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Colorado > American Discovery Trail Marathon, Half
Marathon & Relay
Colorado
Springs, CO
Date
Monday, September 6, 2010
Event
Details
A roughly six-and-a-half-mile-long stretch of the American Discovery
Trail that runs through Colorado Springs is the setting for the
13.1-mile event in the annual
Labor Day running of the American Discovery Trail Marathon, Half
Marathon & Relay, organized by the local running club known as
the
Pikes Peak Road Runners and designed to benefit both the club as well
as the Trails and Open Space Coalition, a locally-based nonprofit that
works to create and preserve networks of nature trails and greenways in
the Colorado Springs area and the Pikes Peak region.
The event's half-marathon starts and finishes at the city's America the
Beautiful Park, which lies just off Conejos Street, between West
Colorado Avenue and West Cimarron Street. From there, the out-and-back
loop course for the race takes runners on what is largely a north-south
route through the city, along the sections of the trail that wind
through local parks like Sonderman Park, Monument Valley Park and the
Pikes Peak Greenway, with
ample views of nearby Pikes Peak and the Rampart mountain range.
Largely fast and mostly flat, much of the half marathon course unfolds
on trails along Monument Creek.
The first half of the course takes runners northward from the park to
Garden of the Gods Road,
which is the turnaround point for the return back to the park for the
finish. About half of the race course takes runners along trail
surfaces with
hard-packed gravel, while the other half of the race is run on paved
surfaces. Runners also will experience a slight uphill along
parts of the first half of the race, and a slight downhill along parts
of the course coming back to the finish line.
Nearly 950 runners crossed the finish line in all three races combined
at the 2009 running of the event, with nearly half of those (just
under 470 runners) finishing the half-marathon. Walkers are welcome to
compete in the half-marathon, though the full marathon is
open to runners only.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in central Colorado, just over 70 miles south of the Denver
metropolitan area, the city of Colorado Springs typically sees cool to
moderately warm weather conditions in the late summer and early weeks
of fall. In September, average monthly temperatures range between
74°F and 45°F, while the area
also usually sees little rainfall this time of year, averaging just
over an inch
during the month.
Fees
$45 for the half marathon, if registered online by July 31, 2010
$55 for the half if registered by mail by July 31
$55 online between August 1 - September 5
$65 for mail registrations between Aug. 1 - Sept. 5
$80 for the half marathon on the day of the race, depending on availability
Registration
To reserve your spot in the summer 2010 running of
Colorado's American Discovery Trail Marathon & Half Marathon, register online at Active.com beginning February 1, 2010.
Website
www.adtmarathon.com
Half
Marathon Course Map
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