Run Empowered Series — 2026 — Course Map, Elevation Profile & Aid Stations

Course map, elevation profile & surface

Distance

33.6mi

Elev gain

3,159ft

Elev loss

3,140ft

High point

899ft

Low point

636ft

Surface

86% trail

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Race-day light

In the dark

Sunrise

7:37am

Sunset

5:16pm

Headlamp from

The start

For a 7:05 finish (an estimate) · starting 7:00 AM Dec 1 · dark at the start until mi 0.6. Dark means the sun below civil twilight.

Elevation gain, measured two ways

Source	Gain	vs lidar
Course file (GPX)	3,159ft	+30%
USGS lidar, 1 m	2,425ft	reference

They differ because a GPS file picks up noise on every wiggle and often takes its heights from a coarse terrain model, while lidar maps the ground itself to about a metre. We sampled this route every 98 ft against USGS 3DEP and counted each rise of 10 ft or more, on Oct 24, 2026. The planner still uses the course file.

Aid stations as published on the course file

Aid station	Mile	km
A unmanned water stop 2	2.8	4.6
A Reisinger Boat Ramp AS	7.6	12.2
A Twin Bridges AS	13.7	22.1
A Nature Center AS	20.3	32.7
A Little Miami River AS	25.7	41.4
A unmanned water stop	30.2	48.5
Start/Finish Aid Station	33.5	54.0

Badge colours match the markers on the map above — always confirm locations and cutoffs with the race organizer.

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Conditions typical race-day weather for Dec 1 at the start

Typical high

45°F

Typical low

33°F

Chance of rain

34%

2025 high

34°F

Typical = the median of 2016–2025 for Dec 1 ±3 days at the start line; a wet day has 1 mm of rain or more. Historical weather from Open-Meteo.

Race almanac 1 year of this race

Past editions

On race day it reached 34°F at the start, with a low of 26°.

Year	Start °F	Rain	Wind
2025 Dec 1	34°/26°	0.02in	9mph

Next race day Tue, Dec 1, 2026 · 7:00 AM start

First lightsunrise 7:37 am

7:08am

Last lightsunset 5:16 pm

5:45pm

Moonlast quarter, up from 1:19 am

40% lit

First and last light are civil twilight, the sun 6° below the horizon. The moon is lit as at midnight after the start; headlamp hours count a typical finish from the start while the sun is below civil twilight. Worked out for the start line.

race-day weather from the Open-Meteo historical archive (ERA5) at the start line.

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About this course

Run Empowered Series — 2026 covers 33.6 mi (54.0 km) with 3,159 ft of elevation gain through Ohio, United States. That is about 94 ft per mile of climbing, and 3,140 ft of descent. The course tops out at 899 ft and bottoms out at 636 ft. The surface is 86% trail, 13% paved and 1% gravel. There are 6 aid stations on course; the longest stretch between aid is 6.6 mi. Race day is December 1, 2026, starting at 7:00 AM; the sun rises at 7:37 AM and sets at 5:16 PM. Typical race-day weather at the start: a high of 45°F and a low of 33°F, with a 34% chance of a wet day. The interactive map above shows the full route with its elevation profile and aid stations, built from the course's GPS file.

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