Sat, Apr 10, 2027
Knoxville, TN
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The Knoxville Marathon is a downtown race with a reputation for hills. The course moves through the city's neighborhoods and gives you a real sense of the place, not a loop around a parking lot. A relay option brings a different energy to the start area. The shorter distances run the evening before, giving the weekend two distinct race days.
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Going by the 2026 results, this is a big field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
13.1 Miles · 2026 results
Top 3: Curtis Eckstein (1:08:21) · Jonah Bird (1:10:57)
3.1 Miles · 2026 results
Top 3: Mason Shell (17:19) · Jeremiah Jones (17:43) · Matthew Cool (17:47)
26.2 Miles · 2026 results
Top 3: Zack Ostrander (2:40:11) · Elliot Wunder (2:43:41) · Blaine Metcalf (2:47:25)
1 Miles · 2026 results
The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon, Half Marathon, Relays, 5K and Kids Run has been held every year since at least 2015. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
Enter a finish time to see where it lands against the most recent 13.1 Miles results.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 13.1 Miles field finished slower than 2:20:42, and the last recorded finisher came in around 6:27:41, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
With 2,447 finishers there are runners at every pace, so you are never out on your own. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 13.1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 13.1 Miles winner ran 1:08:21 while the median finisher took 2:20:42. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
