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Mercedes-Benz Marathon Birmingham

Birmingham, AL · Sun, February 14, 2027 · 07:03

Marathon
BQ course
Pacers
open

Prime BQ course · forgiving course · low friction

Best forPrime BQ course8.8/10

Boston-qualifying course; see the BQ Finder for the effective application effect.

Course difficultyForgiving8.8/10

Mostly flat, cool race morning.

Planning frictionLow friction8.7/10

Open registration · ~$675 all-in from South Florida.

Data confidenceDate projected

Date not yet officially announced — projected from prior editions.

Legacy Green Score 8.5/10 · method

Difficulty profile

Race-day climate (10-year history)

At the start line and start hour · Open-Meteo historical archive

Temp
38°F
Dew point
31°F
Precip
0 mm
Elev gain
220 m
Field
3,500

Can you qualify here?

Projected at race day for M 18-34, from your 4:00:00 marathon + training runway.

Training plans for this race

Cost & registration

Entry
$115
Travel cost (est.)
~$560
All-in
~$675
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Double loop. Affordable. Rolling hills.

About the Mercedes-Benz Marathon Birmingham

The Mercedes-Benz Marathon Birmingham is a marathon held in Birmingham, AL on February 14, 2027 (projected — not yet officially announced). With a Green Score of 8.5/10, it's one of the easier, more beginner-friendly US races. The course is mostly flat (~28 ft of gain per mile). Typical race-day weather is a cool 38°F, dew point ~31°F (10-year normal). It is a Boston-qualifying course. Entry is around $115. Marathon Compass rates every race across terrain, climate, logistics, travel, and field size so you can find the one that fits you — and build a training plan tuned to your fitness.

Race-morning weather, quantified

Typical start-line conditions (10-year history (Open-Meteo)): 38°F with a dew point of 31°F. On the temperature-plus-dew-point scale used by our pace engine, that's 69 — a 0% pace penalty. Heat should not be a factor at the Mercedes-Benz Marathon Birmingham in a typical year — race your fitness.

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69 — typical race morning at the Mercedes-Benz Marathon Birmingham on the temp+dew scale (100 = no penalty · 130 = +2% · 150 = +4.5%)

Method: temp°F + dew°F lookup from the heat-adjustment chart our training plans use daily. Sign in to see this adjustment applied to your own projected finish.

What the Mercedes-Benz Marathon Birmingham really costs

First marathons cost more than the entry fee — budget the whole weekend before you commit.

Entry fee
$115
Travel + 3 hotel nightsestimated from South Florida; your cost varies by home airport
~$560
All-in estimate
~$675

Registration for the Mercedes-Benz Marathon Birmingham

Boston qualification status

Penalty-free Boston qualifierPenalty-free

Net descent of ~0 ft is well under the BAA's 1,500 ft adjustment threshold. Your clock time is your application time.

Computed under the BAA's downhill rules for the 2027 qualifying window (announced Sept 2025; verified July 2026): net start-to-finish descent of 1,500–2,999 ft adds 5:00, 3,000–5,999 ft adds 10:00, and 6,000 ft or more is not accepted. Net descent here is derived from our course elevation data — the BAA's official course designation controls. Sign in to see your projected finish graded against your age-group standard and the realistic acceptance cutoff.

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Entry strategy

Entry is open — register before it sells out and the decision is made.

  1. Race dayFebruary 14, 2027

Where to stay

Stay within walking distance of the start corrals — a 6am rideshare on race morning is a gamble. Book a refundable rate now and forget about it; inventory tightens in the final month. The links below are pre-filled for race weekend (February 12, 2027 February 15, 2027).

Plan the day itself

When to wake up, when the corral closes, and the exact clock time Mercedes-Benz Marathon Birmingham spectators should be at each split for your goal pace — plus a link you can send to whoever's coming to watch.

Build your race-day timeline →

Compare head-to-head

The organizer hasn't officially announced this date yet — it's projected from prior editions (checked 2026-07-17 against the organizer's site). Official site unreachable during audit (HTTP 522). 2026 edition ran Feb 8; Feb 14 2027 follows the second-Sunday pattern. Re-verify when the site is back. Race-morning climate from Open-Meteo — 10-year history at the start line and start hour. Race fees, dates, and rules change often — report incorrect information.