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Connecticut > Roxbury Marathon & Half Marathon
Roxbury, CT
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Date
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Event
Details
Runners get a chance to run along the rolling hills and farmland of
northwestern Connecticut at the Roxbury Marathon & Half
Marathon, an early wintertime running event that takes runners through
this charming and historic New England town, which was first settled
way back in 1713 as part of the nearby town of Woodbury. Today, this
town of just over 2,000 residents is perhaps known best for its mining
operations, which over recent decades have supplied raw materials for
the construction of such
famous structures as New York's Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Central
Station terminal.
The race -- which marks its fifth annual running in 2008 -- is run in
honor of local resident Ed Sandifer, a professor at Western Connecticut
State University and a prolific runner who has completed more than 30
Boston Marathons since 1973. The out-and-back course that participants
run includes hilly as well as flat stretches, some of which take
runners along tree-lined residential streets while others take the
field through the rolling farm country just outside town.
Though it's a little difficult at first to see using the course map
below, the course for the race features two out-and-back stretches.
Both start and finish on Apple Lane; the first is a roughly 8-mile
out-and-back that takes runners northward along South Street, North
Street and Judds Bridge Road all the way to the bridge that gives the
road its name, where runners then turn around and head back along the
same course in reverse.
The second out-and-back takes runners up South
and North Streets again, but then turns left onto Baker Road and then
south onto Hemlock Road, before turning around on Rocky Mountain Road
and running the course back toward the start. Depending on which race
they run -- the full or the half marathon -- runners will repeat the
second out-and-back as many times as needed to complete their mileage
for the race.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in the western part of the state, about a two-hour drive
northeast from New York City, the Connecticut town of Roxbury usually
sees cold -- sometimes very cold -- weather conditions in the late fall
and early winter season. In December, avereage monthly temperatures
range between 38°F and 18°F, while precipitation
amounts average around 3.86 inches for the month.
Fees
N/A
Registration
For information on how to sign up for the winter 2008 running of
the Roxbury Marathon & Half Marathon, visit
the event website.
Website
www.roxburyraces.com
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