The Foot Traffic Flat Marathon is a flat, fast course in Sauvie Island (15 minutes north of Portland, OR).
If the 4th falls on a cool day, PRs and BQs will be very achievable on this fast course.
The race starts and finishes at the Pumpkin Patch and will feature our regular half marathon loop as well as an out and back along Sauvie Island Rd. The course is very flat with a few gentle rolls along Sauvie Island Rd., when you rise up onto the levy, & on the short out & back section near the school.
The Foot Traffic Flat Marathon was the 198th largest marathon in the U.S. last year and was the 203rd largest in 2022.
This year 12.4% of finishers qualified for the Boston Marathon and 18.2% of runners qualified for Boston in 2023.
This gives the Foot Traffic Flat Marathon the 68th highest percentage of Boston Marathon qualifiers in the U.S. last year and the 117th highest percentage so far in 2024.
Its Course Score of 99.53 ranks it as the 90th fastest marathon course in the U.S. and the 4th fastest course in Oregon.
The typical race time temperature and humidity levels are above the ideal range for optimal marathon performance. This, coupled with the Course Score, gives the Foot Traffic Flat Marathon a PR Score of 98.17. This PR Score ranks it as the 246th fastest marathon in the U.S. and the 6th fastest in Oregon.
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Foot Traffic Flat Marathon Elevation Chart
Max Elevation: 53 feet (16m) Min Elevation: 18 feet (5m)
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I ran with a hydration pack for the first time for the race and I think it helped. Great course. Flat and fast. You'll probably do a lot of running alone because it's a smaller race. Probably the flattest possible course and the flattest I've run other than Jacksonville. It is tough navigating toward the end because there are all the different distances convening, but an optimal summer race.
I have ran this race since it's inaugural in 2003. All half marathons though I did do the Full in 2012 as my 10th year running the event. The 1/2 marathon is a single loop on paved roads. It is an agricultural community with farms and fields. The Full marathon runs the same loop as the 1/2 plus an additional rout that spans the Columbia channel on the west side of the island. Beautiful course and plenty of water stations.
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Only draw back is that the heat may get to you on the full marathon; July is a hot month for marathon running and not ideal but it is a flat and fast event.
