JFK 50 Mile

The JFK 50 Mile is a point-to-point ultramarathon in Washington County, Maryland. It starts at 6:30 a.m. in downtown Boonsboro and climbs out of town on pavement, gaining 1,172 feet in the first 5.5 miles before joining the Appalachian Trail at mile 2.5. The next ten miles are rocky singletrack along the ridge, with aid at Gathland Gap, ending in a steep descent of about 1,000 feet down the Weverton Cliffs switchbacks to the Potomac River.

At mile 15.5 the course drops onto the C&O Canal towpath for 26.3 flat miles beside the river, past Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown and the Antietam Aqueduct. It leaves the towpath at Dam #4 and finishes on 8.4 miles of rolling country roads through Downsville and into Williamsport, where the finish is at Springfield Middle School. The time limit is 13 hours.

The race has started in Boonsboro since it began in 1963, and the 2010 race was the 48th edition.

The poster draws the route on a black map as a single orange line, with the Potomac in blue, the winding canal section down the left and the Appalachian Trail leg down the right. The race name and 50 miles sit at the bottom left. It is designed by hand after you order, with the runner's name and finish time added above the distance.