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197:. After passing through Foundryville around mile 2, it goes up a very long and steep hill known as "The Hill". After cresting the hill around mile 3.5, it heads mostly downhill to the halfway point where it turns onto Kachinka Hollow Road and continues descending to Martzville Road at mile 7. The course follows Martzville Road back to Market Street, and then after a mile on Market Street. However, from 1946 to 1954, the race finished at 36: 192:
The race starts on Market Street in Berwick and goes north along that street for about a mile before turning onto Summerhill Road, which becomes Foundryville Road as it goes through the municipality of
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The first race had only 13 participants. The course has remained essentially unchanged since 1908, running up a very challenging hill and through the countryside of
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The number of participants has grown dramatically, from about 100 runners in 1973 to 1,985 runners in 2009. The course record of
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The race was called the "Berwick Marathon" until the 1970s and 1980s. But since the race is too short to qualify as a
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Run for the Diamonds, 100 Years of Footracing in Berwick, Pennsylvania
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