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Arizona > IMS Arizona Marathon, Half Marathon &
Relay
Glendale, AZ
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Date
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Event
Details
An all-new race that will have its inaugural running on Arizona's road
race calendar in the late winter season of 2009, the Arizona Marathon,
Half Marathon & Relay will take runners, walkers and joggers
through the area of the Phoenix metropolitan area known as the West
Valley, past several of the city's most popular sporting venues,
important cultural and historical sites and tourist attractions. The
race's 13.1-mile half marathon follows a point-to-point course that
features mostly moderate, rolling hills with only a few significant
uphill and downhill stretches, though nothing that's overly challenging
for most runners and walkers.
The half marathon begins at the half-way point of the full, 26.2-mile
marathon course, near the Wigwam Country Club on East Wigwam Boulevard.
From there, runners will follow a clockwise direction along the course,
traveling along West Wigwam Boulevard and West Camelback Road toward
the community of Litchfield Park, before turning north onto North
Litchfield Road on the way to North Glendale Avenue. The stretch along
N. Glendale Avenue follows a long straightaway, taking runners across
the Salt River toward the finish line in front of the Glendale Arena
and Cardinals Stadium complex, which served as the venue for the 2008
NFL Super Bowl.
Along the half marathon route, runners will have a chance to see many
of the Glendale-Phoenix area's most noteworthy sites, especially the
golf courses and resort areas of Litchfield Park and the atheltic
complexes used by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians and
Cincinnati Reds for spring training games.
Mostly gentle rolling hills are the feature of the race's first two
miles, followed by the course's first significant hill at approximately
the third mile marker, when the course rises from its low of around
1,013 feet above sea level to its peak of about 1,085 feet above sea
level, which it reaches between miles 7 and 8. After the eighth mile
marker, the rest of the course is mostly flat or slightly uphill toward
the finish line. To take advantage of the day's best weather
conditions, all three events in the race are
scheduled to start at 6:30 AM.
Race
Weather & Climate
A suburban community of the Phoenix-Tempe metropolitan area that's
located just a 20-minute drive northeast of the downtown Phoenix area,
Glendale tends to experience weather conditions much like those of its
larger neighboring cities, with very hot summers and mild to cool
winters, and little rainfall throughout the year. In February, average
monthly temperatures range between 71°F and 43°F, while
rainfall totals average just under an inch for the month.
Fees
Half Marathon:
$70 if registered by October 10, 2008
$80 after Oct. 10
Full Marathon:
$80 if registered by October 10, 2008
$90 after Oct. 10
Marathon Relay (team registration):
$170 if registered by October 10, 2008
$180 after Oct. 10
Registration
You can sign up for the winter 2009 Arizona Marathon, Half Marathon or
Relay by registering
online at Active.com or printing out and mailing
in this
downloadable registration form.
Website
www.thearizonamarathon.com
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