The Chasing the Unicorn Marathon is designed for people as a last ditch effort to qualify for the B.A.A. Boston Marathon or for runners who have already BQed, attempting to improve their seed time for the BAA Boston. The Chasing the Unicorn Marathon will be a double out-and-back of the …
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The Chasing the Unicorn Marathon is designed for people as a last ditch effort to qualify for the B.A.A. Boston Marathon or for runners who have already BQed, attempting to improve their seed time for the BAA Boston.
The Chasing the Unicorn Marathon will be a double out-and-back of the runBUCKS Alternative Half Marathon course. The course is out-and back along the historic Delaware Canal State Park towpath trail from Washington Crossing Historic Park north to the edge New Hope, Pennsylvania, near Odette’s, returning to Washington Crossing Historic Park. The first and last .5 miles are on paved surface (the middle mile will also be on this paved surface).
In order to make sure that every person has a great race experience, participants will be started in waves reduce any bottlenecks. Waves of approximately 50 runners will be started every 30 seconds. When the wave in front of you moves forward, please move forward to the next wave sign.
Wave assignments were emailed to pre-registrants prior to the event. Direction will be given before the race start – please listen carefully to instructions which will ensure you start with the correct wave.
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Fast, Flat, Scenic, but repetitive.
I was very impressed with Race Director Pat's emphasis on safety and social distancing during this event in 2020. It was delayed from Sep 13 to Oct 31. Very obvious … MORE
I was very impressed with Race Director Pat’s emphasis on safety and social distancing during this event in 2020. It was delayed from Sep 13 to Oct 31. Very obvious a lot of effort was put into having hands-free water distribution and having Bib numbers ordered by expected finish times. Anyway, the race itself is very flat and very fast. Very scenic running along the Delaware river on one side and the Canal on the other. Only bummer is that it’s a double out n back, so it is a little repetitive.