Event Description
Enchanted Mountains Half Marathon & 5k
We are excited to announce a new event for this year, The Enchanted Mountains Half Marathon & 5k!
With so many races cancelled for 2021 and runners excited to get back to running in person events we found a great course that does not utilize public streets while still being a much easier course than a trail type event. The course utilizes a railway bed converted to the Pat McGee Trail and is flat and fast, only 125 feet of elevation gain for the entire Half Marathon!
Over the last few months we have worked with local authorities to put together a plan that will all for a safe and fun event for runners, the community, and race staff. Instead of a mass start for both the Half Marathon and 5k, we will have starting waves to limit the size of groups and allow for additional space at the start/finish line, on course, and in the Village and Towns of Little Valley and New Albion on the Pat McGee Trail.
The Pat Mcgee trail is a rails to trails path that traverses scenic Cattaraugus County in the Towns and Villages of Little Valley and New Albion. Cattaraugus County is refered to as The Enchanted Mountains and we think you will agree. While the title of the race has Mountain in it, this a gently rolling off road gravel trail. A mountain run it is not, perfect for an early summer run!
During registration you will be required to enter your estimated finish time. Start waves will be assigned based on estimated finish times to minimize overlapping runners and passing. Please be as accurate as possible with your estimated finish time as it is vital that we keep people separated in order to hold the event. We will be verifying finish times with other events in the region.
Additionally, there will be a limit on total entries to give everyone lots of running space.
We were working with Ellicottville Brewing Company to hold the running event to coincide with the grand opening of their new facility in Little Valley. Unfortunately due to delays caused by the pandemic the grand open for EBC has been delayed for a year. But we decided to go forward with the race, think of this as a preview to the new EBC facility.
