The fifth annual GAP Trestles Marathon and Half Marathon was another wonderful day on the Great Allegheny Passage!!!
The sixth annual race is planned for Wednesday, October 2, 2019. Both the marathon and half marathon will start at 8:00AM. This event will take place in its entirety in Pennsylvania on the outstanding Great Allegheny Passage. Runners will cross three trestles on the course – to include the 1908 foot long Salisbury Viaduct (pictured above) over the Casselman River Valley, the 910 foot long Keystone Viaduct, and the historic Wills Creek Bollman Truss Bridge. The race start/finish is on the Great Allegheny Passage near the Western Maryland Railway Station at 529 Main Street Meyersdale, PA 15552.
This race is the the fifth and final event in the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Marathon and Half Marathon Series taking place from September 28 to October 2, 2019. The other events in the Series are the Cross County Trail Marathon and Half, the C&O Marathon and Half, the yet to be named new WV Marathon and Half, and the Hancock Marathon and Half. In order, the five series races take place in VA, DC, WV, MD, PA.
“This is a wonderful series of friendly races with tremendous organization in beautiful locations that runners need to experience.”
Steve Hughes,
Marathon Maniacs Hall of Fame
The race start/finish is on the Great Allegheny Passage near the Western Maryland Railway Station at 529 Main Street Meyersdale, PA 15552.
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Runners start on the Great Allegheny Passage at the Western Maryland Railway Station and head northwest on the trail. After crossing the Salisbury Viaduct runners turn around and head southeast on the trail for 6.56 miles to the southeast turnaround between Miller Run Road and Warrens Mill Road. At the southeast turnaround runners turn around again and head northwest on the trail back to the start/finish. The Half Marathon runners will finish their race upon reaching the start/finish at the Railway Station. Marathon runners will do another loop of the course to complete the marathon. Half marathon entrants will cross each trestle twice while the marathon runners will cross each trestle four times. The trail surface is a fantastic crushed stone surface which is great for running. The course map link below also shows the elevation profile of the course. The course is not flat, but the elevation change is gradual. The half marathon has about 1166 feet of gain and loss, and the marathon runners will experience about 2332 feet of gain and loss on the course.
The course map can be viewed at 
The finisher awards are produced by Steel Images. An image of the award artwork is above. There are no age group awards or first finisher awards. Great thanks to Steel Images for the fantastic finisher awards!