SEATTLE KIDS MARATHON

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2025

RACE START TIME: 9:00AM

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1 The first 25 miles are "honor" miles. Kids get the most from this experience if they earn these miles. Measure a safe, secure route, which will allow easy record keeping. A typical city block, for example, is approximately 1/4 mile around. The track at the local high school is 1/4 mile around. You can even measure a route inside your home and run/walk it to reach the mile goal. We encourage you to join your kids and make this a family event. TRAINING TIPS

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2  As your marathoner completes their goals, they can keep track of progress using the following trackers:

• Run-O-Meter - DOWNLOAD

• Read-O-Meter - DOWNLOAD

• Do-Right-O-Meter - DOWNLOAD

• Eat-Right-O-Meter - DOWNLOAD

They can also use the ADULT MARATHON MAP to see where they would be if they were on the adult course. Daily record keeping is a lesson as kids chart their progress toward their goal.

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3 Please present the AWARD CERTIFICATES at 5, 10, 15 and 20 miles. Special Read, Do-Right, Eat-Right and Run certificates (above) should be handed out for each goal reached. Make the awards presentation a special time. Recognition is important!

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4 Bib pickup and late registration:

• Friday, November 28 at The Westin Seattle on 5th Ave from 11:00am - 8:00pm

• Saturday, November 29 at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall from 7:00am - 8:30am

Participant shirts will be handed out with race bibs (only the registered child will receive a free participant shirt). Kids running with groups can get their bibs & shirts from their group leaders. Make sure to bring your tracking meters to bib pickup so they can be exchanged for toe charms and displayed on race day! Picking up your race bibs at EXPO on Friday provides a great opportunity to participate in the total "marathon experience," to learn more about fitness and enjoy several different kinds of goodies.

 

5 RACE DAY: The final 1.2 miles will start at 9:00am on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at the Seattle Center.

 

6 ARRIVE EARLY: More than 500 kids are expected to participate in the Seattle Kids Marathon, so traffic will be challenge and parking will be at a premium. This year we have partnered with SPOT HERO to help participants reserve spots in the nearby parking garages ahead of time. Limited on-street paring will also be available in the area.

 

7 CHECK-IN: Enter the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall through the main doors on Mercer Street you will be able to claim your child's bib number and participant shirt or register, if you have not done so already. If weather permits, we will have outdoor pre-race activities on the International Fountain lawn. 

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8 START:  Kids, parents and race officials will move together from the Exhibition Hall to the start line on August Wilson Way. DOWNLOAD KIDS MARATHON MAP If you aren't running/walking with your child, please cheer from the sidelines and take photos!

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9 FINISH: Parents and group leaders, please stay out of the marked finishing lane. Please keep pets at home for this event, this is an exciting time and we want all marathon finishers to have the best marathon experience possible. There should be plenty of good camera angles and spectator viewpoints along the finishing lane.

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10 POST-RACE GOODIES: After they cross the finish line, kids will receive their finisher medal, water and space blanket. Kids will then proceed through the finisher chute to the Victory Recovery Area, located inside the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. Once inside, kids will meet up with family and friends to enjoy the post-event festivities, vendors, food, music and a hot chocolate garden.

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PLEASE NOTE! Parents/Coaches, you may run with your children, but it is not mandatory. If you do choose to run, you will be required to wear a race bib. For safety, no one is allowed on the course without a bib. Each child may have only one adult accompanying them. Every child who enters the event will be given two bibs with matching bib numbers - one for the child and one for an accompanying adult. For lost child/lost parent reasons, the child and adult bibs will both contain the child's information. If you have a younger child in a stroller accompanying you, that child will have to be entered in the event and have a bib number to be on the course.

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FREE REGISTRATION PROGRAM DETAILS: Due to donations generously made by our Summer events and Full & Half Marathon participants and sponsors we are able to offer free registration for Kids Marathon participants requiring payment assistance. If you need payment assistance please feel free to contact us at kids@seattlemarathon.org. 

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We hope this event will help you make fitness a "Family Affair". If you need any assistance or advice during the training phase of the program, please don't hesitate to call the Seattle Marathon Association at (206) 729-3660 or email: kids@seattlemarathon.org