Harvest Marathon Relay
About this race
The Harvest Marathon Relay is a community relay race built around a simple idea: that collective effort produces something no individual on any team can. 10 runners sharing 26.2 miles with a clear goal. One finish line with every mile tied to the Houston Food Bank.
The Harvest Marathon Relay held its first event in 2017. In 2019, the format changed to have competitive and non-competitive or collaborative teams. That year, Shell Chemical’s team posted the fastest time at 2 hours 17 minutes, 41 seconds. Two years later, the team from INEOS completed the race in the exact same record finishing time. In 2022, the team from Sharpstown High School broke the record, which still stands today, at 2 hours, 14 minutes and 55 seconds.
The year, the Harvest Marathon Relay celebrates its 10th anniversary. We are looking to do something special for our athletes, volunteers, community and most importantly, the Houston Food Bank. Please join us as we are Breaking Records : Feeding Houston; where a team of elite runners from the Harvest Marathon Relay community will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for a marathon relay.
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2026
Start Time: 7:00 AM central standard time / 8:00 AM central standard time for competitive teams (Note: daylight savings time ends at 2 a.m., so you get an extra hour of sleep before the race)
Time Limit: 4 hours / 3 hours for competitive teams
Distance: 26.2 miles
Race Venue: Wendel D. Ley Track at Rice University
Team Options:
- COLLABORATIVE: These non competitive teams can have to 25 participants who work together to complete the marathon. Collaborative Teams have the option of sabotaging other Collaborative Teams.
- COMPETITIVE: Competitive teams of up to 10 participants who will compete for time based awards at the race venue.
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Running
Large Group Team - $1000 group registration fee includes 25 registrations
Small Group Team - $500 group registration fee includes 10 registrations
Individual Registration Team - $65 individual registration ($55 before October 1) fee up to 25 registrations
Competitive Team - $500 group registration fee for up to 10 registrations
Competitive Team - $65 individual registration fee ($55 before October 1) for up to 10 registrations
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Houston, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:35 AM and sets at 5:34 PM local time (CST) in Houston on November 1, 2026 — 10h 59m of daylight.
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