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Florida > Women's Running Magazine
Women's Half Marathon & 5K
St.
Petersburg,
FL
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Date
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Event
Details
Set for its inaugural running on the weekend before Thanksgiving in the
fall of 2009, the Women's Running Women's Half
Marathon & 5K will take runners along the ultra-flat streets of
St. Petersburg, with plenty of stretches during the race that offer
views of the brilliant blue waters of Tampa Bay here on Florida's gulf
coast.
The magazine has partnered with the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society's Team in Training to bring the race to the Tampa-St. Pete
area, and participants will be able to take advantage of Team in
Training's half-marathon coaching and group runs in the weeks and
months leading up to the race, which also serves as a benefit to raise
funds and
awareness for those struggling with blood cancers. The race is open to
walkers as well as runners, and participants will need to finish the
half marathon within 4 1/2 hours (and the 5K within one hour).
Both the 5K and the 13.1-mile half marathon share the same starting
line, at the famed Mahaffey Theatre on Bayshore Drive near Al Lang
Stadium and St. Pete's Albert Whitted Airport. From there, runners and
walkers will follow an out-and-back course that first heads northward
along the water, past North Shore Park and Flora Wylie Park to the
Renaissance Vinoy Golf Resort.
Runners cross the bridge at Snell Isle Boulevard and run all the way
around Coffee Pot Bayou, through palm-tree-lined residential
neighborhoods past the golf course all around the water, and then head
back southward along Bayshore Drive toward the area where the race
started. The field turns when the course hits the intersection with 1st
Avenue, where runners and walkers then turn west and head out and
around Tropicana Field, the hope of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay
Rays.
Once around the baseball field, the course then heads back east along
1st Avenue (with a quick detour around Mirror Lake Park) to the finish
line back at the Mahaffey Theater, where the post-race festivities and
award ceremonies will be held.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located along Florida's Gulf coastline, overlooking the blue waters of
Tampa Bay, the city of St. Petersburg typically experiences mild to
moderately warm weather conditions in the mid-fall season, as well as
some of its driest weather of the year on average. In November, the
city's average monthly temperatures range between 77°F and
63°F, while rainfall totals average just over 2 inches for the
month.
Fees
$90 for the half marathon, if registered by September 30, 2009
$100 after Sept. 30
$30 for the 5K, if registered by October 15
$35 after Oct. 15
Registration
To reserve your spot in the fall 2009 running of St. Petersburg's Women's
Running Women's Half Marathon or 5K, register online at Active.com.
Website
www.womenshalfmarathon.com
Course Map
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