GAP factor 1.6% slower than flat · net elevation -4 m
Decision summary
Lower than 38% of comparable mapped races
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
Quick answers
RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Flying Pig Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Flying Pig Marathon route has 424 m of ascent, 427 m of descent and an estimated 1.6% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The Flying Pig Marathon route starts at Vine St. between 2nd St. and W. Freedom Way, downtown Cincinnati and finishes at Mehring Way near Anderson Pavilion / Carousel, just west of the Roebling Bridge overpass. Underfoot, expect road. It passes Eden Park, Taylor Southgate Bridge, Girl Scout Bridge, Clay Wade Bailey Bridge and Riverside Drive waterfront. Voted the #1 marathon in the U.S. by USA Today readers in 2024, praised for its scenic course and the organisers' playful pig theme.
Course runs through Cincinnati, Covington and Newport (KY), Mariemont, Fairfax and Columbia Township on closed roads, crossing the Ohio River into Northern Kentucky and back.
The stored route produces 424 m of ascent, while a source states 290 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Its normalised GAP factor is 1.6% slower than a flat course, with about 424 m of total ascent.
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