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Georgia > Kennesaw Locomotive Half Marathon & 5K
Kennesaw,
GA
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Date
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Event
Details
The quiet, tree-lined roadways of this small town just north of Atlanta
will be the setting for the inaugural running in the fall of 2009 of
the Kennesaw Locomotive Half Marathon & 5K, which will take
runners and walkers on an out-and-back course that starts and finishes
at the Cobb Place and Town Center Commons shopping centers and lies
just a few miles from the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park,
the site of the 1864 Civil War battle of the same name.
Limited to 1,000 entrants for its first-ever running, the race will
start on the southern end of Cobb Place and loop around the shopping
center for its first mile or so, and then take runners northward along
Barrett Lakes Boulevard, which runs parallel to Interstate 75, all the
way up to the turnaround point at Chastain Road, which lies just after
the mile 3 marker.
After runners turn around, right at the southern end
of the campus of Kennesaw State University, they head back down Barrett
Lakes Boulevard toward the shopping center area where they started.
Once they make it to Cobb Place Boulevard, runners then turn right and
make a loop around Vaughn Road, Roberts Boulevard and Auto Park Drive,
and then turn left on Barrett Lakes Boulevard again for one last loop
around Cobb Place to the finish line in the shopping center's parking
lot.
Open to both runners and walkers, the 13.1-mile course features a
combination of rolling hills and flat stretches, with the steepest
hills around the mile 3, 6 and 9 markers. The highest point in the race
lies at just above 1,050 feet, between mile markers 8 and 9, and the
lowest point occurs at about 950 feet, between the 2nd and 3rd mile
markers.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located nearly 30 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta, just off
Interstate 75, the city of Kennesaw typically experiences some of its
mildest and most pleasant weather of the year in the early fall (though
mornings can be quite cool), as
well as its driest weather on average during the month the race is
held. In October, the city's average monthly temperatures range between
73°F and 46°F, while rainfall amounts average just
under 3.4 inches for the month.
Fees
$35 for the half marathon, if registered by September 1, 2009
$40 between Sept. 1 - October 2
$50 on the day of the race
Registration
To reserve your spot in the fall 2009 running of the Kennesaw's
Locomotive Half Marathon or 5K, register online at GeorgiaRunner.com
or print out and mail in this downloadable entry form.
Website
www.kennesawlocomotivehalf.com
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