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Minnesota > Urban Wildland Half Marathon & 5K
Richfield, MN
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Date
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Event
Details
Designated and promoted by organizers as "Minnesota's Green Race," the
Urban Wildland Half Marathon & 5K is perhaps unique in that all
waste generated during the event -- from cups thrown on the ground by
runners to food and packaging discarded at the race start and finish
lines -- is recycled, re-used or composted. Run through the city
streets and trails of the town of Richfield's many urban parks, the
race offers an interesting mix of wooded, tree-lined pathways along
with the feel of running through very urban, big-city streets.
The race starts and finishes at Richfield's Veterans Memorial Park, at
the corner of 66th Street and Portland Avenue South, and takes runners
on a counter-clockwise 13.1-mile loop route through the city and
finishes back at the park. Mostly flat and fast, the course begins with
a long, flat straightaway stretch down West 64th Street, and begins the
turn southward as runners reach Interstate 35 and the Wood Lake Nature
Center Park, which is also a co-sponsor of the race.
After running along the twists and turns of the trails through Wood
Lake, runners then follow through a few streets south of the park and
then begin heading eastward on West 70th Street, first passing through
Augsburg Park. The course is flat and fast through these city streets
and neighborhood blocks, experiencing some gentle hills as runners
proceed through first Christian Park and then Taft Park and around the
edges of Taft Park Pond.
Once around the pond, the remaining couple of
miles take runners along the eastern edge and through the northern
section of Veterans Memorial Park before reaching the finish line.
Runners should note that they need to keep an adequate pace (no slower
than a 16-minute mile), as the last groups of runners complete sections
of the course, those roads will be re-opened to traffic.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located less than 10 miles south of the heart of downtown Minneapolis,
the town of Richfield enjoys weather that's much the same as its larger
neighboring city -- mild, pleasant summers and sometimes bitterly cold
winters. In August, temperatures average between 80°F and
61°F, while rainfall amounts average around 4.05 inches for the
month.
Fees
$38 if registered by July 1, 2009
$45 after July 1
No race day registration
Registration
To register for the summer 2009 running of Minnesota's Urban Wildland
Half
Marathon or the 5K, register online at Active.com.
Website
www.urbanwildland.com
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