Announcement 2025
Race Date: Sunday, October 12, 2025
Race Venue: Monrovia, Liberia.
Race Categories:
- Full Marathon (42.2k/ 26.2miles) – minimum age is 18 years
- Half-Marathon (21.1k/ 13.2miles) – minimum age is 16 years
- 10k Footrace – minimum age is 16 years
- 10k race for athletes in Wheelchairs – minimum age is 16 years
- 10k race for athletes on Crutches – – minimum age is 16 years
Cut-Off Times:
- The fill marathon have a cut-off time of six (6) hours.
- The half marathon has a cut-off time of four (4) hours.
- The 10k races have a cut-off time of 3,5 hours.
Registration fees
10K Early Bird Phase – opening of registration until August 31, 2025
Liberians
10k race: 6 USD or 1200 LD
Half marathon: 10 USD or 2000 LD
Full Marathon: 12 USD or 2400 LD
Non-Liberians
10k race: 35 USD
Half marathon: 60 USD
Full Marathon: 80 USD
Regular prizing – 01 September, 2025 until close of registration
Liberians
10k race: 8 USD or 1600 LD
Half marathon: 10 USD or 2000 LD
Full Marathon: 12 USD or 2400 LD
Non-Liberians
10k race: 40 USD
Half marathon: 60 USD
Full Marathon: 80 USD
Registration will close latest one week before race day or until the race is sold out.
Race Course
The Liberia Marathon race course is an AIMS-certified course and hence recognised by World Athletics as accurately measured course for all three distances. All races will take place on the same race course with different starting areas. All races will finish at the same finish line at SKD Sportscomplex in Paynesville.
Full Marathon: Start from SKD Sportscomplex in Paynesville, passing the start area of the other race before returning to SKD
Half Marathon: Start from the Freepor area, Buhsrod Island
10k races: Start from JFK Hospital area at Tubman Blvd
About the Liberia Marathon
This one word that today defines both Liberia and the Liberia Marathon is potential. As Liberia’s story of progress and development is not yet complete, nor is the Liberia Marathon’s – it is just starting. The Liberia Marathon 2025 will lift the race to new levels by growing bigger and better and adding new exciting features as drivers of progress while maintaining and institutionalizing proven success factors.
The Liberia Marathon has always been a race for all Liberians to join. No matter your age and gender, no matter your income or previous running experience – please come and sign up. Competitions for disabled athletes in wheelchairs and on crutches have also been an established component of all the Liberia Marathon editions and will continue to do so.
Globally, the female participation in road races is finally increasing and the Liberia Marathon is keen to follow the trend. In 2024 race, 30% of the finishers were women. This number shall further increase. The Liberia Marathon Trust makes efforts to attract female participation in all races and cannot wait to cheer many women over the finish line.
Any of the Liberian Marathon editions so far has impressed by its high standards. Accurate time measurement is provided through a chip timing system, which allows any finisher to have official evidence of their performance. Attendance of athletes from the region and beyond is promoted and the guests are warmly welcomed in the country.