Great Allegheny Ohiopyle Marathon
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Event overview
The Great Allegheny Ohiopyle Race Festival is a road-trail running event in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania, on May 2, 2026. The festival offers multiple distances:
- Marathon
- Half marathon
- 10K
- 5K
- Combo 5K and 10K
All races start and finish at the same location near 7 Sheridan Street, Ohiopyle, PA. Entry includes a t-shirt, finisher medal and a pair of running socks. First-time marathon and half marathon finishers receive a commemorative plaque. Service members and their families are eligible for a 10% entry discount.
Course and logistics
The marathon is a certified Boston Marathon qualifier (certificate PA22009NP); the full marathon is two loops of the half marathon course. Distances use out-and-back segments: the half goes out 6.55 miles, the 10K goes out 3.1 miles, and the 5K goes out 1.55 miles before returning to the finish. The course surface is 100% hard-packed trail with crushed limestone and is described as generally smooth. Aid stations with water and Gatorade are placed about every two miles. The event offers personalized bibs if registered sufficiently in advance and provides live/text/email results plus free finish-line photos.
Awards and timing
Top overall and age-group awards are offered for male, female and non-binary categories. There is a 4-hour time limit for the half marathon, 10K and 5K. A single early-start option is available for half and full entrants one hour before the main start; early starters are not eligible for awards and are asked to target about a 15-minute mile pace or slower. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
