JAL Honolulu Marathon – Course Map and Elevation Profile
| Distance | 42.195 km |
|---|---|
| Route elevation | 97 m up · 97 m down |
| Highest point | 34 m · 14.8 km |
| Lowest point | 1 m · 24.3 km |
| Steepest climb | +5.6 % · 12.2 km |
| Steepest descent | −5.6 % · 40.5 km |
| Net elevation change | +1 m |
| Course type | Point to point |
| Course record men | 2:07:59 · Titus Ekiru · 8 December 2019 |
| Course record women | no verified figure |
97 metres up and 97 down across 3 climbs worth the name. No single one decides the race; the sum of them does.
Course
Honolulu in numbers
- Distance
- 42.195km
- Ascent
- 97m
- Descent
- 97m
- Low / high
- 1 / 34m
- Flat-equivalent
- +0.55 %
- Steepest 50 m
- +5.6 %
Pace Planner
bergauf flach bergabWaagerecht: Distanz. Streifen unter dem Profil: mittlere Steigung je 500 m. Gestrichelte Linien sind Orientierungspunkte.
- Position
- 0.00 km
- Elevation
- 1 m
- Gradient
- 0.0 %
- Pace here
- 4:56 /km
- Elapsed
- 0:00
- Remaining
- 3:30:00
- Landmark
- —
Pacing table
| km | Point | Elevation | Gradient | up / down | Target pace | total | adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 4:56 | 4:56 | |
| 2 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 9:52 | 4:56 | |
| 3 | 1 m → 4 m | +0.27 % | +3 m / −0 m | 5:01 | 14:53 | 4:56 | |
| 4 | 4 m → 2 m | −0.18 % | +0 m / −2 m | 4:55 | 19:48 | 4:56 | |
| 5 | 2 m → 1 m | −0.09 % | +0 m / −1 m | 4:56 | 24:43 | 4:56 | |
| 6 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 29:40 | 4:56 | |
| 7 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 34:36 | 4:56 | |
| 8 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 39:32 | 4:56 | |
| 9 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 44:28 | 4:56 | |
| 10 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 49:24 | 4:56 | |
| 11 | 1 m → 2 m | +0.14 % | +2 m / −0 m | 4:58 | 54:22 | 4:56 | |
| 12 | 2 m → 7 m | +0.42 % | +5 m / −1 m | 5:04 | 59:26 | 4:56 | |
| 13 | 7 m → 31 m | +2.44 % | +25 m / −0 m | 5:38 | 1:05:04 | 4:56 | |
| 14 | 31 m → 21 m | −1.03 % | +2 m / −12 m | 4:52 | 1:09:56 | 4:56 | |
| 15 | 21 m → 33 m | +1.18 % | +13 m / −1 m | 5:17 | 1:15:13 | 4:56 | |
| 16 | 33 m → 11 m | −2.13 % | +0 m / −21 m | 4:44 | 1:19:57 | 4:56 | |
| 17 | 11 m → 7 m | −0.45 % | +1 m / −5 m | 4:54 | 1:24:51 | 4:56 | |
| 18 | 7 m → 11 m | +0.39 % | +4 m / −1 m | 5:03 | 1:29:54 | 4:56 | |
| 19 | 11 m → 3 m | −0.80 % | +0 m / −8 m | 4:52 | 1:34:46 | 4:56 | |
| 20 | 3 m → 1 m | −0.12 % | +0 m / −2 m | 4:56 | 1:39:42 | 4:56 | |
| 21 | 1 m → 1 m | −0.02 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 1:44:37 | 4:56 | |
| 22 | 1 m → 1 m | −0.02 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 1:49:34 | 4:56 | |
| 23 | 1 m → 1 m | +0.01 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 1:54:30 | 4:56 | |
| 24 | 1 m → 1 m | −0.01 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 1:59:26 | 4:56 | |
| 25 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 2:04:23 | 4:56 | |
| 26 | 1 m → 3 m | +0.15 % | +2 m / −0 m | 4:58 | 2:09:21 | 4:56 | |
| 27 | 3 m → 1 m | −0.15 % | +0 m / −2 m | 4:55 | 2:14:16 | 4:56 | |
| 28 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 2:19:12 | 4:56 | |
| 29 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 2:24:09 | 4:56 | |
| 30 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 2:29:05 | 4:56 | |
| 31 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 2:34:01 | 4:56 | |
| 32 | 1 m → 1 m | 0.00 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:56 | 2:38:57 | 4:56 | |
| 33 | 1 m → 1 m | +0.01 % | +1 m / −1 m | 4:57 | 2:43:54 | 4:56 | |
| 34 | 1 m → 3 m | +0.23 % | +2 m / −0 m | 5:00 | 2:48:54 | 4:56 | |
| 35 | 3 m → 10 m | +0.63 % | +6 m / −0 m | 5:06 | 2:54:00 | 4:56 | |
| 36 | 10 m → 6 m | −0.40 % | +0 m / −4 m | 4:54 | 2:58:54 | 4:56 | |
| 37 | 6 m → 1 m | −0.47 % | +0 m / −5 m | 4:53 | 3:03:48 | 4:56 | |
| 38 | 1 m → 3 m | +0.20 % | +2 m / −0 m | 5:00 | 3:08:47 | 4:56 | |
| 39 | 3 m → 19 m | +1.56 % | +16 m / −0 m | 5:22 | 3:14:09 | 4:56 | |
| 40 | 19 m → 27 m | +0.86 % | +13 m / −4 m | 5:15 | 3:19:24 | 4:56 | |
| 41 | 27 m → 4 m | −2.32 % | +0 m / −23 m | 4:43 | 3:24:07 | 4:56 | |
| 42 | 4 m → 2 m | −0.25 % | +0 m / −3 m | 4:55 | 3:29:02 | 4:56 | |
| 42.20 | 2 m → 2 m | +0.15 % | +0 m / −0 m | 4:58 | 3:30:00 | 4:56 |
The course, kilometre by kilometre
Start and finish are 4.0 km apart as the crow flies, so this is a point-to-point course.
Highest and lowest point are 33 metres apart, and start and finish are at practically the same height.
The race is held in Honolulu, United States, in December, on tarmac throughout.
Elevation gain and climbs
97 metres up and 97 down across 3 climbs worth the name. No single one decides the race; the sum of them does.
The hardest stretch runs from km 37.9 to 39.4: 27 metres at 1.8 % on average. It arrives late, on legs that have already paid for the first thirty kilometres.
Against a 3:30 target the terrain costs about 1 minute compared with a flat loop. Adjust for gradient and what remains is what the legs actually paid.
The route on the map
The course covers 4.0 km of ground between start and finish and never returns to where it began.
The GPX data of this course
The smoothed profile is stored every 50 metres: 845 points with latitude, longitude, elevation and gradient. The elevations here do not come from the course file but from a terrain model: the ones in the original were unusable.
We do not hand this course out as a file: the line comes from a third-party source and is not ours to pass on. Once a course is built from runners’ own recordings, the file appears here.
Common questions
- How hilly is the Honolulu Marathon?
- 97 metres of ascent and 97 of descent over 42.195 km. 83 % of the course sits between −1 and +1 per cent, and 2 % steeper than three. That makes it a rolling course.
- Where is the hardest section?
- Between km 37.9 and 39.4, gaining 27 metres at 1.8 % on average. The steepest single ramp is at km 12.2 at 5.6 %, the steepest descent at km 40.5 at −5.6 %.
- Is this a good course for a personal best?
- Minetti's cost model puts this course at 0.55 % against a flat one. On a three-and-a-half-hour target that is roughly 1 minutes.
- Is the course a loop?
- No. Start and finish are 4.0 km apart in a straight line.
- Why does the second half go wrong here so often?
- Because the hardest climb finishes at km 39.4, past the point where most runners are already fading. Run the first half on feel and you meet it with nothing left.
- Where does this elevation data come from?
- Streckendatei „Honolulu Marathon 2025 – 42.195 km“ von goandrace.com (Garmin-Connect-Export), übergeben am 18.08.2026, 972 Punkte. Elevation: Höhenwerte derselben Datei — Korrelation mit dem Geländemodell 0,99.
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