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Nebraska > Brownville Freedom Run Half Marathon, 10K
& 5K
Brownville,
NE
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Date
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Event
Details
Runners can expect a warm, friendly crowd here in this tiny
southeastern Nebraska hamlet -- which bills itself as "Nebraska's
oldest
frontier town"
-- at the annual running of Brownville Freedom Run, which marked its
seventh annual running in the summer of 2009 and includes a half
marathon, 10K and a 5K
that take runners along the Steamboat Trace Trail just north of town,
for a run alongside the banks of the Missouri River.
An estimated 130 runners and walkers took part in this year's running,
which takes runners on an out-and-back course that starts on Main
Street in downtown
Brownville and follows a roughly north-south route up along the Silver
Trace Trail, which follows the river that also serves as the dividing
line between Nebraska on the western side and Missouri on the eastern
side.
The trail itself -- a rails-to-trails project that converted the former
Burlington Northern rail line here into a 21-mile running, biking and
walking trail that stretches from Brownville to Nebraska City -- is a
groomed and graded crushed rock surface,
and unfortunately was soft and/or washed out in some sections due to
the heavy
rains the night before the race in 2009. That didn't deter the
participants or spectators, however, who were able to enjoy the natural
beauty of its both its tree-lined shaded sections and wide-open vistas.
Once runners reach the half-way point in the race, which occurs at
about the point where the Silver Trace Trail comes closest to the
waters of the Missouri flowing by -- they'll also come very close to
the river just after heading out of town, and on the way back into town
-- they turn around and head back along
the route they've just run to the finish line back on Main Street,
where the town's 4th of July "Freedom Festival" will get underway after
the race.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in the state's southeastern corner along the border between
Nebraska and Missouri, roughly 75 miles south of Omaha, the town of
Brownville typically experiences its warmest (and wettest) weather
conditions of the year on average during the month the race is held. In
July, the town's average monthly temperatures range between
90°F and 66°F, while rainfall totals average just over
4.4 inches for the month.
Fees
N/A
Registration
Registration for the summer 2009 running of the Brownville Freedom Run
Half Marathon, 10K & 5K is now closed, as the event has
completed. Please check back for updated information on how to sign up
for the 2010 running of the race.
Website
www.brownville-ne.com
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