24th Ishigaki Island Marathon

About this event

Known as Japan's southernmost civic marathon, the '24th Ishigaki Island Marathon' is held on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture. In a warm climate surrounded by blue seas, all courses are conducted as point-to-point one-way routes along the coast with no turnarounds. Four categories are offered: full marathon (42.195km), half marathon (21.6km), 10km, and a 10km relay run by teams of 5 with each runner tackling 2km. Time limits are 7 hours for the full marathon, 4 hours for the half marathon, 2 hours for the 10km, and 2 hours for the 10km relay. Participants start from Ishigaki City Central Sports Park and race along scenic coastlines. After finishing, runners can refresh in free baths and enjoy regional performing arts and prize raffles at the social gathering. Guest runners scheduled to participate include Yukiko Akaba, the first mother runner in Japanese athletics history, and running influencer Ultra Runner Myako. Participant check-in is conducted only on the preceding day at Ishigaki City General Gymnasium. On the day of the event, runners start from Ishigaki City Central Sports Park and finish at the park's athletic stadium. An original T-shirt is provided as a participation gift, and runners who complete the race within the time limit receive an online finisher certificate and a finisher medal.

Venue

Ishigaki City Central Sports Park

1409 Tonoshiro, Ishigaki, Okinawa 907-0004