The Montour 24 is more of an event than a race! We don’t take things too seriously at M24, so we expect that you won’t either! This year, you will get to test your endurance in either the 24 hours solo division or in the 4 person relay. A lot of our runners like to describe this race as a party with some running mixed in between.
The Montour 24 offers a 24 hour individual endurance trail run or a four-person relay 24 hour endurance trail run on a fully supported loop course in the Hess Recreation Area in Danville, PA. Food and water will be available every 1.5x miles located just past the start/finish line. The aid station pavilion will be fully stocked and will include a variety of foods such as fresh fruit, chips, energy bars, sandwiches and snacks. We will also have special items such as grilled cheese, pierogies and soup throughout the race day. Relay team members will have access to the aid station while they are running but all teams should plan on bringing their own food to eat while they are waiting for their turn to run again.
To help keep this race from producing unnecessary trash, please bring your own water bottle to use during the race!! We will provide insulated cups along with iced coffee cups for our delicious Bason Coffee, but feel free to bring your favorite travel mug from home!
The 1.5x mile loop course is on low-technical single track, rail trail, very short road section and a grass field crossing to access the aid station and start/finish line. The trails are wide enough to run next to another runner or easily pass them throughout most of the course.
The new course incorporates a good portion of the old course but now utilizes more of the internal trails, a small section of road, and the lower rail trail. We eliminated the stream crossing (aka Dave’s Rucky Chucky), the climb (aka Mandatory-Walk-Break or Dave’s Heartbreak Hill), the upper rail trail (aka The Backside). It’s now flatter, faster, and offers some more passing room.
This race is not a hardcore, qualify for the 24 Hour World Time Trail Championships, measure each centimeter you traveled, wipe-your-butt-on-the-course-so-you-don’t-waste-a-step, type of 24 hour race. Montour 24 was designed to fill the gap between 400m track looped races and hardcore trail looped races. What Montour 24 is, is an introduction to trails for the road runner, a stepping stone to test the ultra distance, a fun way to set a PR, a time to party with other crazy running friends.
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