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March 28, 2026
8AM Start - Rain or Shine

Jimmie's Restaurant
5 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. You will have a choice of 2 designs!
• Poland Spring Water, Gatorade Endurance, fresh bagels, and bananas at the finish line for Finishers.
• LIVE / Text / Email Results
• FREE downloadable Race photos and Finisher Certificate from elitefeats

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!
  
  Award winners can immediately get their awards from the awards table. We do not have an award ceremony. Grab and go, don't waste the day waiting. Go into town and get a meal!

BIB PICKUP

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

• You must know your bib number in order to pick up your bib. 

COURSE

*Small change for 2026

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 or Volunteers at most intersections) but most roads will be open. 

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

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

Half Marathon Course on Strava (2 loops for the Marathon) 

USATF Certified Marathon Course: Coming Soon

Boston Marathon Qualifier.

USATF Certified Half Marathon Course: Coming Soon

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

Venue: 5 Rock St. West Haven, CT. 06516
Jimmie's Restaurant will host registration, Porto-lets, awards, etc. in the lot & boardwalk. Go to the Beach Side.
We have the permit to park there, other beach lots, and at Jimmie's.

CUTOFFS AND EARLY STARTS

Half Marathon Time cutoff is 4:30 or an 20 minute per mile pace. (There is NO EARLY START for the Half Marathon. All will start at 8am)

The Marathon Time cutoff is 6:30 which is 2pm (early start included). 

The Second loop closes at 10:40am, so any Marathoner who has not started the second loop by then will become an official Half Marathon Finisher. No one at all can go out for loop 2 after 10:40am.

Those who plan to run a 5:30 hour to 6:30 Marathon, MUST start at 7:30am. There will be an organized Start.

Please do not sign up for the Marathon if you can't complete a hilly course in 6:30 or less. 

NOTE: Early starts are only for those who will do a 5:30-6:30 range marathon. We can't have anyone else go early. You will be DQed if you start early and finish faster than 5:15-ish. We will look at each case that is close.

DROP DOWN GUARANTEE

The "Drop Down Guarantee" means that any Marathoner can drop down to the Half Marathon and be an official Half Marathon 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. Many people do it every year. Just let the timer know and he/she will change it. You will not be eligible for awards.
Bibs and Shirts will ONLY be available during registration on race day. We do not keep or ship these.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Saturday March 28, 2026 (Dawn is 6:14am, Sunrise is 6:42am)
6:15am: Registration / Bib and Shirt Pickup Opens
7:30am: Early Starters GO (Marathon Only)
7:45am: Registration / Bib and Shirt Pickup Closes
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 Finisher
2:00pm: Final Marathon Finishers and Venue Closes

Jimmie's Restaurant will host registration, Porto-lets, awards, etc. in the lot & boardwalk. Go to the Beach Side. 5 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

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RESULTS & PHOTOS

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