NipMuck Trail Marathon route map
raceindex.org has a GPS course file for NipMuck Trail 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.
NipMuck Trail 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.
Modelled energy-cost change 4.3% versus flat · net elevation 15 m
Decision summary
NipMuck Trail Marathon at a glance
- Route ascent
- 878 m
- Cut-off average pace
- 11:18/km
- Typical conditions
- 78/100
- Evidence depth
- 38 verified facts
Lower than 23% of comparable mapped races
8:00:00 total limit divided by distance. Check gun/chip timing and intermediate limits; allow time for stops.
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Stored GPS route
Quick answers
What runners ask first
How hilly is the NipMuck Trail Marathon?
The NipMuck Trail Marathon route has 878 m of ascent, 863 m of descent and an estimated 4.3% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
Where does the NipMuck Trail Marathon route go?
The NipMuck Trail Marathon route starts at Corner of Lipps Rd and Perry Hill Rd, Ashford, CT and finishes at Perry Hill Rd, Ashford, CT (same staging area as the start). Underfoot, expect mostly singletrack trail with roots, rocks, mud and bog bridges along a 13-mile segment of the 36-mile Nipmuck Trail. It passes Nipmuck Trail, Perry Hill Road, Route 44, Boston Hollow Road and beaver dams. Known for quirky finisher awards including blue-blaze painted trail sticks and homemade/Lyman Orchards apple pies for winners.
What should runners know on race day for the NipMuck Trail Marathon?
9.
Race character
Scenery
- Forest
- Countryside
- Parkland
- Riverside
Atmosphere
- Wilderness
- Community
Terrain
- Road
- Trail
- Elevation character
- Rolling
- Technicality
- Technical
- Source-stated ascent
- 701 m
- Net elevation
- 0 m
The stored route produces 878 m of ascent, while a source states 701 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Entry, logistics and records
Records and field
- Men's course record
- 3:01:51 (Dave Dunham)
- Women's course record
- 3:49:04 (Christine Cosgrove)
- Field size
- Field capped at 180 runners due to parking and trail capacity; no race-day registration.
- Field cap
- 180
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Open entry: The held registration model is open entry and this edition is not marked sold out.
- Cut-off
- 8-hour overall cutoff (finish by 4pm); ~12.4-mi midpoint by 3h15m, Boston Hollow ~19.4-mi turnaround by 5h20m
- Qualification status
- No qualifying standard; open trail marathon capped at 180 runners with no race Day registration.
Race day logistics
- Aid stations
- 9
Access and course status
- Start
- Corner of Lipps Rd and Perry Hill Rd, Ashford, CT
- Finish
- Perry Hill Rd, Ashford, CT (same staging area as the start)
Course facts
- Course type
- Out And Back
- Surface
- Mostly singletrack trail with roots, rocks, mud and bog bridges along a 13 Mile segment of the 36 Mile Nipmuck Trail
- Landmarks
- Nipmuck Trail, Perry Hill Road, Route 44, Boston Hollow Road, beaver dams
- Notable features
- Founded by race director Dave 'NipMuck Dave' Raczkowski, who directed it for its first 27 years before handing it to the Shenipsit Striders. Known for quirky finisher awards including blue-blaze painted trail sticks and homemade/Lyman Orchards apple pies for winners
- Nine aid stations along the course, most fully stocked with a few water-only
- Double out-and-back: runs south 6.2 miles to Rt 44 and back to the start, then north 7 miles to Boston Hollow Road and back to the finish, totalling 26.4 miles
How hilly is the NipMuck Trail Marathon?
- Steep descent 13%
- Descent 19%
- Flat 34%
- Climb 21%
- Steep climb 13%
- Total ascent
- 878 m
- Net elevation
- +15 m
- GAP factor
- 4.3%
- Longest climb
- 930 m at 5.2%
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 13°CTypical temperature
- 23 kphTypical wind
- 2 mmTypical rainfall
- 78Favourability /100
More race details
Is the NipMuck Trail Marathon flat?
Its normalised GAP factor is 4.3% slower than a flat course, with about 878 m of total ascent.