Entries Available

Entries to all races in the 2012 Edinburgh Marathon Festival are still available. Charity entries are available for all races and standard entries are available for the Half Marathon, Team Relay, 10k, 5k, Wheelchair, Handbike and Junior Races. Standard marathon entries for UK runners have closed but you can still get a marathon charity place.
Standard entries to Half Marathon, 10k, 5k and Junior Races have seen massive growth and are currently more than 60% up on the same point last year. To be part of the 10th anniversary celebrations and enter any of the EMF races please click the enter now button or click here.

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Guaranteed Marathon Entry

Readers of the current Runners World, Mens Running, Womens Running or Running Fitness magazines will be aware that Macmillan Cancer Support and our top five affiliate charities have guaranteed places in the marathon and all EMF races. The charities would love to have you running for them. Running for charity can be an immensely rewarding experience and the support and fundraising advice given means that fundraising can be fun and exciting too. To enter for charity click here or click on the button.

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Fauja Singh sets new world record launching 10th Edinburgh Marathon. 

The world’s oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, set a new official record as the fastest 100-year-old ever to run a 10K on 1st September.

As he crossed the finish line he issued a rallying call for people of all ages to get in shape. Fauja said: “Impossible is not a word in my native language Punjabi. I believe there is no such thing as impossible...” Read more

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EMF 2012 Official Charity Announcment!

EMF are delighted to welcome Macmillan Cancer Support as our Official Charity for 2012.

What better way to keep yourself motivated throughout your training than with the support of a fantastic team and knowing that you are running to make a real difference in people's lives.

Run EMF for Team Macmillan - enter today!

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Its Official - Edinburgh is the Fastest Marathon in the UK

The May edition of Runner's World magazine carried out extensive research into which of the 10 most popular marathons for UK runners were the fastest. A single comparison (like average time) could skew the results so Runner's World used 200 different comparisons to establish which was the fastest marathon and the Edinburgh Marathon came out as the fastest marathon in the UK. The course has an elevation drop of almost 40 metres.

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We were also rated as the best race of any distance in Scotland in the February edition of Runner’s World magazine. It just goes to prove yet again that the Edinburgh Marathon is a must for anyone looking for a PB or just looking for a great race.