Championship to feature 20 American men and 20 American women competing for national titles and $110,000 in prize money

INDIANAPOLIS — The best American marathoners will race for national championships on one of the world’s most iconic marathon courses when the 2027 USA Track & Field Marathon Championships come to Chicago on Sunday, October 10, 2027, in conjunction with the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Benard Biwott winning in Frankfurt in 2024 PHOTO credit: Victah Sailer

Amanal Petros, Samuel Fitwi and Richard Ringer will face strong challengers at the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on 25 October. The three fastest German marathon runners of all times, who will compete together in a city marathon for the first time, will be in a field that features the winner of the 2024 race: Benard Biwott returns to Frankfurt.

Tigst Assefa smashed the course record at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON with 2:11:04. However the Ethiopian was extremely unlucky since she was well on course for the world record of 2:09:56 until around the 40 k mark. Due to a sudden Achilles tendon injury in her right leg she was then limping and ultimately fell well short of the mark.