Stany Zjednoczone·2026

Altoona, PA

Altoona sits in the ridge-and-valley terrain of central Pennsylvania, where steep climbs and loose-surface racing define the cycling calendar. The Blue Knob Mountain Bike Challenge and Raystown Lake MTB Marathon are anchor events that attract riders to the sandstone ridges and old logging roads within 30km; gravel cyclists also tackle the Trough Creek Gravel Grinder's 114km loop through state game lands. Runners find rolling courses like the Angie Gioiosa Memorial 4th of July Race, though the local terrain rises 200–300m between any two points, making flat-ground speed work harder to come by than hill repeats.