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Alaska > Two-Way Torture Test Half Marathon
Fairbanks,
AK
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Date
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Event
Details
Appropriately named for the steep uphill climbs and the hilly ridge
terrain runners trek across in the middle portions of the race, the
Two-Way Torture Test Half Marathon is a unique race for a couple of
reasons -- there's no entry fee, and race participants run the race as
two-person teams running the course in opposite directions, with each
team member passing the other on the 13.1-mile route along the Chena
Ridge, just outside Fairbanks.
The teams of runners start their race at the city's Pump House
Restaurant on Chena Pump Road, and then follow the ridge in opposite
directions -- one runner in each team runs the southwest portion of the
ridge, while the other runner heads out along its northeast section.
Along the way, participants run through gorgeously scenic areas of the
countryside just outside the city, as the nearby Alaska Mountain Range,
the Tanana River and the Tanana Valley provide beautiful vistas along
tree-lined roads, bike paths and bridges over creeks through this
mountainous area.
After running the challenging uphills and often bumpy terrain along the
Chena Ridge, runners have a long downhill stretch in toward the finish
line back at the restaurant. Typically a fairly small race, the Two-Way
Torture Test fielded 29 teams of two runners each at the event's spring
2008 running, with finishing times of just under three hours combined
for the top-placing team to nearly six hours for the final finishing
team.
Race
Weather & Climate
Home to some of the coldest and harshest weather conditions anywhere in
the United States, the city of Fairbanks has a subarctic climate and
typically experiences long, bitterly cold winters with temperatures
that can reach 60 degrees below zero and summer seasons that sometimes
bring snow and storms. In the mid- to late-spring, however, area
conditions are generally milder, as May temperatures average between
61°F and 35°F, with precipitation totals that average
just over half an inch for the month.
Fees
No entry fee
Registration
Registration for the spring 2009 running of Alaska's Two-Way Torture
Test Half Marathon is open and available to all eligible runners who
show up on the day of the race.
Website
www.runningclubnorth.org
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