Buffalo Marathon Weekend

Buffalo Marathon Weekend runs over May 29 and 30, 2027, in Buffalo, New York, on Memorial Day weekend. The marathon (26.2 mi) and half marathon (13.1 mi) start at 6:30 a.m., the 5K run and walk at 8:00 a.m., a plogging run at 11:30 a.m. and a dog run at 12:30 p.m. The marathon is a Boston qualifier and passes the waterfront, the city's parks and its historic neighbourhoods.

A 6:30 a.m. gun on a late-May morning by Lake Erie usually means cool, damp air at the start — ideal for a marathon, cold enough to need a throwaway layer while you wait. If you are chasing a qualifying time, the flat city profile helps, but the wind off the lake does not: run the exposed sections by effort and take the sheltered ones at pace.