The Tunnel Hill Marathon, a USATF/IAAF sanctioned, and certified course, will be a great place to run a BOSTON QUALIFYING TIME or a personal best. Certification # IL18001BW. The race is presented by Durbin Race Management. We use 26.2 miles of the same fast course where Camille Herron shattered the …
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The Tunnel Hill Marathon, a USATF/IAAF sanctioned, and certified course, will be a great place to run a BOSTON QUALIFYING TIME or a personal best. Certification # IL18001BW. The race is presented by Durbin Race Management.
We use 26.2 miles of the same fast course where Camille Herron shattered the World Record for 100 miles in November 2019; where Mike Bialick ran the fastest 100 in North America in 2015; where Traci Falbo ran the Fastest Known Time for 100 by a woman in 2014; and where Coree Woltering ran a 5:30:15 50 miler in 2016.
You will start at the same start line in Vienna, IL as the Tunnel Hill 100/50, exactly 24 hours after the 100/50 start. You’ll run 1.1 miles south on the Tunnel Hill State Trail, (a smooth, rails-to-trails dirt course, covered with crushed rock), then turn north, and proceed through the world famous tunnel, and to the northern turn-around, before running back through the tunnel, and on to the finish at Vienna Park. The final 9 miles is a gentle, gradual downhill.
You’ll encounter hundreds of runners who are finishing the final miles of their 100 mile run, and everyone will have a great opportunity to cheer each other on as you work your way over dozens of train trestles, and among gorgeous rock formations.
There will be a 6 hour limit, and the race course will close at 1pm on Sunday.
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Good local course to get some miles in.
Overall Rating: Average course with excellent production and potential for fast times. Course Difficulty: Long slow ups and downs (think 15 miles at 1%) on a crushed limestone surface. Really … MORE
Overall Rating: Average course with excellent production and potential for fast times.
Course Difficulty: Long slow ups and downs (think 15 miles at 1%) on a crushed limestone surface. Really easy course.
Course Scenery: Good southern Illinois scenery, 100% rural running.
Race Production: Outstanding! These folks always do a fantastic job and you can have about anything you want at aid stations.
Race Swag: High quality custom medal and nice thin cotton hoodie.
My Performance: It was an average run, not great – not terrible.
Final notes: I’ve run a couple of 50 milers here, and I certainly never enjoy the weather at this race, however if it were a few weeks or a month earlier, it may be one of my favorite runs. I participated this year as a way to log some miles toward my 1000 mile goal, and so I was pleasantly surprised with my time. Always good production with this group!