Course
42km42.2 km
21km21.1 km
10km10 km
5km5 km
Key dates
- ★Race dayOctober 2026 · date to be announced
Provisional date, projected from last year — the organiser has not announced this edition yet. We show the month only.
About
The Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon is Kenya's largest annual road race, drawing thousands of runners through Nairobi's central business district. Distances span 5K to the full marathon, with many of Kenya's renowned distance runners among the entrants.
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