Support our work Challenge events Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2025 What is the Edinburgh Marathon Festival? The Edinburgh Marathon Festival is an awesome event that offers runs to suit all abilities. Established in 2003, the Edinburgh Marathon Festival is Scotland's largest mass participation running event, with over 35,000 runners and 100,000 spectators enjoying 11 different race distances over two days. From the 5k, held in the stunning Holyrood Park, to the one of the UK's fastest marathons, there's something for everyone. The marathon takes you past some of Edinburgh’s most iconic landmarks and at times has fantastic views of East Lothian coastline. It’s rated as the fastest marathon in the UK by Runners World magazine, so it’s also a great course if you’re looking for a good finishing time or a personal best. As well as a full marathon, the EMF offers a half marathon, 10k, 5k. There are even junior races so that younger family members can get involved too! Or if you want to enter as a team of four you could do the fantastic Hairy Haggis Relay. This is a 26 mile relay split into four legs with each runner running one leg. We’ve yet to have a OneKind team do the Relay so we’d love it if you could pull a team together for us this year! This event sells out every year, so the quicker you book your place, the better! The final entry date is Friday 23rd May but it's important to note that entries for any event can close significantly earlier if the event reaches capacity. When is the Edinburgh Marathon Festival? Saturday Events - Saturday 24th May 2025 EMF 10KEMF 5KEMF Junior 5KEMF Junior 2KEMF Junior 1.5KEMF Kids Kilometre Sunday Events - Sunday 25th May 2025 Edinburgh Marathon Edinburgh Half MarathonEMF Team Relay Join in! Registration fee £20 (£10 for junior races) Pledge to raise £300 for the full marathon; £150 for the half marathon; £100 for the 5k or 10k; £50 for junior races Registration fee includes Wicking finisher’s t-shirt, accurate chip timing, 16 week training plan, finisher’s medal, race recovery pack and of course a fantastic running experience We’ll support you through the registration process, send you fundraising tips and advice and will be with you every step of the way You’ll even get a fab OneKind t-shirt so can show who you’re running for Book a place Ticket Quantity Price Adult registration We don't have this quantity of tickets. Your quantity has been set to the maximum available Decrease Enter quantity Increase £35.00 Junior race registration We don't have this quantity of tickets. Your quantity has been set to the maximum available Decrease Enter quantity Increase £15.00 Book Manage Cookie Preferences