St. Louis Marathon Course Map Poster

About this print

St. Louis Marathon map poster

Twenty-six point two miles is a long way to see a city, and St. Louis gives a marathon plenty to work with. The course covers that full distance with roughly 485 feet of climbing, which is enough to make the legs notice without ever turning the day into a hill race. St. Louis is a city of brick and river bluffs, of neighborhoods that each keep their own character, with the Mississippi on one side and the long green of Forest Park on the other. A course map holds all of that in one shape: the loops, the out-and-backs, the turns that only make sense once they have been run.

This print traces the full 26.2-mile route as a single line. For anyone who has finished it, that line carries a lot of specific memory — where the early miles felt too easy, which stretch was quieter than expected, the point where the finish finally seemed close. For someone still training toward it, the same shape works as a reminder on the wall.

It makes sense in a hallway, above a desk, or near the spot where running shoes pile up by the door, and it sits well alongside other race maps from the same runner's years. It is art rather than a navigation tool. Gift-wise, it suits a first marathon, a return after injury, or a finisher who tends not to keep medals out where anyone can see them.

More marathon course map posters · Did it yourself? Make a poster from your own Strava activity

Route details

Course distance

26.2 mi

Elevation gain

486 ft

Location

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Collection

Marathons, Runs