Texas Marathon
Kingwood, TX
- Marathon, Half Marathon
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
The Texas Marathon features a low-key, four-loop, flat, fast, tree lined course, certified Boston qualifier (USATF Course certification number: TX25008JH), with custom shirts, finisher medals, and a complimentary pizza lunch after the event. All proceeds from this event are donated to the Marathon Challenge program which promotes running to almost … MORE
Local Historical Weather (Jan 01):
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |
| H (°F) | 73 | 60 | 62 | 79 | 83 |
| L (°F) | 38 | 47 | 47 | 59 | 68 |
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My first sub-4:00 marathon in years
Ran my first Kingwood Texas Marathon 01/01/2026. Wasn’t sure how I’d do with finishes at Fort Worth, Shreveport Logjammer, and Biloxi Gulf Coast marathons within the last seven weeks. But … MORE
Ran my first Kingwood Texas Marathon 01/01/2026. Wasn’t sure how I’d do with finishes at Fort Worth, Shreveport Logjammer, and Biloxi Gulf Coast marathons within the last seven weeks. But gave it a go.
Course was a bike/hike path through wooded areas and along a neighborhood. Weather started a little cool (40’s) but got into the 50’s.
The route is four out-and-back loops and, despite being “flat”, the rolling path does add up during the run. The bike path can get a tiny congested at times (with both directions especially on corners where tangents are important) but overall certainly not bad.
Anyway, ended up with not only my fastest run of my recent four marathons, I broke four hours with my fastest marathon in years.
Volunteers and race organizers were great. Goodies included long sleeve shirt, hat, buff (at least that’s what I used it for), and finishers got a squishy star for stress relief and a dinner plate sized medal 😀
I really enjoyed this race.
Nice casual race.
Kingwood trails are very nice and paved. Scenic in the neighborhoods. Well planned and friendly organizers, MEDAL IS BY FAR THE BEST EVER! MORE
Kingwood trails are very nice and paved. Scenic in the neighborhoods. Well planned and friendly organizers, MEDAL IS BY FAR THE BEST EVER!
Small, local race with great swag
This was a fairly small race with less than 500 people total (Marathon and Half Marathon). It was located in a neighborhood that had some walking paths to Lake Houston, … MORE
This was a fairly small race with less than 500 people total (Marathon and Half Marathon). It was located in a neighborhood that had some walking paths to Lake Houston, and the half is a two loop course.
For such a small race, they gave some nice swag including a long sleeve shirt, a gym bag and a hat. The medal is also giant at about 7 inches!
My time stunk
I was bound and determined to complete and should have withdrawn but I finished. It is a loop around course and has great support with a wonderful race director, Steve … MORE
I was bound and determined to complete and should have withdrawn but I finished. It is a loop around course and has great support with a wonderful race director, Steve cannot be beat. He will take care of you while there fro sure.