McAllen Marathon Scott Crane Memorial Run McAllen, TX   Jan 17, 2026

Join the McAllen Marathon for a 13.1 mile half marathon, 26.2 mile full marathon or 5 person relay marathon adventure through the streets of tropical McAllen, Texas where the average January weather is 50 to 71 degrees!

All races will start and finish at the McAllen Convention Center. The race courses are flat and fast with a South Texas breeze on asphalt routes that will cruise through shady McAllen neighborhoods with all the support needed to get you across the finish line for your first or fastest time!

The McAllen Marathon is a USATF-certified marathon, a great Boston Qualifier!

Why Run McAllen?
Here are just a few of the reasons we think you should run with us!

• We are a USATF-certified marathon, a great Boston Qualifier!!
• Three great events so you can choose the right one for you! Either the Full Marathon, Half Marathon or the 5-Man Relay Marathon!
• Extremely flat course with the only hill present along the Full Marathon route.
• Weather in McAllen for December averages between 50 degrees and 70 degrees.
• We pride ourselves on providing tremendous support to participants who have never completed an endurance event. As experienced and recommended by past participants, we want to be known as the premier race for anyone competing in their first event.
• Registration fees are lower than most Texas runs. We operate without tiered fee increases as the race day gets closer.
• Professional course and finisher photos taken by Eyecon360 for a low $5 each. There will be a Finisher’s Photo shoot area once you complete the race so you can have a fantastic photo of your accomplishment with your medal.
• Dedicated staff that works all year long to ensure that our event is executed in an efficient, effective and structured manner that makes our event extremely organized.
• Cash prizes for those top three (3) finishers in the Full & Half Marathons as well as for the top two (2) Relay Teams!
• Age category prizes are unique, one-of-a-kind awards hand made especially for our winners.
• Course traffic control is sensational, bar none! The last thing you want to worry about during an event is how to cross a street safely so we do our best to ensure you don’t have to think about that!
• Our committee works very hard to ensure that swag bags offer our participants many items including coupons, flyers for upcoming events, samples, and goodies inside an awesome bag to boot!
• While we hope that participants never have need for medical assistance during their event, safety remains the highest priority for us. Our event provides you with numerous first aid stations along the course, lifeguards that bicycle the course along with the participants, vehicles that patrol including ambulances, triage tents at the Finish Line and more!
• Once you complete your event, you can be sure you will have an abundance of food & beverage replenishment options upon your entrance into the Finisher’s Chute. Those of you over age 21, don’t forget to use your two free beer tickets from your packet pick up!
• In effort to help you over the mental and physical obstacles sometimes encountered during an event, we spend significant time and effort to ensure that there are various forms of encouragement along your course. We don’t want to tell you now what that will be because that would spoil the surprise! Just trust that we want you to finish strong and will go out of our way to make certain you feel the support to do
  so!
• We strive to supply you with the most information as possible in your packet pick-up that includes not only the must-haves like your bib, but also race day tips, event information, maps, etc. We know that for novice runners or experts, each race is different and each year is different for each race. Therefore, we try to provide as much information to ensure that you have exactly what you need to make race day successful!