Wineglass Race Week 2026 | Half & Marathon Guide for Wineglass Alumni

Wineglass Race Week 2026

Welcome back, Wineglass Alumni.

If you have finished the Wineglass Half Marathon or Wineglass Marathon before, you already know that race week is about more than fitness. The work is largely done. Now the goal is to protect it: pace with discipline, fuel before you need it, remove avoidable gear problems, know the logistics, and arrive on Market Street with the best version of your day still available.

2026 race day: Sunday, October 4.

The guide covers course execution, pacing, nutrition, hydration, weather planning, shoes, laces, socks, anti-chafe, sports bras and apparel, buses, gear check, the Expo, and the race-eve checklist.

Which Wineglass are you racing?

13.1 miles

Wegmans Wineglass Half Marathon

Start: Campbell, NY
Start time: 7:30 a.m.
Finish: Market Street, Corning
Course: point-to-point, fast and flat, with an overall net drop of about 40 feet.

All Half Marathon runners must take an official race bus to the start. There is no race-day bib pickup. See the official Wineglass transportation information for the latest details.

26.2 miles

Guthrie Wineglass Marathon

Start: Bath, NY
Start time: 8:15 a.m.
Finish: Market Street, Corning

All Marathon runners must take an official race bus to the start. There is no race-day bib pickup. See the official Wineglass transportation information for the latest details.

The Wineglass Alumni rule: nothing new on race day

Race week is a poor time to introduce an unfamiliar shoe, sock, bra, gel, hydration system, anti-chafe routine, or major pacing idea. Use what you have practiced. If you are solving a problem now, solve it with the least disruptive change possible.

Wineglass Marathon finishers together near the Market Street finish line in Corning, New York in 2018
The finish on Market Street is the destination. The small race-week decisions help get you there.

Race-week essentials

Weather watch

As of September 23, it is still too early to treat a day-specific October 4 forecast as reliable. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center outlook for October 1–7 currently favors above-normal temperature and precipitation categories for New York, but that is a broad regional outlook—not a race-morning forecast. NOAA's September 23 week-two hazards outlook does not currently flag a broad temperature, precipitation, snow, or wind hazard for New York during that period.

We will refresh the race-day weather guidance as Wineglass moves into a more reliable short-range forecast window. Until then, prepare options rather than committing to one outfit or pace adjustment.

See Confluence at the Wineglass Expo

The 2026 Wineglass Health & Fitness Expo is at the Corning Museum of Glass:

Friday, October 2: 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 3: 9:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

Confluence Running is listed as an official 2026 Expo vendor. Bring us the small problems before they become race-day problems: lacing, socks, fuel storage, hydration, chafing, bra/apparel fit, weather layers, or questions about the shoe you already plan to race in.

Wineglass weekend footwear offer

Select clearance footwear: 1 pair for $110 / 2 pairs for $170.

Browse clearance footwear →

Important: a completely unfamiliar shoe is not a good race-day experiment. Use this offer for a model you already trust, a backup pair, your next training pair, or recovery/everyday mileage.

From the Confluence Wineglass archives

Brianna Deming after her 2018 Wineglass win

In 2018, Confluence Running interviewed Brianna Deming in Corning after she won the Guthrie Wineglass Marathon in 2:44:35 and qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials. Hear her talk about the course, the rain, her training, and the moment she realized what she had done.

Read Confluence Running's 2018 interview and race report →

Wineglass Alumni: help the next runner

What is the one thing you wish someone had told you before your first Wineglass? We are crowdsourcing practical advice from Half and Marathon alumni—pacing, quiet sections of the course, buses, weather, nutrition, gear, chafing, and the finish. Follow Confluence Running on social and add your lesson. With permission, we will use the best advice to keep improving this guide.

Wineglass Marathon runners supporting one another near the finish in Corning, New York in 2018

You did the training. Race week is about giving that training a clean path to the finish.

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