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Flying Pig Marathon

Cincinnati, OH · Sunday, May 2, 2027

Flying Pig Marathon official site →registration and course details
Race day
Sunday, May 2, 2027
Climb
1380 fttotal ascent
Race-week weather
52°F to 69°Ften-year normals, 58% of days wet

Route statusa community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. 2026 race GPX matching the new Rosa Parks St start; the official MapMyRun embed predates the 2026 start move

Accuracy check: drawn line is within 0.7% of the certified 26.2 miles; no part of the line passes through a building; 100% of it sits on a mapped road; closest it ever comes to a building wall is 0.1 m.

Note on bridge grades: Where a course crosses a bridge, the elevation now follows the deck rather than the ground underneath it. A terrain model contains no bridges, so it used to sample the riverbed and report a gorge the runner never descends. Decks are held level between their abutments and never allowed to sag below them; a genuine climb across a long span, like the Golden Gate approach, is left exactly as measured. The camber of a long suspension deck is not modelled, so a bridge that really does rise toward mid-span may read slightly flatter here than it feels.

The elevation profile

440 490 540 590 640 690 740 790 840 Mile 0.0 to 0.2: +1.0% Mile 0.2 to 0.4: +1.8% Mile 0.4 to 0.6: +0.9% Mile 0.6 to 0.8: +3.0% Mile 0.8 to 1.0: -5.1% Mile 1.0 to 1.2: -0.8% Mile 1.2 to 1.4: +0.2% Mile 1.4 to 1.6: +0.5% Mile 1.6 to 1.8: +0.1% Mile 1.8 to 2.0: -0.2% Mile 2.0 to 2.2: +0.7% Mile 2.2 to 2.4: +1.9% Mile 2.4 to 2.6: -1.4% Mile 2.6 to 2.8: +1.6% Mile 2.8 to 3.0: -1.4% Mile 3.0 to 3.2: +0.9% Mile 3.2 to 3.4: -0.3% Mile 3.4 to 3.6: -0.7% Mile 3.6 to 3.8: +0.0% Mile 3.8 to 4.0: +3.7% Mile 4.0 to 4.2: +1.2% Mile 4.2 to 4.4: +0.1% Mile 4.4 to 4.6: -5.3% Mile 4.6 to 4.8: +0.8% Mile 4.8 to 5.0: -0.3% Mile 5.0 to 5.2: +2.8% Mile 5.2 to 5.4: +0.6% Mile 5.4 to 5.6: -0.2% Mile 5.6 to 5.8: -0.4% Mile 5.8 to 6.0: -0.8% Mile 6.0 to 6.2: +1.3% Mile 6.2 to 6.4: +2.6% Mile 6.4 to 6.6: +2.7% Mile 6.6 to 6.8: +3.6% Mile 6.8 to 7.0: +1.2% Mile 7.0 to 7.2: +0.8% Mile 7.2 to 7.4: +4.2% Mile 7.4 to 7.6: +3.6% Mile 7.6 to 7.8: -3.3% Mile 7.8 to 8.0: +4.3% Mile 8.0 to 8.2: +0.4% Mile 8.2 to 8.4: +2.0% Mile 8.4 to 8.6: +1.3% Mile 8.6 to 8.8: -0.2% Mile 8.8 to 9.0: -1.0% Mile 9.0 to 9.2: +0.3% Mile 9.2 to 9.4: -2.6% Mile 9.4 to 9.6: +0.6% Mile 9.6 to 9.8: -2.7% Mile 9.8 to 10.0: +2.3% Mile 10.0 to 10.2: -2.5% Mile 10.2 to 10.4: +1.2% Mile 10.4 to 10.6: -2.9% Mile 10.6 to 10.8: -1.8% Mile 10.8 to 11.0: +0.7% Mile 11.0 to 11.2: -1.7% Mile 11.2 to 11.4: +0.2% Mile 11.4 to 11.6: +2.4% Mile 11.6 to 11.8: +1.4% Mile 11.8 to 12.0: +1.4% Mile 12.0 to 12.2: +0.9% Mile 12.2 to 12.4: -4.2% Mile 12.4 to 12.6: -1.6% Mile 12.6 to 12.8: -1.0% Mile 12.8 to 13.0: -1.1% Mile 13.0 to 13.2: -2.0% Mile 13.2 to 13.4: -3.2% Mile 13.4 to 13.6: -0.9% Mile 13.6 to 13.8: +1.0% Mile 13.8 to 14.0: +3.1% Mile 14.0 to 14.2: -2.2% Mile 14.2 to 14.4: -1.9% Mile 14.4 to 14.6: -0.0% Mile 14.6 to 14.8: +1.5% Mile 14.8 to 15.0: +0.1% Mile 15.0 to 15.2: +0.4% Mile 15.2 to 15.4: -0.1% Mile 15.4 to 15.6: +0.4% Mile 15.6 to 15.8: -0.1% Mile 15.8 to 16.0: -0.1% Mile 16.0 to 16.2: +0.3% Mile 16.2 to 16.4: -0.1% Mile 16.4 to 16.6: -0.0% Mile 16.6 to 16.8: -0.1% Mile 16.8 to 17.0: -1.1% Mile 17.0 to 17.2: +0.3% Mile 17.2 to 17.4: -0.1% Mile 17.4 to 17.6: -2.2% Mile 17.6 to 17.8: -0.6% Mile 17.8 to 18.0: -0.5% Mile 18.0 to 18.2: +1.5% Mile 18.2 to 18.4: -3.0% Mile 18.4 to 18.6: +0.8% Mile 18.6 to 18.8: +0.1% Mile 18.8 to 19.0: -1.3% Mile 19.0 to 19.2: +0.6% Mile 19.2 to 19.4: -0.4% Mile 19.4 to 19.6: +1.4% Mile 19.6 to 19.8: +0.8% Mile 19.8 to 20.0: +0.0% Mile 20.0 to 20.2: +0.2% Mile 20.2 to 20.4: -0.5% Mile 20.4 to 20.6: -1.2% Mile 20.6 to 20.8: -1.4% Mile 20.8 to 21.0: -0.2% Mile 21.0 to 21.2: -0.7% Mile 21.2 to 21.4: +0.1% Mile 21.4 to 21.6: +0.7% Mile 21.6 to 21.8: -0.1% Mile 21.8 to 22.0: -0.1% Mile 22.0 to 22.2: +1.0% Mile 22.2 to 22.4: -0.3% Mile 22.4 to 22.6: +0.0% Mile 22.6 to 22.8: -0.9% Mile 22.8 to 23.0: -0.1% Mile 23.0 to 23.2: -0.4% Mile 23.2 to 23.4: +1.2% Mile 23.4 to 23.6: +0.0% Mile 23.6 to 23.8: +0.1% Mile 23.8 to 24.0: +0.3% Mile 24.0 to 24.2: +1.3% Mile 24.2 to 24.4: -0.9% Mile 24.4 to 24.6: -1.4% Mile 24.6 to 24.8: -0.1% Mile 24.8 to 25.0: +0.3% Mile 25.0 to 25.2: +0.2% Mile 25.2 to 25.4: -1.9% Mile 25.4 to 25.6: +1.1% Mile 25.6 to 25.8: -1.6% Mile 25.8 to 26.0: -0.3% Mile 26.0 to 26.2: +0.1% 5 10 15 20 25 mile +273 ft +106 ft
steep up up flat down steep down

1380 feet of total climb across the 26.2, between 479 and 830 feet of elevation. Gilbert Avenue climb runs from mile 5.94 to 7.58, 273 feet up, the steepest part of the roughly 300-foot rise from the river to Eden Park; gradient rarely gets above 6%.

Mile by mile

Every mile of the course on the same vertical scale, so they compare at a glance. Net is what the mile does to your elevation; steepest fifth is the sharpest continuous fifth of a mile inside it, the same unit the colour strip above uses.

MileShapeNetElevation Steepest fifthStreets
1+6 ft495 ft-4.6%Taylor–Southgate Bridge, East 2nd Street, East Pete Rose Way
2-5 ft491 ft-1.0%Lowell Street, West 3rd Street, West 5th Street
3+20 ft512 ft+2.1%Greenup Street, West 11th Street, Brighton Street
4+31 ft541 ft+4.0%West 4th Street, Greenup Street, East 4th Street
5-40 ft511 ft-5.3%Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, West 3rd Street
6+25 ft536 ft+2.7%East 7th Street, Vine Street, Gilbert Avenue Viaduct
7+175 ft712 ft+4.1%Gilbert Avenue, Eden Park Drive, Gilbert Avenue Viaduct
8+69 ft776 ft-5.8%Eden Park Drive, Lake Drive, Park Avenue
9+31 ft807 ft+2.1%Victory Parkway, Woodburn Avenue, East McMillan Street
10-38 ft769 ft-3.0%Madison Road
11-89 ft680 ft-3.9%Madison Road, Erie Avenue
12+52 ft730 ft+2.7%Erie Avenue
13-122 ft611 ft-4.6%Erie Avenue
14-3 ft606 ft+3.4%Erie Avenue, Bramble Avenue
15-29 ft579 ft-2.1%Bramble Avenue, Settle Street, Murray Road
16+2 ft581 ft+0.4%Murray Road, Madisonville Road, Thorndike Road
17-9 ft572 ft-1.0%Murray Road, Hawthorne Avenue, Settle Road
18-27 ft544 ft-2.2%Columbia Parkway, Hawthorne Avenue, Southern Avenue
19-28 ft515 ft-2.7%Columbia Parkway, Eastern Avenue
20+23 ft538 ft+1.4%Eastern Avenue
21-29 ft509 ft-1.4%Eastern Avenue
22-5 ft503 ft-1.2%Riverside Drive, Kellogg Avenue, Eastern Avenue
23-4 ft500 ft-1.0%Riverside Drive
24+21 ft522 ft+1.3%Riverside Drive
25-18 ft503 ft-1.8%Riverside Drive
26-19 ft484 ft-1.6%East Pete Rose Way, East Mehring Way, Riverside Drive

The course on a map

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Course geometry a community trace of the current course; the official certified course is on the race's site. City geometry is OpenStreetMap, ODbL. Weather normals are ten years of Open-Meteo reanalysis around race day at the start line. Confirm dates and registration on the official site. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it fast.