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Missouri > Roots & Blues BBQ Festival Half
Marathon, Relay & 10K
Columbia, MO
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Date
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Event
Details
Filled with numerous rolling hills with a few steep uphills and
downhills thrown in, Columbia's all-new Roots & Blues BBQ
Festival Half Marathon will take the place of the Columbia Half
Marathon Challenge, which was run in October in previous years as a
fund-raiser for Central Missouri Community Action nonprofit agency. The
Roots & Blues race will move the date from early October to
late September and will also feature a 10K run as well as a
half-marathon relay for corporate running teams.
The course for the 13.1-mile race starts at Columbia's Flat Branch
Park, near the corner of 5th Street and Elm Street, on the edge of the
campus of the University of
Missouri. From there, runners begin a route that takes them along a
combination of paved city streets as well as sections of the Katy
Trail, which winds more than 220 miles across the state from Clinton in
the western part of the state all the way east to St. Louis. Situated
on what was once a railroad, the trail features fast, flat groomed
natural surfaces that will be a welcome respite from the sometime
challenging hills on other portions of the race course.
The rest of the course will take runners through downtown Columbia,
along streets on the campus of the University of Missouri and through
parts of the city's southwestern neighborhoods. Once they're finished,
runners and their friends and family can enjoy the Roots &
Blues Barbecue Festival, which will kick off following the race at Flat
Branch Park, where the race will finish.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located along Interstate 70 in central Missouri, about halfway
between Kansas City and St. Louis, the city of Columbia typically sees
mild to moderately warm weather conditions as the late summer season is
giving way to early fall, with
relatively even rainfall spread throughout the season. In September,
the city's average temperatures range between 79°F and
55°F, while
rainfall amounts average just over 3.4 inches for the month.
Fees
$60 for the half marathon
$180 for teams running the half marathon relay
$40 for the 10K
Registration
To reserve your spot in the late summer running of Missouri's Roots
& Blues BBQ Festival Half Marathon, register
online at the event website
or print out and mail in this downloadable form.
Websites
www.ultramaxtri.com
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