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Missouri > Columbia Half Marathon Challenge
Columbia, MO
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Date
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Event
Details
Filled with numerous rolling hills with a few steep uphills and
downhills thrown in, the Columbia Half Marathon Challenge is an event
that challenges runners in more ways than one, as race organizers
partner with the local Central Missouri Community Action nonprofit to
raise awareness and funds to support the organization's mission of
helping local families in need fight poverty and achieve self-reliance.
The course for the event, which also includes a three-person relay race
for runners who don't wish to run the full 13.1 miles by themselves,
starts at Columbia's Peace Park, near the corner of South 8th Street
and Elm Street, on the edge of the campus of the University of
Missouri. From there, runners begin a route that takes them southward
for the first third of the race and then into a counter-clockwise loop
around the parkland areas south of the university.
Much of the course during the middle third of the race is refreshingly
green and tree-lined, taking runners along Campusview Drive and the
Grindstone Parkway as well as into the 200-plus-acre Grindstone Nature
Area and Capen Park, through which participants run along the park's
wooded hiking and biking trails and open field greenspaces. After
exiting the park on Rock Quarry Road, runners then begin the last four
miles of the race back to the finish line, heading north back to campus
to cross the finish at 8th & Elm.
Run mostly on paved surfaces, with the exception of a few areas inside
the parks, the race features a roughly 185-foot change in elevation
overall, hitting a low of about 618 feet above sea level just before
the mile 3 marker and a high of nearly 800 feet between miles 6 and 7.
Last year's race brought out more than 500 participants for the
individual and relay races combined, and the race begins at 8:00 AM.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located along Interstate 70 near the center of the state, about halfway
between Kansas City and St. Louis, the city of Columbia typically sees
mild to cool weather conditions in the early fall weeks, with
relatively even rainfall spread throughout the season. In October,
average temperatures range between 68°F and 44°F, while
rainfall amounts average around 3.18 inches for the month.
Fees
$40 if registered by September 14, 2008
$45 after Sept. 14
Registration
To reserve your spot in the fall 2008 running of the Columbia Half
Marathon Challenge or relay, register online at Active.com
or print out and mail in this downloadable form.
Websites
www.columbiahalfmarathonchallenge.com
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from the 2007 race
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