Marathon Overview

A relatively flat, scenic and well-supported Boston-certified loop course, the Credit Union QCM begins with a short 3km loop through Wascana Park, one of Canada’s largest, most picturesque urban parks. This opening 3km loop brings you through the starting area again (a great opportunity to wave to friends and family or hand-off your warm-up clothes to our volunteers) before you head out on the main part of the course, which takes advantage of Regina's extensive paved pedestrian pathway system.

The running surface is primarily paved pathways, with some residential streets and small sections of crushed-stone pathway. There are some curbs present where pathways merge with streets and vice-versa. There are also some wooden, two-way-single-file pedestrian bridges.

The course starts at an elevation of 579 meters (1,900 feet). The lowest point is 545 meters (1,788 feet) near the 16km mark. The highest point is 617 meters (2,024 feet) near the 28km mark, at the crest of a little hill we call "Mount Milos", in honour of long-time participant/volunteer/World IronMan Champion, Milos Kostic.

The full marathon event starts at 8:00 AM.

The full course is open for 6 hours - 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM.

• For pace calculations, that is 8:32 per km (7.03 kph) or 13:44 per mile (4.37 mph).

CLICK HERE FOR COURSE MAP, NARRATIVE & ELEVATION CHART (PDF files).

The Credit Union Queen City Marathon is AIMS/Athletics Canada measured and certified as a Boston-qualifying marathon course, certification code SK-2008-28-BDC.