Marathon

Marathon

The course from Morgins, on the Dents du Midi side of the Valais, is a descending one overall: 2,480 m of ascent against 3,450 m of descent before the finish on Lake Geneva. The organiser rated it intermediate, with two ITRA points and no qualifying points required, and put five supply points or water stations along the route plus one at the finish. A shuttle from Le Bouveret to the start was included in the entry.

The organiser expected the fastest runners after about four and a half hours and the last ones around 14 hours, all within one day. That spread is wide enough that the finish area in Le Bouveret sees Marathon runners arriving from early afternoon into the evening. This page belongs to the 2026 Marathon.

With a finish window that long, the question at the lake is simply “where is she now?”. On Livebib the runner shares a link that opens in a browser, with no account and no app, showing the position on the course line, the distance covered and an arrival estimate in Le Bouveret that updates as the race goes. If the phone loses signal on the way down, the position is carried forward along the course and marked as estimated instead of freezing.