Sorry, Online Registration is Closed
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
Best Western Executive Hotel
490 Saw Mill Rd. West Haven, CT. 06516
Phone (203) 933-0344
QUESTIONS
RESULTS & PHOTOS
- LIVE Online/Email/Text Results and FREE Video & Same-day finish line pics
- Find Misc Photos on Facebook @elitefeats