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Louisiana > Baton Rouge Beach Marathon & Half
Marathon
Baton Rouge,
LA
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Date
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Event
Details
More than 700 runners came out to run around the streets and lakefront
roads of Baton Rouge's Louisiana State University at the 2007 running
of the Baton Rouge Beach Marathon & Half Marathon, a wintertime
race run within this city's college campus and through many of its most
picturesque residential neighborhoods. Run mostly along a fast and flat
course that makes roughly a circle around University Lake, the race
route includes some gradual inclines and declines but overall is a
generally level course.
The out-and-back loop course for the race starts and finishes at "Baton
Rouge Beach," or the lakeshore at Stanford Park just off Stanford
Avenue, on the shore of University Lake. From there, the course follows
a clockwise route through the LSU campus and the neighborhoods
surrounding the lake, passing by local sights and landmarks like LSU's
Tiger Stadium and Bernie Moore Track Stadium as well as Magnolia Mound
Park on the western edge of the campus.
After making their way through campus along Lakeshore Drive and
Dalrymple Drive, runners cross over a bridge that takes them into Baton
Rouge's Brooks Park and the City Park Golf Course, taking them along
mostly tree-lined streets that offer shade from the sun. From there,
the course winds through the neighborhoods just north of the lake, and
then turns south again on Parker Street for the last third of the race,
which winds along East Lakeshore Drive toward the finish line back at
Stanford Park. Once they reach the "Baton Rouge Beach," those running
the half-marathon have completed their race, while those running the
full make a second loop around the course.
Race
Weather & Climate
Baton Rouge generally experiences cool to cold temperatures in winter
with quite a bit of precipitation (the area averages over 5 inches of
precipitation in December). On the day of the race, milder
temperatures (thankfully) are common, averaging between 42°F
and 63°F.
Fees
$45 if registered by November 10, 2008
$55 from Nov. 11 through the day of the race
Registration
To reserve your spot in the winter 2008 running of the Baton Rouge
Beach Marathon or Half Marathon, register online at SignMeUp.com
or print out and mail in this downloadable race application.
Website
www.brbeachmarathon.com
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