Rachel Carson Trail, Pittsburgh, PA
The Rachel Carson Trail Challenge is a Running race in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania consisting of a 17 Miles and 34 Mile Trail Run and 7 Mile Walk.
The annual Rachel Carson Trail Challenge, nearest the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. The Challenge is a 34-mile long, one-day, sunrise to sunset endurance hike on nearly the entire brutal Rachel Carson Trail. Unlike a footrace, the challenge is not to win, but to endure, to finish the hike in one day. This time, the Challenge starts in Harrison Hills Park at sunrise, 5:50 AM, and ends 34 miles later in North Park. The deadline for finishing is sunset, 8:54 PM or 15 hours 4 minutes.
If 34 miles sounds too daunting, we offer two shorter events that same day. The first is the Homestead Challenge, an
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