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Pennsylvania · Lanesboro
Viaduct Trail
Jul 11, 2026
Pennsylvania's oldest 100-mile footrace, the 100-mile distance debuted as a fatass event in 2008 on a former coal-train corridor in the state's northeastern corner. The course is four out-and-back laps of a 25-mile rail-trail segment based in Luciana Park beneath the 1848-built Starrucca Viaduct — still an active rail line, 110 feet high. Surface is stony unimproved rail bed and gravel double-track; each lap gains roughly 1,000 feet for ~4,000 feet total. No entry fee, no swag: a minimal format with a rail spike for finishers.
The numbers
Race statistics
- Distance
- 100 mi
- Vertical gain
- 4,000 ft
- Course
- Out & back
- Unique miles
- 13 mi
- Entry fee
- $0
- Lottery
- No
- Avg finishers
- 8
40 ft / mi
per year
◈ From the runners