The marathon will be run on Sunday, 26th October 2025.

Click here to register: Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon 2024 | Online Entries 

The marathon is open to anyone who would like to participate in the following distances: 5km Family Fun Run, 10km, 21km Half Marathon, 21km Wheelchair Race, CEO challenge, Corporate Challenge, and the 42km Full Marathon.

Runners are reminded that running is a strenuous activity and they must ensure that they are medically and physically fit to participate in the event.

The CEO Challenge is a special category designed to encourage business leaders and executives to lead by example and promote a healthy lifestyle among their peers and employees while raising money for the Futuremakers Initiative.

The Corporate Challenge is a team-based competition that encourages running clubs and companies to foster teamwork, camaraderie, and employee/member engagement through participation in the marathon event. Companies/running clubs form teams of four members who will participate in the 10km distance category. At the end of the race, their cumulative time will be averaged and the team with the lowest average time will win a grand prize of KES 100,000 

All proceeds from the race event go towards the “Futuremakers” Initiative. The registration fees for participation in the physical marathon are as follows: KES 2,000 for individual entrants, KES 20,000 for the CEO Challenge, and KES 50,000 for the Corporate Challenge

All registrations and payments are to be done online. NO CASH PAYMENT should be given to any individual person or persons.

The platform only allows for cards enrolled for EMV 3DS i.e., transactions must be authenticated by correct OTP. Your card should allow for card authentication via a “One Time Password”. All cards without this capability will result in failed transactions.

To safeguard your card payments, we have limited your card payment attempts to a maximum of 5 card payments in a single day.

All registered participants will receive a confirmation email and receipt upon successful registration to the email address used at the time of registration.

No refund will be made if the race is canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. 

Kit collection for individual registrations will be done at Uhuru Gardens from Tuesday 22nd October 2024 to Saturday 26th October 2024 from 8 am to 6 pm. On Sunday 27th October 2024, the kit collection will be open between 6 am to 4 pm.

Yes. Collection of race kit is possible and the person collecting must come with a confirmation slip (either printed or softcopy) and some identification document

The start point is outside Carnivore on Southern Bypass Road and the finish point will be inside Uhuru Gardens for 42km,21km, Wheelchair and Corporate challenge while the 5km finish will be on the Southern Bypass.

5km – 09:30 AM

10km – 08.00 AM

21km Wheelchair – 05.45 AM

21km – 07.00 AM

Corporate Challenge – 08.00 AM

42km – 06.00 AM

The route map can be viewed here: https://www.nairobimarathon.com/wp-content/runners-guide-2022.pdf

Yes. You can leave all your belongings at the left luggage area which will be at the warm-up area.

Prizes are only applicable for the physical marathon. The breakdown of the prize money can be found here:https://www.nairobimarathon.com/wp-content/runners-guide-2022.pdf

The final results and leaderboard will be available on our website after race day. You will be able to download a copy of your timing certificate. To access the physical results, click here: Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon @ UltimateLIVE

To get your correct timing results please contact secretariat@nairobimarathon.com within one month after the marathon to notify us of any change you require.