GAP factor 0.2% slower than flat · net elevation -0 m
Decision summary
Lower than 89% of comparable mapped races
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for MountainOne Steel Rail Races (Adams) 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 MountainOne Steel Rail Races (Adams) Marathon route has 128 m of ascent, 128 m of descent and an estimated 0.2% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The MountainOne Steel Rail Races (Adams) Marathon route starts at Adams Visitors Center, 3 Hoosac St, Adams, MA 01220 and finishes at Adams Visitors Center, 3 Hoosac St, Adams, MA 01220. Underfoot, expect paved rail trail (10-foot-wide paved former railroad bed). It passes Ashuwillticook Rail Trail, Cheshire Reservoir, Hoosic River, Adams and Cheshire. USATF-certified course (certified for both Boston and New York qualifying).
Post-race live music (the Hoosie Shakers) at the finish-area celebration. 12.
The stored route produces 128 m of ascent, while a source states 170 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Its normalised GAP factor is 0.2% slower than a flat course, with about 128 m of total ascent.