The Northside Nemesis is a 15.8-mile (25.4 km) foot race on March 6th, 2027, starting and finishing by Millvale Riverfront Park, across 42 sets of city steps spread over Millvale and Pittsburgh's Northside neighborhoods. Boasting roughly 3,600 feet of elevation gain and thousands of stairs, the Nemesis is punishingly true to its namesake.
Register on RunSignup ↗ Donate to the Race ↗Registration for the Northside Nemesis is on RunSignup. It opens in a new tab, and this map stays open here.
We aim to cover the race costs via donations only, and appreciate the support. Check out the suggested donation levels, or chip in with your own amount if possible. Thank you!
This covers signing up for and running the Northside Nemesis. The website has its own policy below.
We value your privacy, and all personal information that is provided is by request only, and can be refused. No personal information, which is voluntarily provided, will be retained or distributed. Participation will not be limited to registration: this is a race on a fully open course, all in public spaces. This is an unchecked route on race day, and others may be occupying space along the route. Please be kind, respectful, and safe!
This covers northsidenemesis.com. Last updated November 1, 2026.
We do not collect, sell or share personal information. There are no sign-ups, cookies or ads on this site, and nothing follows you from site to site.
The site only uses your location when you turn it on, with the location button or RACE DAY, and your browser asks your permission first. It is used on your device to show your dot on the map and your progress along the course. It is never sent to us or to anyone else, and the site does not save where you have been. RACE DAY remembers how far along the course you got that day (distance, staircases passed and your unofficial time) on your device only, so a reload does not lose your place, and starts fresh the next day. You can turn location off at any time with the location button or in your browser’s settings.
We count visits anonymously with Umami, so we know which parts of the site help: which features get used (including how far along the course people use RACE DAY), the site that sent you here, your type of device and browser, your rough area (city level), and whether the site loads quickly and without errors. It never receives your GPS location, your race time or anything that identifies you.
Your map settings (layers, dark mode, whether you have seen the tour) and the RACE DAY progress above are kept in your browser’s storage, and the site’s files are saved so the map keeps working on the course with a weak signal. None of it leaves your device. Clearing this site’s data in your browser removes all of it.
Map tiles come from OpenFreeMap, and the historical maps from Esri (ArcGIS). Like any website, they receive your IP address and which part of the map you are looking at. Registration and donations happen on RunSignup, and directions open in Google Maps or Apple Maps; their own privacy policies apply once you go there. The Instagram posts shown here are copies kept on this site, so viewing them does not contact Instagram.
Our web host keeps standard server logs (IP address, pages requested, browser type and time), as almost every website does. We do not use them to identify or follow anyone.
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