6 Hour Distance Classic

6 Hour Distance Classic

Sunday April 12th @ 8:00am

The 28th Annual 6-Hour Distance Classic! Run or walk as far as you can for up to 6 hours. All certified distances occur concurrently. This contains a USATF-Certified half-marathon and full marathon. You may use your marathon finish time as a Boston Qualifier.

All timing stops at 2:00 p.m.(6 hours)  Partial laps at the end of the race will count, but only if the runner completes the full lap.  

This event is for everyone. Run 1 lap or 45 laps, it's up to you!

8:00am Start Time

Race Location, Packet Pickup and In Person Registration
Amherst Bike Path at Northtown Center - 1615 Amherst Manor Drive, Williamsville NY 14221 (directions below)
Race Day, 7:00 am-7:45 am

Pricing:
$10 U.S. Ages 13 and under, and ages 70 and over
$45 U.S. Ages 14-69 prior to April 11th at midnight
$50 U.S. Ages 14-69 on race day

Awards:
All Runners Will Receive a Finishers Medal

Entire course is run on the traffic-free Amherst Bike Path!

The course is a P-Shaped loop so that you are never further than 1.5 miles from water, munchies, porta-potties and your vehicle and personal stash of running support supplies, if you wish.
 

You don't have to complete 4 or 8 laps to participate. We welcome all runners to run as many or few laps as they like!

5k loop - USATF Certified NY23006JJ
 

Marathon -  Complete 8 full loops plus an additional 2.195 km
USATF Certified Course  NY23007JJ

The Boston Athletics Association (BAA) solicits our marathon results each year to identify Boston Qualifying(BQ) performances. Runners have qualified for Boston at our event.

Half Marathon - complete 4 full loops plus an additional 1.0975 km
USATF Certified Course  NY23008JJ.

The aid station is setup near the primary timing station at the Turn-Around.  Water, Gatorade, munchies are constantly available.  Pizza and pop will be served at this location starting half way through.

Need to mail in a paper application?  Download one here.