Event Description
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2026
FALLS TOWNSHIP PARK, 9050 Mill Creek Rd, BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
Offering elite level service to 200 participants
OUR INTENTION IS TO BRING AN OTQ OPPORTUNITY TO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC IN 2027
SUNRISE: 6:44 AM EST and SUNSET 4:45 PM EST
The fast little multiple lap marathon in suburban Philadelphia
(1) ONE MILE LOOP then (8) 3.15 MILE LAPS for a CERTIFIED FULL MARATHON Start and Finish at a common point.
CERTIFICATION performed by a World Athletic “A” certifier. Highest and lowest points on the course 14’ difference
Event will be USATF sanctioned on a certified course, making it BQ eligible.
PERSONAL BOTTLE STATION available each loop, space for (8) bottles in caddy, additional “neutral aid” station with water on north loop
TECHNICAL MEETING, BOTTLE DROP and PACKET PICK-UP SATURDAY EVENING at Host Hotel, Villanova Room
Chronotrack CHIP TIMED with runBUCKS INDIVIDUAL START (first utilized during the pandemic, with the Houston pinch point)
PACERS: 2:30, 2:37, 2:45, 2:55, 3:00 AND >3:25 hour pacers.
TIME LIMIT: Course closes at 3hours 26 minutes
HOST HOTEL: Sheraton Bucks County Langhorne, 400 Oxford Valley Rd, Langhorne, PA 19047 $140 room night rates. Staff vows to cheer participants as they load buses as the head to the start, in the tradition of the Fairmount Copley staff at BAA Boston Marathon.
TRAVEL:
AIRPORTS PHL(35 miles), TNT (11 miles) ACY (66 miles) and ABE (76 miles) are rental car close. EWR (57 miles) has trains to Hamilton Train Station
TRAIN: TRENTON TRANSIT CENTER (Amtrack-6 miles) or HAMILTON TRAIN STATIONS (NJT-11miles) are Uber close.
DRIVE: Convenient to I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) I-95 and I-295 locate just north of Philadelphia and south of Trenton, New Jersey
PARKING is limited. Athlete buses will reduce issue. Spectator and volunteer parking plans and the possibility of a parking shuttle will be addressed.
OTHER AREA ATTRACTIONS:
SESAME PLACE, a children's theme park, is across the street from the host hotel
Washington Crossing Historic Park
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
