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North Carolina > Bethel Half Marathon & 5K
Bethel, NC

Date

Saturday, October 11, 2008



Event Details

The Bethel Half Marathon & 5K celebrates its 14th anniversary this year, and race organizers hope to attract all of the more than 180 runners who participated in the 2006 event back for this year's race, which is run in the shadow of the area made famous in Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain," and by the movie of the same name. The race course and starting time for both the half-marathon and the 5K initially are the same (at Bethel Middle School, at 630 Sonoma Road).

The course for the half takes runners from the school down highway 110, then to Love Joy Road, and then begins a moderately inclining uphill until a turn back onto Lake Logan Road. After this turn, the remainder of the course is mostly flat, as the race course lies in the flood plain of North Carolina's Pigeon River. As for the 5K, the finish line is on the Middle School's running track.

On the half marathon course, runners should look for water stations at four stops, at miles 5, 8, 10 and 12, and organizers caution all participants to be aware of traffic on the roadways along the course.


Race Weather & Climate

Located in the eastern part of the state, less than 40 miles from North Carolina's Outer Banks coastal area, the town of Bethel tends to see mild to cold weather in October, with average temperatures that range from 48°F to 72°F. Fall also brings drier weather in the area, with average rainfall for the month of about 3.2 inches.


Fees

$20 for both the half-marathon and 5K (if postmarked on/before September 30, 2008)
$25 after Sept. 30 until the day of the race


Registration

To register for either the Bethel Half Marathon or the 5K, download the race application and mail it to the organizers listed inside.


Website

www.bethelcomm.org


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