Event Description

Full Marathon START TIME @ 8:00AM 
26.2 Miles (Two Loops)- This race is a USTAF Certified course. It is a Boston Qualifier. Cutoff time: 6 1/2 hours. Must finish by 2:30pm.                                    USATF Info: Certification # NY15105 Map: https://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=NY15105JG                                                    Entry Fees: August 15 - November 14: $75
November 15 - April 17: $85
April 18 - Race Day: $95
Race Day- $105 (In cash)

Half Marathon START TIME @ 8:30AM
13.1 Miles (One Loop)- The race is a USATF certified course. Cut-off time is 4 hours.                                                                                                                    USATF Info: Certification #: NY15106 Map: https://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=NY15106JG                                                   Entry Fees: August 15 - November 14: $55
November 15 - April 17: $65
April 18 - Race Day: $75
Race Day: $85 (In Cash)

• Race Information
  Race Day Packet Pickup: Race morning, beginning at 5:45am. 
• Pre-Race Day Packet Pickup on May 10th: Pickup will be held at the "Race Day Parking" location. See details below- outside of the Mulberry Gate Entrance at the Fairgrounds. Pickup times: between 12:00pm to 2:00pm;  5:00pm to 7:00pm.
• Race Results: Check out all results on PR Timing. http://prtiming.com/
• Aid Stations: Aid Stations with water, gatorade, and hammer gels (particularly for the marathoners) will be spaced along the course and used for hydration as well as aids at major turning points in the race. There are 6 stations for the half runners and 13 for the full as well as the finish line. All stations are spaced approximately 1.5 miles to 2 miles apart, with one location 2.5 miles.
• Toilets: There are bathrooms at the start/finish line, as well as several porta-toilets located along the course.
• Race T-Shirt & Finisher Medals: Runners will receive a race t-shirt, and a finisher medal. T-shirts are fitted and not baggy please order a size up (particularly ladies) if in doubt.
• Overall Race Awards: Top 3 male and female finishers from both races, as well as age group awards.
• What if the race is cancelled?  The Rhinebeck Hudson Valley Full & Half Marathon will take place rain or shine. Only a “force majeure” will be cause for cancellation. In the event of a cancellation, no refunds or credits will be applied to future events. Cancellation race gear will NOT be mailed.
• Race Day Parking: Parking will be located at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds and is free. Parking will be located on the street by the Mulberry Gate of the Fairgrounds, same location as 2015 for any past participants. Packet Pick & Registration will be held inside the gates, close distance to the cars if you need to drop off anything. There will be parking attendants there to direct you once you turn onto the street. Registration will begin at 6:30am. See you on race day! Location for your GPS: 99 Mulberry St, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
• Course & Elevation Description: This is a beautiful and challenging course with the start and finish line at the same location inside the Fairgrounds. The course features flat straightaways and rolling hills along picturesque village and country roads. Half Marathoners will complete one loop of the course and full marathoners two loops. Miles 1 to 4.5 are flat, runners begin gliding up and down on 3 percent grades from 4.5 to 6 miles. As you parallel the Hudson, visiting the pretty hamlet of Rhinecliff, you head north from 6 to 9.6 miles, turn around and then head south, passing expansive estates lined with stone walls on the gentlest of grades of -1% to 2%. You will turn left off River Road after 11 miles and head east toward the Village of Rhinebeck on gentle rolling hills averaging less than 2%.