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California > Nitro Trail Half Marathon, 10K & 5K
Pinole,
CA
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Date
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Event
Details
More than 230 runners turned out for all three races combined at the
first-ever running of the Nitro Trail Half Marathon, 10K & 5K,
which takes runners on the fire trails and biking & walking
paths that wind through the Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Park, whose plentiful eucalyptus tree groves, bluffs and sandy
beaches point out into the San Pablo Bay, just a stone's throw from
the nearby Bay Area cities of San Pablo, Pinole and Richmond.
With the exception of a few brief stretches along the park's paved
walking paths, most of the race takes runners along the natural surface
fire trails through the park, and the out-and-back course features
ample views of the shoreline as well as the waters of San Pablo Bay, on
which sailboats and ships of all varieties are a common sight.
Depending on the visibility, off in the distance runners may also be
able to see the Marin Shoreline and Mount Tamalpais.
Many of the trails throughout the park's 2,315 acres are shaded by
groves of eucalyptus trees, planted decades ago as a buffer for the
park's original purpose, as a manufacturing site for gunpowder and
dynamite. Re-opened as a public park in 1973, Point Pinole is now part
of the area's East Bay Regional Park district, and also features
marshlands, breezy wide-open meadows and a fresh water pond along the
park's miles of trails.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in the part of the San Franciso Bay area known as the Easy Bay,
and roughly a 23-mile drive northeast from downtown San Francisco, the
town of Pinole typically experiences mild to moderately warm weather in
the spring, and much drier conditions in the late spring when the race
is held than in the winter months, when the area usually experiences
its wettest weather. In May, the town's average monthly temperatures
range between 68°F and 51°F, while rainfall amounts
average just over half an inch for the month.
Fees
N/A
Registration
Registration for the spring 2009 running of Pinole's Nitro Trail Half
Marathon is now closed, as the event has completed. Please check back
later for updated information on how to sign up for the 2010 running of
the race.
Websites
www.brazenracing.com
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