Pocatello Marathon
Race Day Weather
Cool start, warming finish
Runners will face a cool start at 51°F, with a gradual warm-up to 70°F by the finish. The light winds will be a non-factor, and with humidity at a comfortable 43%, conditions will remain stable. The significant descents from mile 1 to 6 and mile 10 to 14 may offer a speed boost, but runners should pace themselves appropriately as temperatures rise.
This course drops 1,522 ft from start to finish, so we look at it at 2 points, not just the start line. In a typical year, at 9:00/mi, you start at 51° and finish around 10:10 AM in 70°; typical start-line conditions say 66° then.
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Race Info
The Pocatello Marathon, also called Running the Gap, is a point-to-point race through the Portneuf Valley in southeast Idaho. It starts at North Hilltop Road and West Buckskin Road, follows Old Highway 91 through Inkom, and finishes at Lower Ross Park in Pocatello, dropping about 1,500 feet overall. Times on the course count toward Boston Marathon qualifying. The course records are 2:26:10 for men (Justin Park, 2012) and 2:56:00 for women (Penny Parrish, 2016).
