Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2026

Join us for Scotland’s biggest running festival. With nine distances on offer over the weekend, there’s an event for everyone! We’d love to have you on our team.

There are two different ways you can join our team:

Get an MS Society charity place

Sign up for your EMF charity place

When you sign up for a charity place you’ll need to pay a registration fee and pledge to raise a minimum fundraising target to support our work. We have charity places in the:

• Edinburgh Marathon - £30 registration fee and a £500 fundraising target (excluding Gift Aid)
• Edinburgh Half Marathon - £20 registration fee and a £300 fundraising target (excluding Gift Aid)
• EMF Hairy Haggis Team Relay - £80 registration fee and £600 fundraising target (excluding Gift Aid)
• EMF 10k - £15 registration fee and a £150 fundraising target (excluding Gift Aid)
• EMF 5k - £10 registration fee and a £100 fundraising target (excluding Gift Aid)
• EMF Junior 5k, 2K, 1.5K or Kids Kilometre - Free registration and no minimum fundraising target

Sign up for your EMF charity place

Use your own place

If you already have your own place in this event, we’d love to have you on our team! There's no fundraising target, just raise as much as you can. 

Register below and order your running vest and fundraising pack:
2026 event – I have my own place

Your MS Superstar VIP package

When you fundraise with us you'll receive: 

• a personalised MS Society running vest
• support from our dedicated events team every step of the way
• the loudest cheer squad along the route
• a welcome pack with fundraising tips and materials to help you reach your goal
• access to our online training hub.