3865 Rush Mendon Rd, Mendon NY
Sunday, August 23rd, 2026
🏃 Black Diamond Express Half Marathon & 5K
To benefit the Mendon Foundation - Mendon, New York's local land trust and developer/maintainer of the Lehigh Valley Trail in partnership with the Monroe County Parks Department.
📅 Event Details
- Date: Sunday, August 23, 2026
- Location: Lehigh Valley Trail, Rt. 251, Mendon, NY
- Half Marathon Starts: 8:00am
- 5K Starts: 8:20am
🌄 Course Information
Course: Flat, scenic out & back course along the historic Lehigh Valley Trail
Additional sections of the Lehigh Valley Trail have been resurfaced!
Start & end location: Mendon Youth Baseball Fields (Google Maps)
Half Marathon course is USATF Certified - NY17052JG
🎁 Includes
- T-shirt or Mug: Long sleeved (unisex) t-shirt OR mug guaranteed to the first 150 (combined) by Sunday, August 2nd. (Once sizes are gone after August 2nd we are out of shirts!)
- Refreshments: Healthy snacks provided.
- Medals & Pins: Collectible ceramic medals for Half Marathon finishers, collectible ceramic lapel pins for 5K finishers.
- Virtual option: Run the distance within a week after the live race date, and we will mail your selected t-shirt or mug, and a medal (HM) or lapel pin (5K).
🏆 Awards
- Half Marathon: Top 5 (non-virtual) Male & Female Cash or Gift awards: plus collectible Race Water Bottles for top 3 in age groups 12 and under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
- All Half Marathon finishers will receive our beautiful, collectible ceramic finisher’s medal!
- 5K: Top 5 (non-virtual) Male & Female Cash or Gift awards: plus collectible Race Water Bottles for top 3 in age groups 12 and under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
- All 5K finishers will receive our beautiful, collectible ceramic lapel pin!
🌐 Official Site & FAQs
Please visit: Official Site for more detailed information and answers to your Frequently Asked Questions.
