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California > The Jungle Run Half Marathon & 10K
Run/Walk
Los Gatos, CA
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Date
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Event
Details
Runners get a chance to run through a combination of surroundings and
terrain at the Jungle Run Half Marathon & 10K, which takes the
more than 500 runners who come out for the race each year on a tour of
the Los Gatos area, including stretches of the course that run through
the Los Gatos Creek Park reservoir, Vasona Lake County Park and Oak
Creek Park. Mostly fast and flat, much of the race follows a course
along the Los Gatos Creek, through this city that's located just a few
miles south of San Jose in Northern California.
The race starts at the Los Gatos High School track and field complex,
which lies just off New York Avenue, and follows an out-and-back course
that takes runners northward along the Los Gatos Creek, along roads
including Los Gatos Boulevard, Blossom Hill Road and Winchester
Boulevard. As it makes its way northward, the course follows from the
roads onto the Los Gatos Creek Trail, a several-miles-long nature trail
that leads participants to the city's Vasona Park, a 45-acre county
park with a waterfront playground and six miles of paved trails.
After
running a loop around the park, race participants are then directed
southward back onto the Los Gatos Creek Trail to Old Town Los Gatos,
where they meet the unpaved section of the trail and hit the turnaround
point before the dam. After the turnaround, runners are directed back
the same direction toward the finish line at the high school. Though
most of the course is relatively even, runners will encounter hills
between the second and third mile markers as well as between mile
markers 11 and 12, when the course reaches its highest point. After
that, it's all downhill toward the finish.
To complete the race within the time limit allowed -- organizers expect
to have the finish line cleanup completed by 12 noon -- runners will
need to keep a pace of at most 15 minutes per mile, which means
prospective runners should be able to finish the race in just over
three hours. The race starting time is 7:00 AM, and there will be seven
aid stations distributed throughout the 13.1-mile half marathon course,
including the stations at the start and finish line.
Race
Weather & Climate
Dry, warm weather is the norm in the Los Gatos area in the summer, with
July temperatures that average between 55°F and 85°F.
Rainfall is virtually nonexistent, averaging just 0.04 inches during
the month.
Fees
2008 fees:
$50 if registered by April 19, 2008
$55 between April 20 - July 8
$65 on the day of the race
Registration
To reserve your spot in the summer 2009 running of Los Gatos' Jungle
Run Half Marathon, register online at Active.com.
Website
www.firstwave-events.com
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from the 2007 Jungle Run
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