Race guides
Know every split and hill before race day
Courses we have raced, measured from our own runs of them, with more added ahead of each race. Each guide has the elevation profile, a pace calculator that spreads your goal over the hills, and the coach's notes.
Courses
- MarathonRaced it: 2021
Philadelphia Marathon
Philadelphia, PA · November
A loop from the Art Museum: flat miles through Center City, the course's hills in West Philadelphia and Fairmount Park, then out along the river to Manayunk and back.
- Distance
- 26.2 mi
- Net elevation
- +23 ft
- Climb
- 647 ft
- Half marathonRaced it: 2025
Atlanta Thanksgiving Half Marathon
Atlanta, GA · November
Atlanta Track Club's Thanksgiving morning half: a hilly loop through the city's neighbourhoods, climbing on most miles, starting and finishing south of downtown.
- Distance
- 13.1 mi
- Net elevation
- −4 ft
- Climb
- 747 ft
- Half marathonRaced it: 2015
Philadelphia Half Marathon
Philadelphia, PA · November
A half from the Art Museum through Center City and the Fairmount Park hills, then down to the river to finish where it started.
- Distance
- 13.1 mi
- Net elevation
- +2 ft
- Climb
- 252 ft
- MarathonRaced it: 2025
California International Marathon
Folsom → Sacramento, CA · December
Point to point from Folsom to the State Capitol in Sacramento: net downhill, with rolling hills in the first half and flat city miles to finish.
- Distance
- 26.2 mi
- Net elevation
- −332 ft
- Climb
- 547 ft
Sorted by the month each race is held. Distances are official; elevation is measured from our own runs of each course, smoothed and checked against the published figures.
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