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Georgia > Alpharetta Marathon & Half Marathon
Alpharetta,
GA
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Date
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Event
Details
One of several half-marathon events that take place in Georgia in the
late winter and early spring, the Alpharetta Marathon & Half
Marathon takes runners on a tour of the Atlanta metropolitan
area’s northern suburbs, for a “hilly but not too
tough” race according to one of the 2007 event’s
participants. The single-loop course for the race starts at
Alpharetta’s downtown City Hall Complex and includes plenty
of North Fulton County scenery and gentle, rolling hills on the way to
the finish line on Lakeview Parkway near Haynes Bridge Road.
Participants arriving from out of town are advised to get the lay of
the land for the race route early enough on Saturday to avoid getting
lost on the way to the race (early!) Sunday morning. The event has a
starting time of 7:00 AM and last year’s race –
which was its inaugural running – had little signage to help
out-of-towners navigate their way to the race in the early morning
hours.
On the positive side, the Alpharetta race also had “very
frequent aid stations, plenty of spectators, and the volunteers will
call out your name as you get to the finish line,” added one
participant from the 2007 event. Bands and musicians are also on hand
to cheer runners on throughout the course, every three miles.
Formerly known as the Awesome Alpharetta Half Marathon & 10K,
the event has dropped the 10K portion of the race for 2008 and combined
it with the full, 26.2-mile marathon that had been held on a different
date in previous years.
Race
Weather & Climate
Late-winter weather tends to warm up in the Atlanta area ahead of the
arrival of spring, but can be unpredictably cold and wet at times. The
average temperatures on the day of the race range between 38°F
and 60°F, while rainfall for the month of March averages more
than 5.5 inches.
Fees
$30 if registered by Oct. 31, 2007
$35 between Nov. 1 – Jan.
31, 2008
$40 between Feb. 1 – Feb. 25
$50 at the weekend race expo
Registration
To register for the 2008 Alpharetta Marathon or Half Marathon, click here.
Website
www.alpharettamarathon.com
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