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Illinois > Oak Brook Half Marathon
Oak Brook, IL
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Date
Monday, September 7, 2009
Event
Details
Run on a course that takes runners through the city streets, bicycle
trails and parklands of this affluent suburb of the Chicagoland area,
just a short drive west from its much larger neighboring city to the
west, the Oak Brook Half Marathon marks just its second annual running
on Labor Day 2009. Limited to 2,000 entrants, the race features a
course that will be mostly familiar to runners who ran it 2008, except
with a few changes to incorporate more parkland and trail running areas
and fewer stretches along city streets.
The race starting line lies just a stone's throw from the finish, just
above Oak Brook's Central Park right in the heart of the village area.
From there, runners turn right onto Jorie Boulevard and then left onto
31st Street, which they run for a quick stretch before turning left
again into the Oak Brook Polo Grounds, which hosts polo matches between
world-class polo teams every Sunday during the summer, between July and
September.
The course turns into paths through the polo grounds at this point,
filled with wooded forest areas and ponds, and bordered by both the
nearby Butler National Golf Course and the McDonald's Corporate Campus.
The route then heads back through Central Park and over to the
westernmost part of the course, which runs along Kingston Drive and
Midwest Road, along the edges of Oak Brook's Butterfield Country Club.
After making their way past the course's fairways and trees to 31st
Street, runners turn left onto 31st and head east toward along parkland
section of the course, into Fullersburg Park, where they run along the
crushed limestone trails of the Fullersburg Woods. These sections of
the course include its hilliest stretches, though the gently rolling
hills don't pose too much of a challenge for most runners. The race's
last three miles take runners around Oak Brook Golf Club, along the
bike and running path that takes the field back to Central Park for the
finish.
Race
Weather & Climate
A suburban neighborhood of Chicago, located roughly 20 miles west of
the city's downtown area, the village of Oak Brook typically
experiences mild to moderately warm (and occasionally still quite warm)
weather conditions in the late summer and early fall, and usually drier
weather in September than in the summer months. In September, the
area's average monthly temperatures range between 78°F and
53°F, while rainfall totals average just under 3.4 inches for
the month.
Fees
$55 if registered before race day
$65 on the day of the race
Registration
To reserve your spot in the Labor Day 2009 running of the Oak Brook
Half
Marathon, register online at SignMeUp.com
or print out and mail in this downloadable entry form.
Website
www.oakbrookhalfmarathon.com
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