St. Luke’s D&L RaceFest Marathon, Half Marathon & Relay

The marathon course will start in downtown Allentown near 8th and Hamilton Streets. It will turn south onto Martin Luther King Jr. Drive before heading into the Little Lehigh Parkway. You’ll run about three miles in the Parkway before heading back to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and beginning your trek eastward. You’ll hit the D&L Trail in Canal Park at about mile 9.5, reach Bethlehem’s Sand Island at about mile 13.5, which is where the Half Marathon races head after leaving downtown Bethlehem. Both races follow the D&L Trail all the way into Easton, where you’ll finish triumphantly near Scott Park along the confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers. For the Relay Marathon, the exchange points are: Leg 1: 7.1 miles. Martin Luther King. Jr. and 10th Street (Fountain Park), Allentown Leg 2: 6.4 miles. Sand Island, Bethlehem. Leg 3: 3.6 miles. Freemansburg near the Canal Education Center. Leg 4: 5.7 miles. Riverview Park, Palmer Township. Leg 5: 3.4 miles. Finish line in Scott Park, Easton. For the Half Marathon Walk, there’s a set a walking time limit of 4.5 hours to minimize congestion on the trail with the marathoners coming from Allentown. The race includes a 4.5-hour pacer, and if you need a bit more time, the course will remain open for the marathoners.