Overview
- The XLIII Maratón de la Ciudad de México, which runs Sunday, August 30, will send about 30,000 runners over a certified 42.195 km course from Ciudad Universitaria to the Zócalo.
- Organizers confirmed staggered start blocks with wheelchair and visually impaired athletes at 05:45, elite women at 05:50, elite men and mass Block A at 06:00, and ongoing kit pickup at the World Trade Center through race weekend.
- Metro Lines 1, 2, 3 and 9 will begin service at 05:00 on race day and allow free entry to registered runners who show their bib number.
- The Secretariat of Citizen Security deployed an extensive on-street operation that includes roughly 1,200 police, traffic-control staff, ambulances and ERUM units, plus staged road closures that authorities expect to clear central zones by mid-afternoon.
- The event mixes elite competition and commercial spectacle, with a $50,000 prize for winners, a 550,000 MXN record bonus, incentives for top Mexican finishers, naming sponsorship by Telcel and broadcast on Claro Sports.