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  • Marathon
  • 42.2 km
  • Nashville
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Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon

This race edition

Race date
Date not confirmed for this distance
Race timezone
Timezone not confirmed
Edition status
Status not confirmed

Entry options

2026 edition

Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.

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Decision summary

Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon at a glance

Typical conditions
88/100

Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast

Evidence depth
44 verified facts

Stored GPS route

Quick answers

What runners ask first

Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon route map

raceindex.org has a GPS course file for Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey 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.

How hilly is the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon?

The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon is described as hilly. The course listing puts the climb at 1,097 m.

Where does the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon route go?

The Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon route starts at Vaughn Creek cross country area, Percy Warner Park and finishes at Vaughn Creek field, Percy Warner Park (same as start). Underfoot, expect mix of park road and grassy paths. It passes Percy Warner Park Main Drive, Golf clubhouse and putting range, Stone bridge and picnic area, Stone Gates entrance flagpole and Deep Wells Picnic Area. A deliberately minimalist, un-certified marathon focused purely on running the challenge of the park.

What should runners know on race day for the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon?

Held within Percy Warner Park; about 8 staffed aid stations with volunteers at every turn and mile marker providing fluids and directions. There will be no bands, cheerleaders, wave starts or crowds.

Race character

Scenery

  • Forest
  • Parkland
  • City
  • Historic
  • Countryside

Atmosphere

  • Community
  • Scenic Tour

Terrain

  • Road
Elevation character
Hilly
Technicality
Non Technical
Source-stated ascent
1,097 m

Entry, logistics and records

Records and field

Men's course record
2:36:25 (Ben Schneider)
Women's course record
2:58:24 (Becca Murray)
Field size
300
Field cap
300

Entry requirements

Entry status
Ballot entry: Entry is listed as ballot or lottery based.
Ballot
Yes
Qualification status
The course is not certified and is not a Boston Marathon qualifying event; not sanctioned by USATF.

Race day logistics

Closed roads
Held within Percy Warner Park; about 8 staffed aid stations with volunteers at every turn and mile marker providing fluids and directions.
On-course music
There will be no bands, cheerleaders, wave starts or crowds.

Access and course status

Start
Vaughn Creek cross country area, Percy Warner Park
Finish
Vaughn Creek field, Percy Warner Park (same as start)

Course facts

Course type
Laps
Surface
Mix of park road and grassy paths
Landmarks
Percy Warner Park Main Drive, Golf clubhouse and putting range, Stone bridge and picnic area, Stone Gates entrance flagpole, Deep Wells Picnic Area, Iroquois Steeplechase, Luke Lea Heights overlook, Three Mile Hill, Hairpin Hill, Nine Mile Hill
Notable features
  • A deliberately minimalist, un-certified marathon focused purely on running the challenge of the park. Whimsical 'flying monkey' theme based on an invented local cryptid legend of an endangered flying-monkey species supposedly hunted to near-extinction after 1939. Organisers 'guarantee every runner a PR - a Permanent Remembrance' of a well-earned finish. No refunds, no transfers
  • The 26.2-mile course covers the park's 11.2-mile Main Drive loop twice plus the Shell Hill cut-through (1.4 mi) and the Luke Lea Heights loop (0.6 mi). Major climbs include Three Mile Hill (~200 ft in under half a mile, 8-10% grade), Hairpin Hill (~300 ft over about a mile) and Nine Mile Hill. Highest point is the Luke Lea Heights overlook with views over Nashville and Belle Meade
  • lowest point is the flagpole near the Stone Gates entrance

What are typical race-day conditions?

  • 9°CTypical temperature
  • 17 kphTypical wind
  • 3 mmTypical rainfall
  • 88Favourability /100
Typical conditions for the race date and locality, within the endurance-optimal window. These are climatological norms, not a forecast, and are shared across every distance at this event.

How we calculated this

Published facts and derived model outputs on this page are tied to stored sources or a published, version-locked methodology. We show the provenance so runners, coaches and organisers can check it. Data on this page is current as of .

Derived numbers use scoring-methodology-v1.0.

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