2020 Race Date and Start Time
Sunday, May 24
Start Time: 7:00am
2020 Registration Open and Close Dates
October 1, 2019, at 6:00am.
Registration Tutorials
Defer your Registration
Transfer your Registration
2020 Fee Schedule*
Introductory Rate: $115 + transaction fee. Register for the Marathon here.
Home State Special – Vermont Residents only: $99 + transaction fee. Must be a legal resident of Vermont. Limited time offer. Register for the Home State Special here.
Military Discount is available for Active Duty Members: Use code MILVCM20
Confirmation
Your processed credit card/canceled check is proof of your confirmed entry.
Your entry fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
Registration Fee Includes:
- Official tech race shirts (women’s and unisex sizing).
- Official Finisher’s Medal
- Your bib and official timed results on a USATF-Certified Course (Boston Qualifying Race)
- Free Race Photos
- Personalized bib (must register by the deadline – April 19, 2020)
- Access to Sport & Fitness Expo
- Food Tent in Waterfront Park
- Post-race massage
- Secured gear check
- Pace Teams
- Preferred start corral for qualified Marathoners
- Traffic control for 6.5 hours
Additional Offerings:
Race Registration Insurance $7.99
Registration Insurance – get a full refund of your registration fee if you are unable to run with us in 2020 (US Resident Only). Full details here.
The deadline for purchasing insurance is May 8.
Info on AGA Race Insurance and the claim process:
1. Runners will receive a confirmation e-mail from Allianz Global Assistance after purchasing reg insurance (save this email)
2. Claims can be filed either online at www.allianztravelinsurance.com or by phone at 866-456-3102
3. Policy number (provided in confirmation e-mail) is needed to file the claim
New 2-26.2 Virtual Training Plan $25
Access to New 2-26.2 Virtual Training Plan (designed for first time marathoners). As part of this plan, you will have access to weekly interaction with a RunVermont’s USATF-Certified Coach, Sam Davis. More details here.
The program will begin in January 2020.
Invited Athletes
RunVermont sponsors an energetic Invited Runners Program for the Vermont City Marathon.
Race Packet Pick-Up
Click here for more information on where to pick up your race packet.
Participation Policies
- We do not offer refunds. Policies
- Transfer your Registration
- Defer your Registration
- Deferrals are allowed only for those registered for the Marathon unless you have purchased insurance. Deferral deadline is 11:59pm on May 17, 2020. If you defer you will receive $40 off next year’s marathon registration fee.
- Purchase deadline for insurance is 11:59pm on May 8, 2020. Details Here
- Transfers are allowed from the Marathon to either Relay – once Relay is open and until sold out. Transfer deadline is May 17, 2020.
- Those transferring from the Marathon to a Relay are no longer eligible for registration insurance or deferral.
Participation Policy
- All runners must stay on the designated race course.
- Participants must finish within 6.5 hours and keep to a sub 13:45 minute-per-mile pace.
- Bikes, in-line skates, strollers, dogs, and skateboards are not allowed on the course.
- Headphones are not prohibited but are strongly discouraged.
- The marathon is sanctioned and certified by USATF (Course certification #VT11006RF).
Bandit/Bib Transfer Policy
- RunVermont events are organized under and conducted according to USATF and RRCA rules.
- Anyone who participates in an event produced by RunVermont must be properly registered and must have paid any required registration fees before the start of the race.
- Entrants in RunVermont events will be given a race bib for scoring purposes and to aid course officials in identifying legitimate participants during the event.
- Bibs may not be transferred from a registered participant to any other person. A registered runner who provides their bib to another runner will also be treated as an unregistered runner and subject to the sanctions described here.
- For VCM Relay Participants only: the transfer of relay team ownership is permissible, as long as the transfer is conducted in the manner prescribed on the official VCM website.
- Individuals who participate in any RunVermont event without registering will be removed from the race.
- RunVermont reserves the right to bar unregistered participants from future RunVermont events.
- Unregistered individuals participating in RunVermont events may also be subject to additional sanctions from USATF and/or RRCA.
- Additional sanctions may be taken including prosecution for theft of services.
