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UPDATED INFO 2022 | FOREST CITY, PA
PACKET PICK UP, RACE DAY REGISTRATION | TBD AM
RACE START TIMES | Marathon & Half Marathon - TBD AM | 10k & 5k - TBD AM
WHAT'S IN THE COURSE
- The event location is at the D&H Trailhead, 102 Commerce Blvd., Forest City PA 18421.
- The D&H Rail Trail is basically a flat course. It's a former railroad line so the course has to be nearly flat for rail cars to transit.
- The half marathon is an out and back loop. The marathon is two out and back loops.
- The trail is hard packed.
- Over 99% of the course is on the trail.
- Here's the map-my-run course map. (It shows one loop for the half marathon)
- The course starts at 1474'.
- The turnaround point is at 1727'. Over 6.55 miles, you'll climb 253'.
- That is less than a 1% per mile climbing gradient.
- You lose 253' going back to the start, descending less than 1% per mile on the return.