Splits that know the hills are coming.

Point-to-point from Hopkinton to Boylston, with fast early downhills before the Newton Hills and Heartbreak

Five-borough route from Staten Island to Central Park, with bridge climbs shaping the rhythm from the Verrazzano onward

Flat, fast Grant Park loop through 29 Chicago neighborhoods, built for steady pacing and loud crowd sections

Mostly flat route from Greenwich to The Mall, passing Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge, the Embankment, and Buckingham Palace

Berlin’s record-hunting course: very little elevation, long straight sections, and the final push through the Brandenburg Gate

Fast city course from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to Tokyo Station, linking Shinjuku, Nihombashi, Asakusa, and Ginza

Scenic harbour course over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, through the city, and into an Opera House Forecourt finish

Scenic capital course, mostly flat

Flat lakeshore course, fast and certified

Flat urban course through downtown Buffalo and Delaware Park

Scenic seawall and neighbourhoods, some rolling hills

Flat river valley course through Calgary neighbourhoods

Urban course through central Stockholm

Flat course past canals and the Vondelpark, finishing inside the Olympic Stadium

One of the fastest courses in the world: flat, wide roads, few turns, finishing over the water by the City of Arts and Sciences

Flat course past Marina Bay and the civic district, run into the morning in tropical heat and humidity

Flat, fast loop through the city and suburbs with an indoor finish inside the Festhalle

Harbour Bridge crossing early, then waterfront and city streets to a downtown finish

Flat, fast out-and-back along the Gold Coast oceanfront, a renowned personal-best course

Bridge and tunnel course from Tsim Sha Tsui through Kowloon, with long flyover climbs and a harbour-tunnel section

City course past Osaka Castle and through central Osaka, mostly flat with a few bridge rises

Fast point-to-point through central Seoul, finishing with a lap of the Jamsil Olympic Stadium

From the Champs-Élysées through the Louvre and Bastille to the Bois de Boulogne, gently rolling with cobbled sections

Flat, fast course over the Erasmus Bridge and through the city, long a target for quick times

Flat, wide loop through south Manchester and Trafford, the UK's second-largest marathon

Europe's flattest big-city marathon, a single loop through historic Seville

Flat city-centre loop past the Sagrada Família, Camp Nou, and the Mediterranean seafront

Flat course through the CBD and along Port Phillip Bay, finishing with a lap inside the MCG

Net downhill point-to-point from Folsom to the State Capitol, a renowned Boston-qualifier course

Rolling tour of the DC monuments from the Pentagon to the Marine Corps War Memorial, with a hill at the finish

Loop of the Irish capital through the Phoenix Park and Georgian streets, with a long drag around 18 miles

Point-to-point along the Lake Superior shore from Two Harbors into Duluth, gently net downhill

Flat, fast loop around the Alster lakes and the harbour, one of Germany's quickest courses

Early-morning start past Waikiki and Diamond Head, warm and humid with a climb over the crater

Flat, fast city loop, a US Olympic Trials course and a reliable winter personal-best race

Flat, wide downtown course, one of the fastest Boston-qualifier races in the US

Large city course run at 2,240 m altitude, from the university stadium to the Zócalo

Out-and-back along Marine Drive and the Bandra–Worli Sea Link, flat but warm and humid

Historic-district start, then an out-and-back along the Schuylkill River to Manayunk, mostly flat

Fast cobbled loop through the old town and along the Vltava, with several bridge crossings

Sightseeing loop past the Colosseum, Vatican, and Trevi Fountain, flat with long cobbled sections

Scenic point-to-point from Minneapolis to St Paul past the city lakes, with a climb in the final 5 miles

Flat course along the Danube and Ringstrasse past the city's landmarks

The original marathon route from the town of Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium, with a long climb from 10 km to 31 km

Flat two-lap city course through the central districts and along the harbour

Flat, fast city-bowl loop below Table Mountain, an Abbott World Marathon Majors candidate

"Stadium to the Sea" — point-to-point from Dodger Stadium through Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills to Century City

Runs through all four Walt Disney World theme parks — Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and Epcot

Flat loop through Miami and Miami Beach, crossing the MacArthur and Venetian causeways past Biscayne Bay

Britain's flattest marathon — a point-to-point along the Firth of Forth coastline from Edinburgh to Musselburgh and back through Prestonpans

Loops both banks of the Danube, crossing between Buda and Pest, finishing near Heroes’ Square

A coastal loop around Xiamen Island along Huandao Road, widely rated one of the most scenic marathons in China

Flat, fast loop through central Copenhagen and the harbour

Scenic capital course through Gatineau Park

The world's largest half marathon, point-to-point from Newcastle to the coast at South Shields, net downhill with a late climb

London Marathon Events' half over Tower Bridge and through the East End, flat and fast

Flat city loop past Cardiff Castle and around Cardiff Bay, a popular personal-best course

Fast loop through Lutyens' Delhi past India Gate, flat with a world-class elite field

A former half marathon world-record course: flat, wide, and fast through the city centre

Starts across the 25 de Abril Bridge with a downhill opening, then flat along the Tagus to Belém

Prospect Park to Central Park via Times Square, with bridge and tunnel climbs

Flat, fast loop along both banks of the Vltava, a SuperHalfs race

Flat city-centre loop past the Brandenburg Gate, a fast spring race

Göteborgsvarvet — historically the world's largest half, a rolling city loop with a hill at Örgryte