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California > American River Parkway Half Marathon &
5K
Sacramento,
CA
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Date
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Event
Details
In just its second annual running in the spring of 2008, Sacramento's
American River Parkway Half Marathon & 5K drew nearly 2,200
runners, walkers and wheelchair and hand crank competitors for this
13.1-mile run along the river by the same name, which cuts through the
eastern and southern portions of the city on its way toward the San
Francisco Bay area. Fast and mostly flat, and run along a combination
of paved and natural surfaces, the race is actually two races, with
different courses for those running and those walking the
half-marathon, as shown below.
While both races share the same starting area, they proceed in entirely
different directions along the American River Parkway, a 30-mile-long
park that winds along the river. From the
starting line at William Pond Park just off
Arden Way, just across the river from Goethe Park, the runners' half
marathon proceeds in a southwesterly direction on the trails along the
river, following the bend in the river along tree-shaded trails toward
the Campus Commons Golf Course, where runners make the turn and then
head back toward the finish line along the course they've just run.
Walkers follow the exact opposite direction from the starting line for
their course, proceeding in a northeasterly direction from the race
start, along a course that ambles through Hagan Community Park, Ancil
Hoffman Park and Sun River Park all the way to the turnaround point at
Sunrise Boulevard, where walkers also turn around and head back toward
the finish along the route they've just walked. Though the walkers also
follow the river for long stretches of their course, the walkers' half
marathon veers away from the riverside for fairly long stretches,
through parks and tree-covered areas and along paved stretches of trail.
The course that both runners and walkers follow throughout the race
takes them through the vast parklands that comprise the American River
Parkway, made up of more than 4,000 acres that wind along roughly 30
miles of the American River, the same area where gold was discovered in
California in 1848, starting the famous gold rush the next year. Though
over the years it has been threatened by overdevelopment and neglect,
today the park is enjoying something of a rebirth as it is increasingly
being protected for both its wildlife and recreational amenities, as
today it attracts more than five million visitors each year for
fishing, canoeing, hiking, running, golfing and more.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in the inland valley of Northern California, about an hour and
a half's drive from the San Francisco Bay area, the city of Sacramento
tends see warm (and occasionally hot), dry summers and cool, wet
winters. In May, average montly temperatures range between 82°F
and 54°F, while rainfall totals average just over half an inch
for the month.
Fees
$38 if registered by April 6, 2009
$48 between April 7 - 25
$60 over the race weekend (May 1 - 3)
Registration
To reserve your spot in the spring 2009 running of the American River
Parkway Half
Marathon, register online at Active.com
or print out and mail in this downloadable entry form.
Website
www.parkwayhalfmarathon.com
Course Map
- Half Marathon Runners Course
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Course Map
- Half Marathon Walkers Course
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