Margalla Marathon

Margalla Marathon is a hill road marathon held in Islamabad, Pakistan, in April. The event offers a full marathon of 42.2 kilometres and a half marathon of 21.1 kilometres, and both are run entirely on tarmac rather than trail. Runners set off from the Chand Tara Monument on Garden Avenue and climb out of the city along Constitution Avenue, Margalla Road and Pir Sohawa Road.

The finish is at Pir Sohawa, the highest point in the Margalla Hills that a road reaches, on the boundary between Islamabad Capital Territory and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The route is steep and sustained. The full distance gains about 1,300 metres of elevation and the half marathon about 800 metres, so the day suits runners who prefer a long climb to a fast, flat time.