Overview The Portland Marathon crosses the Willamette on four bridge crossings and runs from the Pearl District south to Sellwood-Moreland on a certified, Boston-qualifying course, and its 53rd running in 2025 sold out with more than 11,800 runners registered. Race morning carries four distances, from the marathon down to a one-mile kids run, all starting and finishing at Tom McCall Waterfront Park downtown. Walkers are welcome. The marathon cutoff is a 15-minute mile. Brooksee produces the race, and Nike Running was named presenting partner for 2026. On site Runners line up in pace corrals on SW Salmon Street as the sun comes up over the Willamette, with music playing along the river. The marathon route passes the Moda Center, Reed College, and OMSI with the USS Blueback submarine moored beside it, with aid stations every two miles through mile 15 and every mile after that. Neighborhoods compete in a Cheer Challenge with their own signs, music and decorations along their stretch of the route, and local personalities work the finish for photos and meet-and-greets. The finish festival pours free Oregon-brewed beer, and every finisher gets free race photos and an oversized zinc-alloy medal. The expo runs the day before at the Oregon Convention Center. Audience The field runs from Boston qualifiers to walkers, and much of it is local: in 2025 every first-place finisher in the half marathon and 10K was a Portland resident, and so were four of the six men's and women's marathon podium finishers. Track record In 2025 Nic Maszk won the men's marathon in 2:28:53 and Luciana Lenth the women's in 2:53:20, and the actress and producer Issa Rae ran the race. The organizers report an average participant rating of 4.74 out of 5. The race had given more than $150,000 to Portland nonprofits by 2025, among them Special Olympics Oregon, Girls on the Run, Q Center, Self Enhancement, Inc., the Portland Rescue Mission and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Brand presence Nike Running was named presenting partner for 2026, and in 2025 MindRx Group put its name on the 10K. Below that the positions follow a runner through race week: the registration and race-week emails, the race guide, bibs and runner bags; the mile markers, aid stations, on-course nutrition and electrolyte drink; the expo title, course lectures and vendor passport; and at the finish, the chute, results, post-race food, photo backdrops, beer garden, massage and recovery zone and the finish festival itself. The race app, live runner tracking, race photos and the highlight video carry partners too, and Brooksee builds packages to the partner's goals.