On both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, we offer the following distances:

• Marathon – 4 loops of the 6.55-mile course

• Half Marathon – 2 loops of the 6.55-mile course

• 5K – a shortened version of the loop course

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​The marathon is not a Boston Qualifier. We were a qualifier for 10 years, but USATF requires you to completely go through the measuring and certification process every 10 years which is very costly. We don't typically have anyone using our race as a qualifier so we made the decision in 2022 not to recertify the course. Because it was previously measured and certified, we know the length is true and accurate.

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Half Marathon and Full Marathon:
Runners will circle through Celebration Park for the first 2 miles before taking a short ramp into a tunnel running under Angel Parkway. Another short ramp on the other side of the lighted tunnel and you are on Celebration Pass Trail which opened in June 2011. This trail is straight as an arrow for over a mile.

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Cross a bridge, with a pond and a fountain as part of your scenery, take a right where the trail forks, and you’ll find yourself at Stacy Ridge Park, a cute neighborhood park for residents of northeast Allen. At 14.7 acres in size, Stacy Ridge Park has a covered pavilion, picnic tables, playground, and basketball courts. The trail naturally loops around here for a gentle race turnaround!

 

Runners will then travel back the way they came. Upon re-entering Celebration Park, it’s another mile back to the start/finish area. Half Marathon participants head out for one more loop, and Marathon participants will do this loop 4 times total.

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5K:
5K participants will enjoy a shortened out-and-back course that stays within Celebration Park.