Additional event notes
Confirmed 2027 Muscat Marathon facts
The Experience Oman Muscat Marathon festival returns to Al Khuwair Square on January 29–30, 2027. The official marathon page lists the full marathon for Friday, January 29 at 06:00, with a six-hour cutoff. Marathon and half-marathon participants must be at least 17 by January 29.
Entry changes, transfers and deferrals
The 2027 terms allow distance changes through January 19, 2027, subject to availability. Upgrading requires the fee difference; downgrading does not refund the difference.
Cancellation protection costs OMR 2 and must be bought during registration. Under the published terms, transfer requests and marathon or half-marathon deferrals to 2028 require that protection and organizer approval. Read the current official terms before relying on any change, refund, transfer or deferral.
Course and pacing evidence
The organizer confirms a road marathon but the final route detail available here is not strong enough to prescribe elevation-specific pacing. Keep the first kilometres controlled, rehearse an effort-based fallback for warm or windy conditions, and check the final route before your race-specific long runs.
Use the marathon training hub to choose a plan and the fueling planner to rehearse a schedule. For an adaptive plan tied to this finish line, start training with 26weeks.
What still needs a final check
The event schedule, race-pack collection details, parking, closures, route and wave instructions can change. The organizer says runners should arrive at least 30 minutes before their start and that final operational details will appear in the runners guide.