GAP factor -0.2% slower than flat · net elevation -78 m
Decision summary
Lower than 42% of comparable mapped races
6:00:00 total cut-off
Verified GPS route
Quick answers
RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Med City Marathon, presented by ActivePT (Rochester, MN) Relay, 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 Med City Marathon, presented by ActivePT (Rochester, MN) Relay route has 319 m of ascent, 397 m of descent and an estimated -0.2% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The setting includes city and countryside. one of the qualifying races for the Boston Marathon, run on a net-downhill course finishing in downtown Rochester.
Live bands and on-course entertainment along the route, with live music at the downtown finish-line festival.
Its normalised GAP factor is -0.2% slower than a flat course, with about 319 m of total ascent.