Austin Marathon last 2.2 miles

The Austin Marathon route is finally approved and official.
As i mentioned, last week we ran the first 14 or so miles, and I commented on the changes that had been made.
As they added distance on the front end, I wondered where they changes cut distance on the back end.
I figured that they surely had removed that mentally demoralizing left hand turn up Avenue H at mile 22, but that was still there.
The change happens at Mile 6 where we don't run a few blocks around downtown, and instead just head west on Cesar Chavez from South First Bridge.

Another not so exciting change is at mile 24. Usually, you only have one more hill to deal with at mile 25.5, but now after flying down Duval and San Jacinto by Jo Coffee, you don't head straight (flat) through campus and UT stadium. Instead, you now take a hard right on Dean Keaton and climb up that nasty hill and run over to Guadalupe. From there you run south downhill, then face yet another little painful dip up 15th, and then head down to San Jacinto, for a right turn so you can face that last hill so many people hated last year.
So there you have it, instead of one last hill at 25.75, the course adds one nasty climb at 24, another little up-dip at mile 25, then another at 25.75.
(I wonder how many race reports I'll read where people fell apart in these hills)

Race Elevation

Course Map


Dean Keaton Hill Mile 24


Guadalupe to 15th hill Mile 25


San Jacinto Hill Mile 25.8