Mercy Health Glass City Marathon — Course Open 6.5 Hours

2023 RRCA NATIONAL Championship • 5 new course records

26.2 • Marathon Event Details

6:30am Sunday, April 28, 2024

Wheeler Start Time: 6:30am

USATF Sanctioned Marathon EventUSATF Certified Course — Mercy Health Glass City Marathon is a Roadrunners Club of America Championship Event     50 Best Boston Qualifier Marathons

The Mercy Health Glass City Marathon (GCM) course will begin on Bancroft St. near the University of Toledo North Tower. It will circle campus past Ottawa Park before continuing West into beautiful Ottawa Hills. Heading north into the quiet neighborhood of Ottawa Hills, the course leads you to the area’s finest Metroparks system utilizing the University Parks bike Trail. A tour through Sylvania leads you back to Wildwood Metropark and down the bike trail to a short tour of the UT campus, concluding with the finish on the field inside the Glass Bowl stadium. This course has little elevation changes, smooth paved roads, and annually posts top 25 in the USA race times and a memorable experience for everyone running.

Mercy Health Glass City Marathon is a USA Track & Field Sanctioned Event — Allowing for Olympic Trials Qualification

Course Open: 6.5 Hours *Time Limit Strictly Enforced by Local Police — SAG vehicles will be present should you be unable to meet cutoff times. There are two checkpoints along the course and you must maintain approximately a 15 minute per mile pace to complete within the 6.5 hour time limit. You will not be allowed to continue if you do not make the checkpoints in time, SAG vehicles will travel at the course closing pace and will pick up runners along the route and at aid stations, who choose to discontinue the race or fall behind pace (under none medical circumstances).

PUNCH YOUR TICKET TO BOSTON
OVER A THIRD OF THE FIELD QUALIFIES FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON IN TOLEDO

Mercy Health Glass City Marathon • Block Pricing

The low-low rates you’ve come to expect from the Mercy Health Glass City Marathon remain the same as last year. The earlier you signup to Run Glass City, the better pricing will be available. Tiered/block are in place for this year’s running. Tier/block pricing rewards the earliest registrants with the best rates possible, while maintaining our extremely competitive pricing throughout the year. All events have been setup with total registrant caps on each block. Once each block sells out, subsequent tier/block prices activate automatically until the event sells out completely.

RUNNER PACKAGE INCLUDES

Mercy Health Glass City Marathon, 2024 Toledo Ohio

Premium Perks

  • Custom Apparel (jacket thru 12/15, tech shirt after)
  • Pacing Service for Marathoners
  • Commemorative Glass City Mug
  • Custom Finisher Medal
  • Chip Timing & Online Results
  • Lunch & Refreshments
  • Custom Awards
  • Optional Medal Personalization
  • + More

Virtual Perks

  • Custom Event Apparel (same as for in-person)
  • Finisher Medal
  • Custom BIB
  • Packet Shipping Included
  • Online Results
  • Online Photo Submission Access

Maximum Field: 1,750 Runners
Minimum Age: 16 on Race Day
USATF Certification #OH22014DH

IN-PERSON MARATHON

TIER PRICE REGISTRANTS
Tier 1 $75 1 to 250
Tier 2 $85 251 to 750
Tier 3 $100 751 to 1,250
Tier 4 $115 1,251+

VIRTUAL MARATHON

TIER PRICE REGISTRANTS
Tier 1 $85 Limited by Overall Field Size
Top Ranked Marathon, Since 1971, Toledo, Ohio, Glass City