Course Information

Course Maps

The 2025 Course Maps are here! Click any link below to view the corresponding course:

Thanks to our partners at Garmin, you can also download the full and half marathon courses to your Garmin device at these links:
- 26.2 Distance
- 13.1 Distance

Medical Support

UPMC Sports Medicine will provide medical support at the start and finish lines and throughout the race course. Medical staff will be available to support participants in need at 17 medical aid stations along the course. Each tent will be equipped with a team of medical personnel, ambulances, and emergency and first aid supplies.

Aid Station Locations:

Mile 2.0 - Corner of 26th Street & Penn Avenue
Mile 4.4 - Corner of North Commons & Federal Street
Mile 5.4 - Corner of North Shore Drive & Chuck Noll Way*
Mile 8.1 - 1401 West Carson Street
Mile 9.2 - Carson Street past Smithfield Street*
Mile 10.5 - East Carson Street between 19th & 20th Streets
Mile 12 (HALF) - Fifth Avenue & Marion Street
Mile 12.5 - Corner of Forbes Avenue & McKee Place
Mile 14 - Corner of Saint James and Fifth Avenue
Mile 15.6 - Fifth Avenue at Mellon Park*
Mile 16.4 - Corner of Hamilton Ave. & N. Murtland St.
Mile 17.8 - Corner of Frankstown Avenue & N Lang Avenue
Mile 19.1 - Corner of East Liberty Boulevard & Negley Run
Mile 20.2 - Corner of North Negley & Bryant Street
Mile 22.0 - Corner of Baum Boulevard & Liberty Avenue*
Mile 23.1 - Corner of Liberty Avenue & 40th Street
Mile 24.4 - Corner of 26th Street & Liberty Avenue
Finish - Boulevard of the Allies & Stanwix Street

*Denotes marathon relay exchange zone

Fluid Stations

There are 19 fluid stations located throughout the course, approximately one to two miles apart. Each fluid station consists of the following amenities:

Toilet facilities
Water
Neversecond C30 Sports Drink - Citrus

Additionally, Neversecond C30 Energy Gels are available at three fluid stations on race day: at mile 9.8 on the DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon and UPMC Health Plan Half Marathon course, along with miles 12.5 and 20.6 on the marathon course.

Neversecond C30 Energy Gel - Berry and Citrus
Neversecond C30+ Energy Gel - Cola (caffeinated)

Fluid Station Locations

Mile 2 - Penn Avenue between 27th & 26th Streets
Mile 3.7 - Cedar Avenue between Avery & Pressley Streets
Mile 5.3 - North Shore Drive at Tony Dorsett Drive*
Mile 6.2 - Fulton Street between Ridge & Western Avenues
Mile 8. - 1625 West Carson
Mile 9.1 - Carson Street & Smithfield Street Bridge*
Mile 9.9 - East Carson Street between 7th and 9th Streets
Mile 10.6 - East Carson Street between 21st Street and Birmingham Bridge
Mile 11.8 (HALF) - Fifth Avenue at Dinwiddie Street
Mile 12.4 - Forbes Avenue at McKee Place
Mile 13.5 - 4802 Fifth Avenue
Mile 15.1 - Fifth Avenue & Emerson Street*
Mile 16.5 - Hamilton Ave. & N. Murtland St.
Mile 17.7 - 7130 Frankstown
Mile 18.8 - East Liberty Boulevard after turn from Frankstown Avenue
Mile 19.8 - 1035 N Highland Avenue
Mile 20.6 - N Negley before Stanton Avenue
Mile 22.2 - 5135 Liberty Avenue*
Mile 23.1 - Corner of Liberty Avenue & 40th Street
Mile 24.4 - Liberty Avenue between 27th & 26th Streets
Mile 25.4 - Liberty Avenue between 12th & 11th Streets
Finish - Boulevard of the Allies and Stanwix Street

*These fluid stations coincide with marathon relay exchanges and are only available to runners who are completing their relay leg.

Restrooms

Toilet facilities are located at each fluid station along the course.

Course Time Limit

City streets, police officers and support are contracted for specific times and cannot be extended. Some easy points to remember:

All participants must be to the 16th Street Bridge by 8:40 a.m.
All participants must be to the West End Bridge by 9:40 a.m.
All participants must be to the Birmingham Bridge by 10:40 a.m.

If you cannot adhere to the 20:00 minutes per mile pace for the first half of the marathon course or the 16:00 minutes per mile pace for the second half of the marathon course, you may be asked to board a sweep vehicle that will take you to the relay shuttle drop off area at Centre Avenue and 6th Avenue, which is several blocks from the finish line.

If you choose to not board the sweep vehicle when/if requested, you will need to move to the sidewalk so traffic can resume. If you choose to continue after the course has reopened, there will be no medical support, fluid stations or course marshals at intersections, and the course will no longer be marked.

Participants after that time will not be guaranteed an official time or medal.

Timing Checkpoints and Clocks

Timing checkpoints on the marathon course are positioned at the start line, Mile 4.4, Mile 9.1, Mile 13.1, Mile 15.5, Mile 20 and at the finish line. On the Half Marathon Course, timing checkpoints are positioned at the start line, Mile 4.4, Mile 9.1, and at the finish line. Your Chronotrack B-tag timing device will register split times at each of these checkpoints.

Digital clocks are positioned at the start line, at each mile and at the finish line. Important to note that this is the elapsed event time - not necessarily a runner’s current time.

Course Accreditation

The courses for the DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon and FedEx Pittsburgh Marathon Relay are all measured and certified according to USA Track and Field guidelines and procedures.