Events/Tiadaghton Trail Challenge

Tiadaghton Trail Challenge 24 km

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Date
Sat, 14 Nov 2026
Start
09:00
Venue
Tiadaghton State Forest Resource Management Center, 10 Lower Pine Bottom, Waterville, Pennsylvania
Waterville, Lycoming County
Countdown
November

The half is the big day out of the Tiadaghton weekend: 23.5 km of trail with over 1,000 m of climbing, plus a short extra loop. Steady legs and a bit of grit needed.

Key facts
01Cut-off at Lower Pine Bottom/PA-44: 12:05
02Cut-off at the Eiger aid station: 1:05
03No age, licence or qualification requirement published
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The course

The route

Waterville
Distance24km
Total climb1,021m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate22.4 km
Weather

Mid-November, Waterville

8°CTypical high
-2°CTypical low
-14°CColdest in 20 years
32%Days with rain

Highs around 8°C and lows around -2°C, but it has dropped to -14°C. Rain on 32% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
2020 results

Who finishes, and how

#RiderTimeAvg speed
01EILEEN GIBBONS59:14.2923.8 km/h
02CHRISTINE FYE1:04:12.5422.0 km/h
03ERICA COWAN1:07:26.9820.9 km/h
144
Women finishers
1:57:40
Median time
12.0 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2020 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserPA Trail Dogs; race director Tracy Kemmerer
Running since2020
Training

Training for the Tiadaghton Trail Challenge 24 km

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What a Tiadaghton Trail Challenge 24 km plan targets
Typical sessions
24 km with 1,021 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
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Typical sessions
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