miniMarathon U.S.A.T.F. #KY06002MS - click here for map
Marathon U.S.A.T.F. #KY06003MS - click here for map

Runners in the Derby Festival Marathon will start their race at the same time and place - Southern Parkway near Iroquois Park - as miniMarathon participants. Marathon runners will follow the "mini" route until the Mile 12 marker, splitting off that course at 7th and Breckinridge enroute to completing the 26.2-mile distance. For directions of the miniMarathon portion of the route click here. The Marathon route will continue east on Breckinridge to Barret Avenue, through the Highlands area and Cherokee Park, along Cherokee Road to Baxter, Main, Campbell and River Road, eventually rejoining the mini route at 7th and Chestnut. The Marathon finish line will share the same location as the mini's at 6th and Market streets.

View course map (pdf)

Course Elevation Chart

The Marathon Route
To the start on Southern Parkway follow mini route to 4th/Breckinridge St.
From 4th/Breckinridge, the route turns:
Right (east) onto Breckinridge to Barrett.
Right (south) onto Barrett to Castlewood.
Left (east) onto Castlewood to Baxter.
Left on Baxter to Park Drive
Right on Park Drive to Edenside
Left on Edenside to Quadrant
Right onto Quadrant
Left (east) onto Eastern Pkwy to Cherokee Park.
Join the Scenic Loop Road and run up Hogan's Fountain hill.
Continue with the Scenic Loop Road to Beargrass Road.
Left (north) on Beargrass Road to Ledge Road.
Exit the park from Ledge Road onto Lexington Road.
Left (west) onto Lexington to Grinstead Drive.
Left (west) onto Grinstead Drive to Cherokee Road.
Right (north) onto Cherokee Road to Baxter/Broadway.
Right (north) onto Baxter to Main St.
Left on Main St to Campbell
Right (north) onto Campbell
Left onto Washington
Right on Clay
Right on Witherspoon
Left on River Road
Right on Witherspoon
Left on Floyd Street
Right on Main
Right onto 2nd Street Bridge to Indiana
Right on Court Ave.
Right on North Shore Drive
Left on Southern Indiana Ave.
Right on Market
Right on Missouri Ave.
Right on 2nd Street Bridge to Louisville
Right on Chestnut
Right on 7th Street
Right on Market
Finish line at 6th St/Market St.

The course will include 14 water stops and 11 Powerade stops, 8 of them after runners split off onto the Marathon course. There will also be two Jelly Belly Sport Bean stops (around mile 10 and 19). Police will man traffic flow locations; KDF volunteers will manage non-traffic flow areas. Runner's bibs will be different colors for participants in each race. Marathon runners are expected to maintain a minimum pace of 13:45 minutes per mile and miniMarathoners must keep a pace of 15 minutes per mile. After the course exits Iroquois Park, the Marathon route is relatively flat. The scenic route will include sections of two scenic city parks designed by the esteemed Frederick Law Olmsted, historic Churchill Downs, Louisville's newly developed waterfront, a skate park, Southern Indiana and several eclectic neighborhoods.