Professional Athletes

Participation for the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend events as a professional (formerly elite) athlete is by invitation only.

If you are a professional athlete or would like to apply to participate in the professional athlete field, please do the following:

Submit your request by using the form below.
You can view Philadelphia Marathon Weekend’s prior years’ results and copy the link to your results field.
You will then receive an email with further instructions.

PLEASE NOTE:

If an athlete’s qualifying performance cannot be readily verified using the information provided by the athlete, they will be placed in the first general corral.
Professional Athlete bibs will not be mailed out.

THE PHILADELPHIA MARATHON WEEKEND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDELIVERED OR LOST PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE REQUESTS. SUBMISSION DOES NOT GUARANTEE ACCEPTANCE.

View 2025 results, 2024 results, or 2010 to 2023 results

Professional Athlete Participant Application

"*" indicates required fields

URL

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Which race do you intend to run?*

Philadelphia Marathon

Dietz & Watson Philadelphia Half Marathon

Rothman Orthopaedics 8K

Personal Information

Your name*

First Last

Your email*

Enter Email Confirm Email

Address*

City State / Province / Region Citizenship

Phone

Gender*

Man

Woman

Age on race day*

Race day: 8K and Half Marathon (November 21, 2026) Full Marathon (November 22, 2026)

Will you be competing as a Masters Athlete (age over 40) on race day?*

Yes

Race Personal Best Information

Name of qualifying race*

Date of personal best*

Selected race personal best since November 19, 2024 (or nearest equivalent)

Please list your PR in your selected event within the last 2 years. If you don't have a PR at that distance, please note your PR in the closest distance to your event and include event distance. We will calculate the equivalent.

Hour(s)

Minutes*

Seconds*

Distance

Website link to personal best results page from the race (must be valid)*

World Athletics Information

Name of your World Athletics authorized representative?*

Your authorized representative's World Athletics number*

Link to your World Athletics profile page*

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