Barbecue Bash Quarters, Choice of 1-4 Quarters of a Marathon, Race 3 of West of the River Series

Name: Barbecue Bash Quarters, Choice of 1-4 Quarters of a Marathon, Race 3 of West of the River Series
Start: 2025-11-02T07:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-02T14:30:00-05:00
Location: Spencerport Depot & Canal Museum

Schedule

Sun Nov 02 2025 at 07:30 am to 02:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Spencerport Depot & Canal Museum | Spencerport, NY

Barbecue Bashe Quarters is a mixed distance race that's walker-friendly. You can choose from 1 to all 4 quarters of a marathon within a 7-hour cutoff! That translates to 6.55, 13.1, 19.65, or 26.2 miles! Part of the West of the River Series, by Obatron Fitness, Barbecue Bash Quarters is the final race event of the series.
The certified course offers a mix of flat stretches and hills, good practice for folks planning to qualify for the Boston Marathon. A unique feature of the race is allowing racers to drop down from distances during the race if the number of quarters chosen is just too much for that particular day. As long as one is done, there is no DNF.
The race starts in front of Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum along the Erie Canal and continues on to go across S. Union through quiet neighborhoods. You return in a circuitous way so as to not be an exact out-and-back before you pass the start line, continuing in the opposite direction of the start down the Heritage Trail and back. Each lap is 6.55 miles, a quarter marathon.
You need not enter other races to register for this one, but it makes a great challenge to do more!
The generous 7-hour cutoff time means:
Marathon Finish with a 16-minute per mile pace
3/4 Marathon Finish with a 21-minute per mile pace
1/2 Marathon Finish with a 32-minute per mile pace
1/4 Marathon Finish with a 1-hour, 4-minute per mile pace.
The only way to DNF (Did Not Finish) this race is to not complete a single 6.55-mile lap. If you sign up for a distance you can't complete on race day, you'll be dropped down to the race that corresponds with the number of laps you did complete upon notifying the timer.
After crossing the finish line, you'll get a medal and access to a barbecue bar! We'll have chicken and pork barbecue for folks who enjoy meat and cooked portobello mushrooms for those who don't (choose vegan or vegetarian when you register to get a mushroom). Side dishes will include baked beans, potatoes, and bagged chips among other things to meet a wide range of diets. Beverages will minimally include an electrolyte drink and water.
Everyone gets a single-serve Barbecue Kit for their at-home enjoyment and a special amenity kit as part of their race goodies. Finishers get a medal. Early registrants get a shirt.