Participants
2025 Athens Full & Half Marathon
Start Date: Sunday, April 13, 2025
Start Time: 8:00 am
Start Location: Corner of South College St. and East Union St.
Finish Location: Pruitt Field, Ohio University Track
Course Time Limit: 6 Hours (2:00 pm)
Event Pricing
Register for your spot in OHIO’S LONGEST RUNING MARATHON! Enter either the full marathon or half marathon.
ENTRY FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSERABLE. NO EXCEPTIONS.
ONCE WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR ENTRY, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A REFUND IF YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE, EVEN IF THE EVENT IS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF WEATHER, NATURAL DISASTER, OR OTHER UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE.
YOU MAY NOT DEFER YOUR ENTRY INTO NEXT YEAR’S RACE.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO PICK UP PACKET AND BIB PRIOR TO RACE MORNING AT THE PACKET PICK-UP. HOWEVER, WE WILL STILL OFFER LATE PACKET PICK-UP AND REGISTRATION ON RACE MORNING FROM 6:00AM to 7:15AM AT PACKET PICK-UP LOCATION.
MARATHON:
$40 through April 16th, 2024
$45 through July 31th, 2024
$50 through October 31th, 2024
$55 through November 30th, 2024
$65 through December 31st, 2024
$75 through January 31th, 2025
$80 through February 28th, 2025
$85 through March 31st, 2025
$90 through April 11th, 2025
$100 at packet pick-up
HALF-MARATHON:
$30 through April16th, 2024$35 through July31th, 2024
$40 through October 31th, 2024
$45 through November 30th, 2024
$55 through December 31st, 2024
$65 through January 31th, 2025
$70 through February 28th, 2025
$75 through March 31st, 2025
$80 through April 11th, 2025
$90 at packet pick-up
Course Description
The races start together at the corner of South College Street and East Union Street in uptown Athens by Ohio University College Green. Both races will be on the scenic Hockhocking Adena Bikeway which is fast and flat. Both courses are USATF certified and well marked. The marathon course serves as a Boston Qualifier.
USATF Certified: Click to download certification!
OH22001DH – Athens Ohio Marathon
OH22002DH – Athens Ohio Half Marathon
Both races will begin by heading west on Union St. After approximately a half mile runners will turn right on Smith St., and than bear to the left onto Byard St. After approximately 300 meters runners turn right onto Shafer St, and than make a left onto W. State Street. The first mile mark is located on W. State Street just before entering W. State Street Park. About a mile and a half into the race runners will begin running northwest on the Hocking Adena Bikeway towards Nelsonville, Ohio. From W. State Street runners will make a right hand turn onto the path.
After turning right onto the bike path runners will pass bike way mile post 4.5 (BW MP 4.5) on the bike path. This is the two mile mark for both races. The half marathon turnaround will be .05 miles south of BW MP 9 approximately 6.45 miles into the race. The marathoners will continue heading north on the bikeway at this point, while the half-marathons will turn around and head back on the bikeway to the finish at Pruitt Field on Shafer St. The marathon turnaround will be at BW MP 15.5 approximately 13 miles into the race. Marathoners will then head back on the bikeway and finish at Pruitt Field. Both races will finish on the track at Pruitt Field.

