2026 Syracuse Half Marathon

Elevation:

Our 2026 course has an elevation of 325'. Our original course (2013 - 2025) was an elevation 570'

Aid Stations

9 aid stations are located along the course approximately one to two miles apart. Each aid station consists of the following amenities in this order:

Standard portable toilets
Gatorade Endurance Formula (lemon-lime flavor)
GU Gels
Water

*Runner Transport vehicles provide non-emergency transportation back to Oncenter if a participant is unable to complete the race.

COURSE TIME LIMIT

The Syracuse Half Marathon has a course time limit of 3 hours and 30 minutes, a 16-minute mile pace. An event vehicle following the last starter will maintain a 16-minute mile pace indicating to event and traffic safety personnel when it is time to re-open the course to vehicular traffic. You must maintain a 16-minute per mile pace (approximately) or faster to receive full on-course support from aid stations and traffic safety personnel.

Participants who finish after 11:30 a.m. may not be recorded or published as official finishers and will not receive full on-course support from aid stations and traffic safety personnel.

Split Times & Clocks

Timing checkpoints are positioned at the start line, 5K, 10k, 15k & finish line. Your timing device will register split times at each of these checkpoints.

Digital clocks are positioned at the start line, every five kilometers the course and at the finish line to provide the elapsed race time.

Turn by turn

Start running N on S State St
Left onto E Fayette St
Left onto Montgomery St
Left onto E Jefferson St
Quick right to continue running S on Montgomery St
Pass E Adams St, then follow Montgomery St as it curves left through the parking lot
Right onto S State St
Left onto Burt St
Right onto Oakwood Ave
Right onto E Kennedy St
Right onto S State St
Left onto Burt St
Right onto S Salina St
Bear right onto S Warren St
Right onto E Washington St
Left onto Almond St
Almond St becomes Catherine St
Bear left onto Lodi St
Left onto the exit ramp (counterflow) from Hiawatha Blvd W
Left onto Hiawatha Blvd W
Left onto Solar St
Pass two parking lots (on the runners’ right), then make an immediate right on the road with the bus stop (see detail map)
Right onto the road running NW (on the SE side of the parking lots—see detail map)
Left onto Harborside Dr
Complete a full, clockwise loop around the mall via Harborside Dr and Destiny USA Dr
Left onto the road on the S side of said loop (where runners entered the loop)
Run under the overpass for Hiawatha Blvd W, then immediate left onto the Onondaga Creekwalk ramp
Make the 180-degree turn at the top of the ramp to run SW on the pedestrian path parallel to Hiawatha Blvd W
Cross Onondaga Creek, then make an immediate left onto the Onondaga Creekwalk
Run under the overpass for Bear St W, then make an immediate right onto the trail heading SW towards Van Rensselaer St
Left onto Van Rensselaer St
Right onto W Kirkpatrick St
Pass Hunter Ave, then left onto Spencer St (counterflow on the turn)
Right onto Maltbie St
Left onto Evans St
Left onto N Franklin St
Right onto Genant Dr
Left onto N Clinton St
Right onto Spencer St
Spencer St becomes Catawba St
Right onto Lodi St
Right onto Catherine St
Catherine St becomes Almond St
Right onto E Washington St
Left onto S Warren St
Left onto Madison St
Left onto Montgomery St
Left onto E Jefferson St
Quick right to continue running N on Montgomery St
Right onto E Fayette St
Right onto S State St to the Finish