Taape for Tiara
  Michael Stark

The Maui Oceanfront Marathon & Marathon Early Start

The Marathon Early  start for walkers is at 4:30 a.m., the  Marathon starts at  5:45 a.m.

Free Parking at the Start line at the Overflow Parking area 3/10th of a mile above the Shops of Wailea. Go to the end of the Piilani Highway, turn right down the hill, take the first left, next right into the parking area.

1. The Marathon Early start:

   •  Is for 6+ hour Marathon finishers.

   • The clock is turned off at noon

   • The early starts gives you 7.5 hours to finish.

   • The Maui Oceanfront Marathon Early Start Walkers Course is the same as the regular Marathon.

   • Marathon Early Starters will have a shuttle bus to the start line from the Prison Street Parking lot in Lahaina.

   • Because of the early start, if you have a choice,  it would be best to stay in the Wailea or Kihei start line area.

   • The fastest time you will be credited with is 6 hours.

   • The purpose of the early start is to get us all home early and you a cooler run.

   • Wear a flashing light or two for the first hour or so, and reflective clothing.

   • You will use the sidewalk and street lights for the first part of the race.

   • Early starters should bring their own water bottle for the first 7 or 8 miles.

    

2. The Marathon & Marathon Early Start Course:

   • The race starts at 5:45 AM and the clock is turned off at noon giving you 6:15 minutes to finish.

   • The start is just below the Wailea special event parking area on Wailea Iki Road.

   • The start is just up the hill from The Shops at Wailea.

   • The start goes about 300' downhill for the first mile and quarter.

   • The course travels down Wailea Iki Rd to Wailea Alanui Drive (Shops at Wailea and Marriott Hotel)
     and then onto  South Kihei Rd at mile 1, through oceanfront Kihei Town with a left turn onto  Highway 30 at the 11 mile mark at Ma'alaea Bay and continues oceanfront all the way to Front Street at the South end of Lahaina Town.

   • The last mile is through oceanfront residential and ends at oceanfront Kamehameha Iki Park adjacent to 505 Front Street.

   • All of the course is on asphalt and the shoulder of the road.

   • The shoulder is mostly between 4' to 6' wide. Some spots wider, some narrower.

   • The course has many scenic pull outs and public beaches  for family and friends to park, picnic and support your run.

   • This is a  competitive division with is a finishers medal, age division awards, a license plate frame to help celebrate (and brag to your friends),   as well as a souvenir Maui Oceanfront Event race shirt.

   • The Red Mile Marker Signs on the course are mile to go. The yellow paint stenciled numbers on the road are miles from the start line. Any white numbers are from other local races.

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See the Time Line for race start time and shuttle bus schedule..

There is bus transportation from the Marathon start line in Wailea to the Half Marathon Start line.

Traditional Hawaiian entertainment will be awaiting you along with your finishers medal and snacks at the finish line in Lahaina.

Best bet for enjoying your race. Have your support crew drop you off at the start line, and then park along the course for pictures, cheering, watching the whales, and then you take them to one of the great Lahaina open air breakfast places after the race to enjoy your great finish and accomplishment. The Pioneer Inn is just a long block past the finish line next to the Banyan Street Square and the yacht harbor.