GAP factor -2.5% slower than flat · net elevation -253 m
Decision summary
Lower than 74% of comparable mapped races
6:30:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Montana Marathon (Billings), 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 Montana Marathon (Billings) route has 193 m of ascent, 446 m of descent and an estimated -2.5% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The Montana Marathon (Billings) route starts at Molt, Montana (small town on the rolling plains outside Billings) and finishes at Pioneer Park, downtown Billings. Underfoot, expect roads open to traffic. It passes Molt, Big Sky Country rolling plains and Pioneer Park. Thirteen aid stations on the marathon course at approximately miles 3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25.
Personal/on-course music is strongly discouraged. 13.
The stored route produces 193 m of ascent, while a source states 158 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Its normalised GAP factor is -2.5% slower than a flat course, with about 193 m of total ascent.
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