Estepona will celebrate the first marathon in its history in October 2026.

The mayor of Estepona, José María García Urbano, announced that the city will host the first marathon in its history on October 11, 2026. ... Accompanied by the board of the Estepona Athletics Club, he indicated that "this great sports event will be massive and will have an international character."

"Athletics has been consolidating over the last few years as one of the sports that is generating the most enthusiasm in the municipality. The construction of the Athletics Stadium, the opportunities offered by the coastal path as infrastructure for running enthusiasts, or the celebration of events such as the Estepona Half Marathon, which recently held its fourth edition, are contributing to making the city a reference for fans of this sports discipline," García Urbano pointed out.

In this regard, he announced the creation of a working group to start all the preparations for this sports event in the coming days and highlighted that "although the final course of the race still needs to be designed, work will be done to ensure that it passes through the main landmarks of the city, like the coastal path that by 2026 will completely connect the 23 kilometers of coast, the old town, the surroundings of the Botanical-Orchid Park, or Avenida España, among others."

The president of the Athletics Club and the first person from Estepona to participate in the Olympics (Atlanta 1996), Miguel de los Santos, stated that for the Athletics Club "it is a great challenge and a huge excitement to be able to have a marathon in Estepona" and emphasized that "it has been a long-standing aspiration for the area's runners."