GAP factor 0.6% slower than flat · net elevation -2 m
Decision summary
Lower than 53% of comparable mapped races
6:30:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
Quick answers
RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls Marathon route has 305 m of ascent, 307 m of descent and an estimated 0.6% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The Sioux Falls Marathon route starts at Large parking lot east of Howard Wood Field, Sioux Falls and finishes at The track at Howard Wood Field. Underfoot, expect paved (city streets and paved Greenway Trail pathways). It passes Downtown Sioux Falls, Falls Park, Big Sioux River Greenway Trail, Covell Lake and St. Joseph Cathedral.
6:45 a.m. CDT (half marathon 7:00 a.m. CDT, 5K 10:15 a.m. CDT). BEAST Pacing provides pacers at 3:30, 3:45, 4:00, 4:15, 4:30, 4:45, 5:00 and 5:30. Live tracking provided by mtec Results.
The stored route produces 305 m of ascent, while a source states 186 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Its normalised GAP factor is 0.6% slower than a flat course, with about 305 m of total ascent.