Black Diamond Express Half Marathon & 5K
About this race
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.
(Including virtual option, with option to complete race within one week after race day.)
Sunday, August 23, 2026 • Lehigh Valley Trail, Rt. 251, Mendon, NY
Half Marathon Starts: 8:00am
5K Starts: 8:20am
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 (https://goo.gl/maps/8ZoNAryJ95q)Half Marathon course is USATF Certified - NY17052JG
Includes
- 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 and healthy snacks.
- Collectible ceramic medals for Half Marathon finishers, collectible ceramic lapel pins for 5K finishers.
- Once again, we are offering Virtual Half Marathon and 5K events! 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). You can download the race certificate post race and enter your time on the website.
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 & Frequently Asked Questions
Please visit: https://mendonfoundation.org/black-diamond-express-races/ for more detailed information and answers to your Frequently Asked Questions.
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Typical race-day weather
Based on 13 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Mendon, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:24 AM and sets at 8:00 PM local time (EDT) in Mendon on August 23, 2026 — 13h 35m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Black Diamond Express Half Marathon & 5K
172 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the Half Marathon
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Nobles | 1:17:30 | 5:55 /mi |
| 2 | David Rappleyea | 1:18:40 | 6:00 /mi |
| 3 | Taylor Freitas | 1:19:11 | 6:02 /mi |
| 4 | Alexander Podgorsak | 1:19:13 | 6:02 /mi |
| 5 | Bryant Farley | 1:19:36 | 6:04 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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- Mendon 5K Races 3 races
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 5 Mendon events
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