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California > Express Jet Inland Empire Half Marathon -
Riverside
Riverside,
CA
Date
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Cancelled
for 2008
Event
Details
Formerly part of the Riverside Sister Cities Marathon & Half
Marathon running event, which celebrated this California city's
affiliation with its sister city Sendai in Japan, the newly renamed
Express Jet Inland Empire Half Marathon in Riverside is now part of a
running series that also includes road races in Temecula and Ontario,
Calif. Much like its former incarnation -- which itself was a new race
in 2007 -- the IE Half in Riverside will take runners through the
city's historic downtown Mission district, past a number of local parks
and attractions.
Runners start the race at 6:30 AM near the intersection of Orange and
6th Streets, and follow an out-and-back course that takes them in a
largely counter-clockwise direction around the city. The race's first
couple of miles take the field along city streets and into Fairmont
Park, where runners follow the course around the banks of Lake Evans,
which sits right inside the middle of the park. These early miles in
the race -- like those in the final third of the race or so -- are
mostly fast and flat, with only a few gently rolling hills here and
there along the course.
The course becomes hiller in its middle stretch, which winds along the
banks of the Santa Ana River, past Mt. Rubidoux Park and McLean Anza
Narrows Park, where the course makes the turn from the parks and urban
greenspace areas along the river back into a more urban setting through
Riverside's city streets and neighborhoods again. As the course takes
runners along Grand Avenue, Palm Avenue and Pine Street on the way
toward the finish line, the course evens out again, with long flat
straightaway stretches toward the finish line back at Orange Street.
Participants in the event will be limited to 3 1/2 hours for the
13.1-mile half marathon, and there are also a 5K race for runners and
walkers as well as a series of half- and quarter-mile races for kids,
which begin at 9:00 AM.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in Southern California about 55 miles due east of Los Angeles
(about an hour's drive from L.A.), the city of Riverside tends to see
hot, dry summers and milder, wetter weather in the winter. In
September, average local monthly temperatures range between
91°F
and 60°F, while rainfall is rare, averaging just over a quarter
of
an inch for the month.
Fees
$45 if registered by July 13, 2008
$55 between July 14 - September 12
$65 on Sept. 13
Registration
To reserve your spot in the fall 2008 running of the IE Half Marathon
Riverside, register online
or print out and mail in this
downloadable entry form.
Website
www.iehalf.com
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