Marathon Course Description

The Memorial Medical Center WhistleStop Marathon & Half-Marathon is a point-to-point course to be held on the Tri-County Corridor, a rail-trail paved with limestone gravel. The course offers a flat and fast running trail surface that is firm but is much more forgiving to the knees then asphalt. This is an excellent first-timer or personal record course!

The course stretches from two miles east of Iron River, Wisconsin and features ten re-decked railroad trestles, wetlands, trout streams, Chequamegon National Forest woodlands, dairy farms, residential neighborhoods and traffic-free quiet. Being a fall marathon, the course will feature some of the nation’s finest autumn colors!

The WhistleStop Marathon is USATF certified(#WI-08023-DM).

Full-Marathon Map          Half-Marathon Map

Course Records

Male Marathon: Eric Hartmark, Duluth, MN ’07…………………..2:28:41
Female Marathon: Jenelle Deatherage, St. Louis Park, MN ’12….2:51:52
Male Half-Marathon: Abraham Wengel, Minot, ND ’06…………….1:08:36
Female Half-Marathon: Sarah Anderson, Maple, WI ’99………….1:21:43

Complete Listing of WhistleStop Course Records (pdf)

For past year results use this link and then choose the year and under event type, choose Marathon. If WhistleStop doesn’t appear right away scroll down until you find it.

Timing services for the marathon, half-marathon and 5K/10K are provided by Anderson Race Management
Times from this years races may  be seen at their website.