The 2026 drawing ran from 4 to 25 February and is shut. The guaranteed routes are the ones that take a year to build: the 9+1 programme of nine NYRR races plus volunteer service, a philanthropic membership, fifteen previous New York finishes, a qualifying time, or a charity team. Bib pickup runs at the Javits Center on October 29, 30 and 31, in a timeslot the runner books in advance, with photo ID and a runner confirmation in hand.
Nobody else can collect it, and there is no pickup on race morning. Of every race in November, it is the only one a runner cannot decide to enter this autumn.
New York City MarathonSun, November 7, 2027 · D-357 · New York City, United StatesSee race details
2Indianapolis on November 7 — flat loop, 10:25 a.m. cutoff
A week later the flat downtown loop in Indianapolis goes off at 8:00, marathon and half together, with the 5K at 8:40. The course leaves West and Maryland, passes the Statehouse, Monument Circle and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument that gave the race its name, climbs north through Fall Creek Place and Old Northside toward Butler and Broad Ripple, takes its largest undulation between miles 15 and 18, and comes home downhill along the White River Greenway from mile 19. Registration opened at 00:01 ET on January 1 and closes at noon ET on November 4, or earlier if the race sells out — general entry has already sold out and only limited charity bibs remain, with expo walk-up opening November 5 at 4:00 p.
m. Packet pickup is Thursday 16:00–19:00 and Friday 11:00–20:00 at the Indiana Convention Center, one block south of the start; gear check opens at 6:30 a.m.
The clock is published in three parts: the marathon and half split between miles 7 and 8 has to be reached by 10:25 a.m., the minimum pace is 16 minutes per mile, and the finish line closes at 3:30 p.
m. with no times recorded after it.
CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental MarathonSat, November 6, 2027 · D-356 · Indianapolis, United StatesSee race details
3Monterey half marathon, November 8, and the 5 a.m. shuttles
The next morning, on the other coast, the bay does the work the crowds do elsewhere. The half marathon starts at 7:00 on Del Monte Avenue at Camino El Estero and finishes near the Recreation Trail on Figueroa Street, both in downtown Monterey, with corrals released in pulses. Return shuttles leave the Dust Bowl Brewing lot from 8:30 a.
m. to noon, and a free bike valet runs near the finish from 5:30 to 11:30. Bibs are collected at the Monterey Conference Center on November 6 from 12:00 to 18:00 and November 7 from 09:30 to 18:00, with a government photo ID; the shirt and the gear bag come with them.
Entry started at $129. There is no rail service to Monterey at all. What the organisers give instead is free all-day parking at Monterey Peninsula College and the Del Monte Center, and free shuttles that run every ten minutes from 5:00 to 6:15 a.
m. — which means arriving by 6:00 and spending the best part of an hour on your feet before anything happens.
Monterey Bay Half MarathonNovember 2027 · expected · Monterey, United StatesSee race details
4Richmond, November 14: a price ladder from $100 to $200, sold out
The 49th running fills a Saturday in Virginia with three distances: the marathon away at 7:00 on Broad Street just west of 1st, the half in waves from 7:15, the 8K at 7:30 from Broad and 8th. All three finish on Brown's Island by the canal. The course crosses VCU and Monument Avenue, drops over the Huguenot Bridge to run the James River bank on Riverside Drive, turns through Forest Hill and comes back for a downhill final two miles.
The limit is seven hours, and it is enforced early: interim cutoffs sit at miles 7, 11, 16, 20 and 23, with the marathon clearing the finish at 14:00 and the half at 11:30. The reason to look at this race a year early is the price ladder. Entry opened on November 16, 2025 at $100, went to $115 five days later, to $140 on April 15, and to $200 on June 15, where it stays until race day — double the opening figure.
The half followed the same shape, $85 to $170. The official page now lists the marathon and half as sold out with a waitlist. Bibs come from the expo at Richmond Raceway on Thursday 15:00–19:00 and Friday 11:00–20:00.
Aid stations sit roughly every two miles to mile 20 and every mile after; gels and chews at 14 and 21.
Allianz Richmond MarathonSat, November 14, 2026 · Richmond, United StatesSee race details
5Charlotte the same day: no lottery, prices from $120 to $175
Charlotte runs on November 14 as well, which is the one genuine collision on this calendar: two Boston qualifiers on the same morning. There is no lottery here — registration is first come, first served through RunSignup, and the price is a staircase. The marathon opened at $120 on November 16, 2025, moved to $140 at the end of December, $150 on July 1, $160 on October 1, and $175 for the single day of November 13.
The half ran $100 to $155, the 5K $35 to $60, and five referrals earn part of an entry back. The race's runner information puts corrals open from 6:30 a.m.
, closing at 7:10, with the marathon and half away at 7:20 and the 5K at 7:35; confirm them on the official page before setting an alarm. The start is at 525 S Tryon in Uptown and the finish is at Romare Bearden Park. Bag check is at Mint and MLK Jr Boulevard, restrooms inside Truist Field run 6:00 to 12:30, and the expo is the Friday only, 10:00–19:00 at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Someone else can collect your bib with a photo of your ID. Uptown traffic is bad enough on race morning that the organisers point runners at the Blue Line.
Novant Health Charlotte MarathonSat, November 14, 2026 · Charlotte, United StatesSee race details
6Madison, November 15: a start near freezing at Capitol Square
Wisconsin's capital takes the Sunday, starting and finishing at Capitol Square, on Mifflin Street at Wisconsin Avenue, at 7:00. Marathon, half and 10K run together, and the charity entries are their own category. This is the coldest morning the record describes on the whole list: normal highs of 8–9°C, lows around 0, and an overcast sky more often than not.
Dress for the hour before the gun rather than the hour after it. The entry prices are the plain ones — $175.19 for the marathon, $153.29 for the half, $71.17 for the 10K and $273.74 for a charity place, all as displayed with processing not separated. The registration rule is the one that catches travellers: there is no race-day sign-up here at all, and bibs go only to runners already registered.
Event-day pickup at the information booth near gear check on Pinckney and East Washington runs 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. and is capped at the first 200 people — $35 if bought in advance, $50 if not.
Metro Transit routes converge on the Square without a dedicated hub, there is no organiser shuttle, and the buses take a tap of a contactless card.
2026 Madison MarathonSun, November 15, 2026 · D-0 · Madison, United StatesSee race details
7Philadelphia on November 22 — seven-hour limit, sold out
Philadelphia starts at 22nd Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway by the Art Museum, wheelchairs at 6:55 and everyone else at 7:00, and gives seven hours with a minimum of 16 minutes per mile throughout. The course runs flat and fast through the Center City historic district and the old streets around Independence Hall, crosses the Schuylkill into University City, takes its only real elevation inside Fairmount Park, comes out onto Kelly Drive, and runs the Manayunk out-and-back before the last five miles back down the river past Boathouse Row to a gentle rise at the museum steps. It is a USATF-certified course.
Bibs are at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Hall F, Friday 08:00–21:00 and Saturday 08:00–17:00, government photo ID required. Bag check is free at the south side of Eakins Oval and clear bags only. It runs rain or shine.
The marathon and half are both listed as sold out, which settles the entry question before the price does.
TIAA Philadelphia MarathonSun, November 22, 2026 · D-7 · Philadelphia, United StatesSee race details
8Seattle closes the month on November 29: 9°C and likely rain
The season closes on Puget Sound. The field leaves 5th and Harrison at 7:00 and finishes at Bell Harbor Pier 66, having run 5th Avenue south through downtown, climbed onto the I-5 express lanes, crossed the Ship Canal Bridge into the University District, cut through the UW campus on Stevens Way and Rainier Vista, crossed Montlake into the Arboretum, and looped Green Lake by way of Woodland Park. The marathon adds the I-90 floating bridge and Seward Park.
It is a hill-repeating loop rather than a flat one, high point 211 ft and low point 11 ft, and it is certified for Boston qualification. Capacity is about 10,000, with recent marathon finisher counts between 2,000 and 2,500 — 2,470 in 2025. The half was listed at $155.17 and the marathon at $187.49, with the regular price closing on October 11 and expo entry running to about $215.
The course reopens to traffic at 2:30 p.m.; runners can still finish on the pavement after that, and finish-line staff stay until the last one arrives, but aid stations and marshals thin out.
The expo is Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th from 11:00, and the race runs no shuttle of its own — the nearest light rail is half a mile to a mile from both ends. Late November here averages about 9°C by day and 3–4°C at first light, with a better than even chance of rain, so the layer you throw away at the start is not optional.
UW Medicine Seattle MarathonSun, November 29, 2026 · D-14 · Seattle, United StatesSee race details
Editor's pick
The pick is Monterey Bay, and it is a pick about the afternoon rather than the morning. A half marathon that starts at 7:00 and empties its return shuttles by noon hands back a whole day beside the bay, which none of the marathons on this list do; the finish sits on the Recreation Trail rather than in a convention district, and entry started at $129 against $187.49 for the Seattle marathon three weeks later. The cost is the wait.
With no rail into Monterey and the last shuttle leaving the college lot at 6:15, the honest arrival time is 6:00, and that hour standing in the dark is the price of the coastline. If the marathon distance is the point, take Richmond instead — three distances sharing one finish line on Brown's Island, and a price ladder that told you a year in advance what waiting would cost. If the point is the cheapest possible entry into a big-city race, that decision was made last November, not this one.
Five weekends, eight start lines, and not one of them still deciding who gets in. The useful reading of a November calendar is the one done a year early: Richmond's opening tier and Charlotte's first price both landed on November 16, 2025, which is to say, next year's November starts the week after this one ends.
Entry period · Accommodation
| Races | Itinerary | Entry period | INFO. |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York City Marathon | Sun, November 7, 2027 | Not yet open | Accommodation · See race details |
| CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon | Sat, November 6, 2027 | Fri, January 1, 2027 ~ — | Accommodation · See race details |
| Monterey Bay Half Marathon | November 2027 · expected | Not yet open | Accommodation · See race details |
| Allianz Richmond Marathon | Sat, November 14, 2026 | Sun, November 16, 2025 ~ Sun, September 20, 2026 | Accommodation · See race details |
| Novant Health Charlotte Marathon | Sat, November 14, 2026 | Sun, November 16, 2025 ~ Fri, November 13, 2026 | Accommodation · See race details |
| 2026 Madison Marathon | Sun, November 15, 2026 | — ~ Sat, October 31, 2026 | Accommodation · See race details |
| TIAA Philadelphia Marathon | Sun, November 22, 2026 | Fri, November 21, 2025 ~ Sun, September 20, 2026 | Accommodation · See race details |
| UW Medicine Seattle Marathon | Sun, November 29, 2026 | Wed, April 1, 2026 ~ Thu, November 26, 2026 | Accommodation · See race details |
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