• Pittsburgh,
    Pennsylvania,
    United States
  • May
  • 3 miles/5K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon, 26.2 miles/Marathon, Relay, Virtual Race
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Jenn Savedge

Luray, Virginia, United States
25 15
2017
"Train for the hills and this may become your new favorite race"
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Jenn Savedge's thoughts:

The Pittsburgh Marathon offers an amazing way to tour this beautiful and crazy fun city. Yes, there are some hills, including one doozy around mile 11. But honestly, they are not that bad at all and if you just include a hill or two in your training rotation you will be fine. The race organizers even recruit special volunteers to be "hill runners" whose sole job is to encourage and run with people up that tough hill. That support, plus the support from volunteers and spectators was amazing.

Other than that big hill, you'll experience gentle rollers that take you past PNC Park (where the Pirates play), Heinz Field (Steelers), the Carnegie Science Museum, the Strip District (not at all seedy), and a number of cool subdivisions in which spectators came out in droves offering everything from beer to gummy worms.

The swag was your usual standard fare of long-sleeved tee and race bag along with some really cool custom race socks. Nice touch!

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