Name: 2025 Shoreline Sharks Savin Rock Marathon & Half Marathon
Start: 2025-03-29T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-29T19:59:59-04:00
Location: Savin Rock Conference Center

EVENT INFO

Savin Rock Marathon & Half Marathon

March 29, 2025
8AM Start - Rain or Shine

Savin Rock Conference Center
6 Rock St., West Haven, CT 06516

Connecticut's 2nd largest Marathon

Join us for our 15th Annual event

The 2025 Eastern Region Championship
Half Marathon for the Road Runners Club of America and the Connecticut State Championship Marathon

CUTOFFS AND EARLY STARTS

Half Marathon Time cutoff is 5:00. All Half Marathoners will start at 8:00am

Marathon Time cutoff is 6:30 (Please do not enter this race if you cant do 6:30 or better and that includes the early start).

The Second loop closes at 11:00am, so any Marathoner who has not started the second loop will become an official Half Marathon Finisher.

Those who plan to run a 5:45 hour to 6:30 Marathon, you MUST start at 7:30am.
There will be an official 7:30am start for early starters.

NOTE: Early starts are only for those who will do a 5:45-6:30 range marathon. We can't have anyone else go early. You will be DQed if you start early and finish faster than 5:30.

We will be lenient and DQs will be give on a case by case basis.

Finisher Medals!

There will be no online registrations after midnight on March 26

REGISTRATION OPTIONS & PRICING

Total may be more or less based on additional options such as donations.

EVENT	EARLY BIRD	MARCH 1	RACE DAY
HALF MARATHON	$80.38*	$85.55*	Race day is cash or check made out to “cash” or Venmo to “ShorelineSharks” ONLY (NO CARDS) $85
MARATHON	$116.60*	$126.95*	Race day is cash or check made out to “cash” or Venmo to “ShorelineSharks” ONLY (NO CARDS) $120

*Includes processing fee
NO deferrals and NO transfers.

Registration Options

Half Marathon ($75.00)
Price increases to $80 on 3/1 & $85 on race day.
Marathon ($110.00)
Price increases to $120 on 3/1 & $125 on race day.

PARTICIPANT INFO

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AGE ON RACE DAY

GENDER

Male
Female

T-Shirt Size (Sizes not guaranteed!)

How did you hear about registration this year?

EMERGENCY CONTACT

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Phone Number

READ & INITIAL TO AGREE

Registration fees are used toward race expenses and cannot be returned once you sign up.

Terms & Agreements

ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE

Nor are they transferable from year to year. Once you are signed up, race fees are used for race expenses and cannot be returned.

In consideration of accepting this entry, I understand and agree to be legally bound hereby for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, successors and waive, release and hold harmless Savin Rock Marathon & Half Marathon, Shoreline Sharks, elitefeats inc., and any volunteers and all race sponsors and their agents, employees and representatives for any and all injuries, claims, liabilities and causes of action related to my participation in this event. I attest that I am physically fit and have sufficiently trained for the completion of this event and that my condition has been verified by a licensed medical doctor. I further grant permission to any of the foregoing organizations to take and use photographs, video, and recordings or any other record of this event for any purpose whatsoever.

If signed by a parent, the parent agrees to release and hold the above-named organizations and persons harmless of any claims which may be asserted by or on behalf of the entrant as well.

I have read and agree to the terms above.

I agree to T&A & NON-REFUNDABLE fees*

Initial to agree to T&A & NON-REFUNDABLE fees

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March 29, 2025
8AM Start - Rain or Shine

Savin Rock Conference Center
6 Rock St., West Haven, CT 06516

AMENITIES

Men's and Women's cut Short Sleeve Tech T-Shirts for all entrants
Custom Finisher medals for all Finishers
Water, Gatorade Endurance, fresh bagels, and bananas at the finish line for Finishers
LIVE / Text / Email Results
FREE Finish Line Photos

AWARDS

Custom pint pilsner glass awards

Top 3 M/F Overall
Top 3 M/F Age Groups : 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+
Anyone who drops down in distance is NOT eligible for awards. See below for Drop Down Guarantee details!

BIB PICKUP

Please see the event staff starting at 6:15AM.

You must know your bib number in order to pick up your bib. If you do not know your bib number there will be a Self Lookup area.

COURSE

Our course is challenging and starts off with 4 miles flat, followed by 5 hills in the next 5 miles and finishes downhill and flat for the final 4 miles. Do that twice for the Marathon.

1/3 of the course is along Long Island Sound.

Some roads will be partially closed (Police at intersections) but most roads will be open.

Aid stations every 2 miles beginning at Mile 2.5 stocked with Water & Gatorade Endurance.

Porto-Lets at Miles 4.5, 6.55, 13.1, 17.6, 21.5.

Check out the Half Marathon* Course HERE

Check out the Marathon* Course HERE

*This is a USATF Certified Course and a Boston Marathon Qualifier!

CUTOFFS AND EARLY STARTS

Half Marathon Time cutoff is 5:00. All Half Marathoners will start at 8:00am

Marathon Time cutoff is 6:30 (Please do not enter this race if you cant do 6:30 or better and that includes the early start).

The Second loop closes at 11:00am, so any Marathoner who has not started the second loop will become an official Half Marathon Finisher.

Those who plan to run a 5:45 hour to 6:30 Marathon, you MUST start at 7:30am.

There will be an official 7:30am start for early starters.

NOTE: Early starts are only for those who will do a 5:45-6:30 range marathon. We can't have anyone else go early. You will be DQed if you start early and finish faster than 5:30.

We will be lenient and DQs will be give on a case by case basis.

DROP DOWN GUARANTEE

Any Marathoner can drop down to the Half Marathon and be an official finisher.

You can stop before the 2nd loop or you can try the second loop and not complete it (Mile 17 is across the street from the venue).

Your Half Marathon split time will be an official Half Marathon Finish. We call this the "Drop Down Guarantee" and many people do it every year.

Just let the timer know and they will change it. You will not be eligible for awards.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Saturday March 29, 2025
6:15am: Registration / Bib and Shirt Pickup Opens
7:30am: Registration / Bib and Shirt Pickup Closes
7:30am: Marathon Early Starters GO
8:00am: Marathon & Half Marathon Starts
9:15am: First Finishers for the Half Marathon
10:40am: First Finishers for the Marathon
10:40am: Start of the Second Loop closes
12:30pm: Final Half Marathon Finishers
2:00pm: Final Marathon Finishers & Venue Closed

Savin Rock Conference Center (on the beach side)
6 Rock St. West Haven, CT. 06516

Bring photo ID

PARKING

TRAVEL AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

Air Travel
West Haven, Connecticut can be accessed easily from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, CT. (59 Miles away) as well as JFK International Airport (77 miles away) and LaGuardia International Airport, (70 miles away) both in Queens, NY. Bradley will be MUCH easier to fly through and travel to and from the race venue, but the tickets may be more expensive. Recently Tweed Regional Airport has offered flights from various cities so check them out too. Tweed is less than 10 miles from the venue.

Train Travel
West Haven Train Station is 1.5 miles from the venue.
Service from NYC and Boston among other places.

Hotels
The closest (2 miles from the venue) hotels to stay in for the Savin Rock Marathon & Half Marathon are:
Hampton Inn Suites
510 Saw Mill Rd. West Haven, CT. 06516
Phone (203) 932-0404