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Missouri > City of Roses Half Marathon, 5K & Fun
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Cape
Girardeau, MO
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Date
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Event
Details
With a course that features both city streets and the running and
biking paths along Cape Girardeau's Cape LaCroix Creek bike trail, the
City of Roses Half Marathon, 5K & Fun Run will mark its 29th
annual running in September of 2009. More than 280 runners crossed the
finish line in the half marathon and the 5K combined in 2008, with more
than 170 of those runners finishing the half alone.
The course for the race starts and finishes at Southeast Missouri
Hospital's HealthPoint Plaza on Independence Street, and takes runners
on a route that winds through the city's historic "Old Town" as well as
along stretches of the Mississippi River that flows right by the city,
which lies just across the river from Illinois.
The out-and-back loop
route is mostly flat and fast with a few moderate hills along the way,
and winds through Cape Girardeau's Arena
Park (which lies just a few blocks away from the starting line), along
Main
Street and Water Street along the river and back to HealthPoint Plaza
for the finish.
While the half marathon is open to runners only, the 5K is open to both
runners and walkers, and the Fun Run is open to kids age 12 and under.
The first race to start is the half marathon (at 7:30 AM), followed by
the 5K at 7:45 and the Fun Run at 8:30 AM.
Race
Weather & Climate
Nestled along a bend in the Mississippi River near Missouri's
southeastern corner, the city of Cape Girardeau typically sees mild to
moderately warm (and occasionally hot) weather conditions as summer is
giving way to fall, and relatively even precipitation throughout the
year, except for the spring, when rainfall averages its highest amounts
for the year. In September, the city's average monthly temperatures
range between 81°F and 58°F, while rainfall totals
average just over 3.3 inches for the month.
Fees
$40 for the half marathon, if registered by September 5, 2009
$50 after Sept. 5
Registration
To reserve your spot in the late summer 2009 running of Missouri's City
of Roses Half Marathon, register online at Active.com.
Websites
www.caperoadrunners.org
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