---
title: "Marathon Course Elevation - Analyze Any Course with GPX | TrainPace"
description: "Analyze marathon course elevation with a GPX file. View elevation profile, total climb, grade %, and identify the key hills that affect pacing."
url: https://trainpace.com/elevationfinder/guides/marathon-course-elevation
---

# Marathon Course Elevation Analysis

Analyze marathon course elevation with a GPX file. View elevation profile, total climb, grade %, and identify the key hills that affect pacing.

Course elevation should inform pacing and fueling. Upload a GPX to find the climbs that will matter most on race day.

- Total climb and grade %
- Find the hardest sections
- Better pacing + fueling planning

- [Upload a Marathon GPX](https://trainpace.com/elevationfinder)

## Other TrainPace tools

- [Pace Calculator](https://trainpace.com/calculator) — training paces from a recent race result
- [VDOT Calculator](https://trainpace.com/vdot) — fitness score and equivalent race times
- [Training Plan Builder](https://trainpace.com/plan) — week-by-week 5K to marathon plans
- [Race Fuel Planner](https://trainpace.com/fuel) — carbs per hour and gel counts
- [Elevation Finder](https://trainpace.com/elevation-finder) — GPX route and climb analysis

## For AI agents

Every page on this site has a Markdown mirror at the same path with a .md suffix (for example /calculator.md), and honors an Accept: text/markdown request header on the HTML URL. The calculations here are also available as callable tools through a free public MCP server — no account or API key.

- [llms.txt](https://trainpace.com/llms.txt) — site index for agents
- [llms-full.txt](https://trainpace.com/llms-full.txt) — every page's Markdown in one file
- [MCP server docs](https://trainpace.com/mcp) — endpoint, tools, and client setup