Horse Capital Marathon & Half Marathon

Horse Capital Marathon & Half Marathon is held in Lexington, Kentucky, on April 10, 2027. Both distances go off together at 7:30 a.m.: the marathon (26.2 miles) and the half marathon (13.1 miles), with no shorter options on the programme.

A two-race card of 26.2 and 13.1 keeps the morning focused on runners who have done the work. If the marathon is your goal, sixteen weeks with one weekly long run building towards twenty miles is the standard shape, and an April date means the bulk of that training falls in winter, so plan for treadmill or dark-morning sessions. The half is the sensible choice if your winter was interrupted; it lets you race hard without spending the following fortnight recovering.