GAP factor -0.1% slower than flat · net elevation -32 m
Decision summary
Lower than 78% of comparable mapped races
7:00:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Hoag OC Marathon Running Festival, 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 Hoag OC Marathon Running Festival route has 182 m of ascent, 214 m of descent and an estimated -0.1% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The Hoag OC Marathon Running Festival route starts at In front of the official start line hotel, VEA Newport Beach (a Marriott Resort & Spa), Newport Beach and finishes at OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, just off the 55 Freeway. Underfoot, expect a road course. It passes Corona del Mar, Ocean Boulevard cliffs above Big Corona del Mar State Beach, Newport Harbor yacht clubs, Upper Newport Bay Estuary Reserve and Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
A 'Balloon Lady' carrying bright balloons maintains a 16-minute/mile pace at the back of the field; pacers are provided.
Its normalised GAP factor is -0.1% slower than a flat course, with about 182 m of total ascent.