Wicked Fast Marathon - Montana
Wicked Fast Marathon - Montana race day weather
Cool start, warming finish
Runners will face a cool start at 45°F, gradually warming to 65°F by finish. Wind will be light at 7 mph from the SSW, becoming a tailwind from miles 2-3 and 9, but shifting to headwind at mile 12. With average humidity at 62%, runners should consider pacing conservatively early on, especially during the transition from the cooler start to the warmer finish in the valley.
This course drops 1,158 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 45° and finish around 9:55 AM in 65°; typical start-line conditions say 62° then.
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Wicked Fast Marathon - Montana route and elevation
The Wicked Fast Marathon - Montana course has about 858 ft (262 m) of climbing and 2,024 ft (617 m) of descent, a net drop of about 1,166 ft (355 m). It drops more than it climbs, and its terrain is faster than 96% of the marathon courses racecast.io has mapped, measured by what the hills cost in time. The hardest mile is mile 5, with 274 ft (84 m) of climbing and a 1.3% average grade.
Biggest climbs
- Miles 4.1 to 4.3: climbs about 180 ft (56 m).
- Miles 11.6 to 12.4: climbs about 115 ft (35 m).
- Miles 22.1 to 24.6: climbs about 150 ft (45 m).
What the hills cost
- 3:30 on a flat course is about 3:27 here (3 minutes faster).
- 4:00 on a flat course is about 3:56 here (4 minutes faster).
- 4:30 on a flat course is about 4:26 here (4 minutes faster).
Hills only, priced mile by mile on the course map. The pace calculator above adds the race-day weather.
Even-effort splits for a 3:30, 4:00 or 4:30 finish
| Mile | Climb | Descent | 3:30 | 4:00 | 4:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 ft | 163 ft | 7:37 | 8:42 | 9:47 |
| 2 | 14 ft | 116 ft | 7:44 | 8:51 | 9:58 |
| 3 | 79 ft | 144 ft | 7:53 | 9:00 | 10:07 |
| 4 | 15 ft | 96 ft | 7:49 | 8:56 | 10:03 |
| 5 | 274 ft | 206 ft | 8:42 | 9:57 | 11:12 |
| 6 | 53 ft | 320 ft | 7:20 | 8:23 | 9:25 |
| 7 | 11 ft | 79 ft | 7:52 | 8:59 | 10:07 |
| 8 | 0 ft | 76 ft | 7:50 | 8:57 | 10:04 |
| 9 | 14 ft | 106 ft | 7:46 | 8:53 | 10:00 |
| 10 | 12 ft | 41 ft | 8:00 | 9:09 | 10:17 |
| 11 | 24 ft | 9 ft | 8:15 | 9:26 | 10:37 |
| 12 | 67 ft | 26 ft | 8:29 | 9:40 | 10:53 |
| 13 | 61 ft | 44 ft | 8:16 | 9:27 | 10:38 |
| 14 | 15 ft | 66 ft | 7:55 | 9:03 | 10:11 |
| 15 | 3 ft | 25 ft | 8:02 | 9:11 | 10:20 |
| 16 | 16 ft | 39 ft | 8:02 | 9:11 | 10:19 |
| 17 | 3 ft | 86 ft | 7:48 | 8:55 | 10:02 |
| 18 | 36 ft | 58 ft | 8:02 | 9:11 | 10:20 |
| 19 | 18 ft | 41 ft | 8:02 | 9:11 | 10:20 |
| 20 | 6 ft | 39 ft | 7:59 | 9:08 | 10:16 |
| 21 | 5 ft | 30 ft | 8:02 | 9:10 | 10:19 |
| 22 | 15 ft | 27 ft | 8:04 | 9:13 | 10:22 |
| 23 | 49 ft | 4 ft | 8:30 | 9:43 | 10:56 |
| 24 | 37 ft | 21 ft | 8:15 | 9:26 | 10:37 |
| 25 | 90 ft | 50 ft | 8:28 | 9:41 | 10:53 |
| 26 | 22 ft | 197 ft | 7:32 | 8:36 | 9:41 |
| Last 0.2 | 0 ft | 12 ft | 1:46 | 2:01 | 2:16 |
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About the Wicked Fast Marathon - Montana
The Wicked Fast Marathon and Half Marathon - Montana starts on Mill Creek Road in Paradise Valley and finishes at the Pine Creek Fishing Access on the Yellowstone River near Livingston. The course drops about 1,200 feet over its length, staying under the 1,500-foot threshold that would otherwise trigger a Boston Marathon qualifying time penalty, and runs roughly 75 percent pavement with the rest hard-packed dirt road. It is USATF-certified and is part of the multi-city Wicked Fast series that also includes editions in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains and near San Diego, California.
