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Georgia > Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon, Half Marathon
& Jr. Marathon
Fort
Oglethorpe,
GA
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Date
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Event
Details
More than 1,500 runners made their way along the paved roads and trails
of Georgia's most historic Civil War battlefield sites at the fall 2008
running of Fort Oglethorpe's Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon, Half
Marathon & Junior Marathon, which saw more than 670 runners
finish the race's first-ever half marathon in its nearly three-decade
history of hosting this annual event in the park.
Both the half marathon and the full marathon share the same starting
line and time, at 7:30 AM at the 6th Cavalry Museum near the visitor
center entrance on the northern end of the park. From there, those
running the 13.1-mile race follow an out-and-back loop course that
winds in a roughly clockwise direction through the park, giving runners
ample views of the approximately 1,400 memorials, cannons and monuments
that commemorate
the Battle of Chickamauga, the bloodiest two-day battle of the Civil
War, which claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 Confederate and Union
soldiers in September 1863.
Needless to say, the park today is a much more peaceful place whose
5,500 acres are filled with forests, streams, wide-open grassy meadows,
and horse and hiking trails through the woods. The loop course takes
runners past a number of the park's natural scenic features as well as
its historic military memorials, and finishes back where the race
started at the 6th Cavalry Museum. Along the way, the race route
includes numerous rolling hills, which race organizers describe as
"challenging but not extraordinarily difficult."
In addition to the 26.2-mile and 13.1-mile races, the event also
features a "junior marathon" open to kids in grades 1 - 6. Participants
in the Jr. Marathon run the final mile of a total of 26.2 miles on the
day of the race, after completing 25.2 mile during the summer and fall
leading up to the race day.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in the northwestern corner of the state, just over 11 miles
south of Chattanooga, the small Georgia town of Fort Oglethorpe
typically experiences cool to mild weather conditions in the mid-fall
season, and wetter weather in the fall and spring than in the summer.
In November, the town's average monthly temperatures range between
61°F and 40°F, while precipitation totals average
nearly 4.9 inches for the month.
Fees
$35 for the half marathon, if registered by August 31, 2009
$40 between September 1 - November 10
Registration
To reserve your spot in the fall 2009 running of the Chickamauga
Battlefield Marathon, Half Marathon or Junior Marathon, register online at the event website
or print out and mail in this downloadable entry form.
Website
www.battlefieldmarathon.com
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