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FirstEnergy Akron Marathon

Akron, OH · Saturday, September 26, 2026

FirstEnergy Akron Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Climb
1184 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
57°F to 73°Ften-year normals, 37% of days wet

Fly the course

All 26.2 miles through a model of Akron built from OpenStreetMap: real building footprints, heights and roof shapes, the water, and the course line itself. Scrub it, switch cameras, or let it play.

Route statustraced from the course file the race itself publishes. KML export of the official course page's Google My Maps embed

Course line traced from the course file the race itself publishes. KML export of the official course page's Google My Maps embed Buildings, roads, parks and shorelines are OpenStreetMap, ODbL, so building coverage varies block to block. Public-domain USGS/USDA aerial imagery and USGS 3DEP terrain are served as static site assets; no paid map API runs in the browser. This is photographic terrain with modeled architecture, not photogrammetry. Bridge approaches, elevations and facade details remain approximate. The organizer's published route is the reference.

Accuracy check: drawn line is within 1.1% of the certified 26.2 miles; no part of the line passes through a building; 86% of it sits on a mapped road; closest it ever comes to a building wall is 1.8 m.

Known issue with this course file: The All-America (Y) Bridge carries the course about 300 feet above the Cuyahoga valley, and the elevation track used to follow the valley floor underneath it rather than the deck, which invented two climbs here that no runner makes. The deck elevations have been corrected, and miles 12 and 13 now read as the descent the race's own climb table describes. Rally from the Valley and the Portage Path climb are real and match that table.

The elevation profile

700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: +0.4% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: +0.7% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: -0.9% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: -0.8% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: +0.0% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: +1.5% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: +0.8% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: -0.5% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: -0.5% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: +0.4% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: +0.6% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: -2.3% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: +0.9% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: +1.3% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: -1.6% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: +0.6% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: +1.4% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: +1.4% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: +0.9% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: -1.8% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: -0.1% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: +1.0% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: -0.6% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: -1.9% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: -0.8% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: +1.3% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: -0.7% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: -0.5% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: -0.1% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: -0.2% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: -1.1% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: +1.1% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: -1.4% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: +1.0% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: +0.2% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: +0.8% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: +0.9% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: +0.9% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: +1.0% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: +2.4% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: -2.3% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: -1.3% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: -1.7% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: -1.2% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: -1.1% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: -1.5% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: +0.2% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: +0.3% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: +3.1% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: +0.2% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: +1.0% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: -0.1% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: +0.5% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: -0.1% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: -0.4% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: +0.6% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: -0.5% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: -0.9% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: -1.7% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: -0.3% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: -0.3% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: -0.3% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: +3.3% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: -2.3% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: -3.8% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: -2.4% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: -1.8% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: -0.4% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: -0.9% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: -2.0% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: -0.3% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: +0.0% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: -0.3% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: -0.0% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +0.6% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: -0.9% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: -1.2% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: +0.8% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: +0.7% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: +1.1% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: -0.0% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: -0.0% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: -1.3% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: -0.0% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: -0.2% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: +1.8% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: +2.2% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: +1.5% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: -0.9% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: -2.9% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: +1.2% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: -2.9% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: +1.8% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: +1.8% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: +1.4% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: +0.9% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: +1.2% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: +0.7% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: +5.1% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: +1.5% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: +0.6% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: -0.2% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: +0.3% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: -0.2% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: +1.7% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: -0.1% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +0.6% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: +0.1% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: +0.1% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: -0.9% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: +0.3% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: +0.9% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: +1.1% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: +4.1% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: -0.6% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: -1.3% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: +0.3% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: +1.3% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: +0.5% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: +0.1% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: +0.7% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -1.8% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: -0.9% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: -3.2% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: -2.3% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: -1.2% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: +1.2% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: -2.2% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: -2.2% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: +1.1% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: +0.8% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +329 ft +80 ft +67 ft
steep up up flat down steep down

1184 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 758 and 1116 feet of elevation. Rally from the Valley climbs from mile 18.37 to 24.18, 329 feet up, the race's own hill list calls it 108 feet over one mile at 1.9%, miles 18.1 to 19.1. Also named on this course: the Portage Path climb, the Y-Bridge. Click the profile to jump the flythrough to that mile.

Mile by mile

Every mile of the course on the same vertical scale, so they compare at a glance. Net is what the mile does to your elevation; steepest fifth is the sharpest continuous fifth of a mile inside it, the same unit the colour strip above uses.

MileShapeNetElevation Steepest fifthStreets
1+3 ft979 ft+1.3%South High Street
2+32 ft1011 ft+2.3%South Main Street, South High Street
3-9 ft1003 ft-2.2%South Main Street, East Firestone Boulevard
4+33 ft1037 ft-2.0%South Firestone Boulevard, East Firestone Boulevard, Aster Avenue
5-37 ft997 ft-2.2%East Archwood Avenue, South Main Street, Bellows Street
6+15 ft1011 ft+1.2%South Main Street
7-12 ft1000 ft-1.8%Wolf Ledges Parkway, East Thornton Street, South Main Street
8+76 ft1077 ft+3.2%Wolf Ledges Parkway, South Union Street, South Forge Street
9-99 ft980 ft-2.2%East Mill Street, Fir Hill, South Broadway Street
10+17 ft991 ft+3.2%All-America Bridge, North Main Street, North Broadway Street
11+7 ft999 ft+1.1%North Main Street, East Cuyahoga Falls Avenue, West Cuyahoga Falls Avenue
12-49 ft950 ft-1.7%North Main Street, East Tallmadge Avenue, West Tallmadge Avenue
13-72 ft878 ft-5.5%All-America Bridge, Howard Street, North High Street
14-78 ft789 ft-2.3%Howard Street, West North Street
15-4 ft784 ft+0.5%
16-4 ft781 ft-1.3%
17-18 ft762 ft-1.7%
18+23 ft784 ft-3.6%Sand Run Parkway, North Portage Path
19+64 ft848 ft-3.1%Sand Run Parkway
20+131 ft982 ft+6.1%Sand Run Parkway, Sand Run Road
21+26 ft1008 ft+2.0%Overwood Road, Wiltshire Road
22-6 ft1002 ft-1.0%Wiltshire Road, Fairfax Road
23+75 ft1078 ft+4.4%Garman Road, Castle Boulevard, North Portage Path
24+19 ft1096 ft-1.5%North Portage Path
25-112 ft985 ft-4.3%West Market Street, North Portage Path
26-26 ft955 ft-2.7%West Market Street, South Main Street, East Market Street

The course on a map

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Course geometry traced from the course file the race itself publishes. City geometry is OpenStreetMap, ODbL. Weather normals are ten years of Open-Meteo reanalysis around race day at the start line. Confirm dates and registration on the official site. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it fast.