Death Valley Marathon, Half Marathon &
10K Death Valley
National Park,
CA
Date
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Event
Details
This out-and-back race follows a relatively flat course through Death
Valley National Park, starting at the Furnance Creek Inn &
Ranch Resort and taking runners on no more than 500 feet of elevation
change anywhere along the course. The surrounding desert takes on a
certain beauty along the paved (and below sea level) course, past
fantastic vistas of the
surrounding mountain ranges: the Panamints, the Funerals, the
Cottonwoods, the Blacks and the Grapevines.
Race
Weather & Climate
Death Valley National Park is home to some of the hottest temperatures
on earth in the summer, when the mercury in the park's Badwater Basin
sometimes reaches over 130°F. On the day of the race in
early December, milder temperatures (thankfully) are common, and
average between 37°F
and 65°F.
