Early Start | Lake Tahoe Marathon | California and Nevada

Early Start Marathon

Sunday, 7AM

Sunrise is 7:08 AM

This is a Sunday morning walk/jog you will never forget! The course starts south of Homewood on Meadow Road, just south of Homewood Ski Area—the same spot as the Lake Tahoe Marathon. The Custom Start is for marathoners who will finish in over 6 hours. This is a non-competitive event without age division awards, but it still provides marathon finishers medals and a marathon license plate frame holder. T-shirts and a travel bag are given at the expo only.

This is not designed as an early start for faster runners. Early start walkers will not be given a recorded time faster than 6 hours, nor will they be eligible for age division awards! With the custom early start, Marathon Walker has an 8-hour time limit. Be done by 3 PM. After that, the bears eat you.

If you want to start before the buses arrive, you must arrange transportation to the start line.

Stay on the shoulder of the road or bike paths all the way. There may be traffic in both directions until approximately the first running marathoner passes you. Then, only sporadic local traffic passes you in the northbound lane.

YOU WILL NEED A RUNNING LIGHT AND FLASHERS, AS YOU WILL START IN THE DARK. Consider lodging in Homewood on Saturday night.

You will receive the same swag as the runners except for age division awards and Top 25 award shirts.

NOTE THAT OUR MAPS AND COURSE SIGNS SHOW "MILES TO GO"