Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon & 10k

April 6, 2025

Ithaca

Road

Distances

Starting Time

10:00 AM

Fees

$35 - $75

Perfect For

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100-500

Some Hills

High: 48°

/ Low: 35°

The out-and-back loop race — both the half and the 10K share the same starting and finish lines — starts on Campus Road on the Cornell campus, and from there heads onto Garden Avenue and Tower Road before turning onto Dryden Road.

Runners can expect a steady (and gradual) uphill run for the race’s first five miles, which unfold first through campus and then through the rural areas just south of Cornell, including a crossing over Cascadilla Creek.

Once you reach Ellis Hollow Creek Road (the road along which most of the race takes place), the race course features some rolling hills, especially around the half-way point where the “famed” skunk cabbage is found.

Most of the rest of the running route — which is made up entirely of paved city streets — is fast and flat, or features some downhill stretches. After about miles 5 and 6, the race begins a long, steady and gradual downhill toward the finish line.

The course is sanctioned by USATF, organizers note, and the half marathon will feature four water stops.

Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon & 10k Results

Overview

Named for the plant species — and its unmistakably strong smell — that appears around the half-way point in the half-marathon portion of this Ithaca race event, the Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon & 10K attract several hundred runners each year to both races combined in this upstate New York town, which is also the home of Cornell University. The out-and-back loop race — both the half and the 10K share the same starting and finish lines — starts on Campus Road on the Cornell campus, and from there heads onto Garden Avenue and Tower Road before turning onto Dryden Road.

Course Description

The course is sanctioned by USATF, organizers note, and the half marathon will feature four water stops.

Past Results

Skunk Cabbage Classic Half Marathon & 10k Results