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Florida > Gasparilla Distance Classic Marathon, Half
Marathon & Relay
Tampa, FL
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Date
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Event
Details
Run through the city streets of this city overlooking the waters of
Tampa, Florida's Hillsborough Bay at the Gasparilla Distance Classic,
which includes a full slate of running events for runners at all
levels, including a full marathon, half marathon, 15K and 5K. Mostly
fast and flat and great for beginners, the 13.1-mile half marathon
takes runners along the same course as the full, 26.2-mile marathon for
the first six and a half miles, and then splits off to take the field
across the bridge over Platt Street and back for the remainder of the
course.
Organized by the Gasparilla Distance Classic Association to raise
funding for the Challenged Athletes Foundation, the race welcomed an
estimated 3,400 runners in the half marathon alone at its 2009 running,
in addition to more than 1,300 runners for the full marathon. From the
starting line in downtown Tampa at the corner of Platt and Parker
Streets, the race takes the field on a winding course, the first half
of which follows a circuitous route around Davis Island, which lies
just to the southwest of downtown.
After running southward along
Channel Drive, which runs alongside the waters of the city's Seddon
Channel, the course then runs around the southern end of the island and
back toward downtown across the Davis Islands Bridge for the second
half of the race, most of which takes runners along Bayshore Boulevard,
with the open expanse of the gorgeously scenic Hillsborough Bay over
the runners' shoulders in both directions. The course takes runners all
the way out to the intersection with West Julia Street, and then turns
around and heads back along Bayshore to the finish line.
Participants in both the half or full marathons
will be expected to keep a pace of 16 minutes per mile or better, as
the roadways will close for race participants and re-open to traffic
after six hours. If they haven't completed the race by 12 noon, runners
will be asked to move to the sidewalk in order to finish
their race.
Race
Weather & Climate
Thanks partly to its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, the Tampa area
tends to see mild to moderately warm temperatures in late winter. On
the day of the race (Feb. 28), the city's average high temperature is
74°F and the average low is 56°F, while rainfall
amounts for the month of February average just over 2.6 inches for the
month.
Fees
$50 for the half marathon, if registered by January 31, 2010
$65 after Jan. 31
Registration
To reserve your place in the late winter 2010 running of Tampa's
Gasparilla
Distance Classic Half Marathon, register online at the event website
or print out and mail in this downloadable entry form.
Website
www.tampabayrun.com
Half
Marathon Course Map
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Your Race Story
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