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Ohio > Columbia Station Half Marathon & Inline
Skate
Columbia
Station, OH
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Date
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Event
Details
One of a series of northern Ohio races called the "rat races,"
sponsored by the Elyria, Ohio-based NCN Racing, the Columbia Station
Half Marathon & Inline Skating event takes runners on an
out-and-back course through the area known to locals as the Columbia
Township, which lies just to the southwest of Cleveland in the state's
Lorain County. Fast and largely relatively flat -- though it includes
some long, rolling hills -- the course takes runners and skaters on a
tour of the country scenery around Ohio's first township west of the
Cuyahoga River, founded in 1807.
The (mostly) loop course for the race starts and finishes at the town's
Copopa Elementary School on West River Road in Columbia Station. From
there, the course takes participants southward along the same road all
the way to Crocker Road, where runners then turn right (west) for a
brief stretch and then left (south) again on Station Road, where the
begin the next couple of miles toward the township of Valley City. Once
they hit Center Road, participants then turn east and then north again
on West River Road, where they begin the trek all the way back to where
they started the race, along the race's hilliest stretch to the finish
back at the school.
The race is also part of the Columbia Homecoming Festival, a
weekend-long series of events sponsored by the Columbia Township
Chamber of Commerce, that begins with a community pig roast on Thursday
night and culminates with a fireworks celebration on Sunday evening,
and includes a "battle of the bands," pie & cake contest, car
show, parade, beauty contest and watermelon eating contest (and a lot
more) in between.
Along the way throughout the race, both runners and inline skaters will
see some of the northern Ohio region's most scenic countryside, as much
of the course -- especially its long, "winding" straightaway second
half -- unfolds along the bends of the Rocky River, which is your
constant
companion over your right shoulder along the race course from Valley
City all the way back up to
Columbia Station.
Race
Weather & Climate
One of several small Ohio townships located in Lorain County, just
outside the Cleveland metro area, the town of Columbia Station tends to
experience mild to quite warm weather conditions in the early summer,
as well as some of the local area's wettest weather of the year. In
June, average monthly temperatures range between 81°F and
58°F, while rainfall amounts average around 4.07 inches for the
month, making June the town's wettest month of the year on average.
Fees
$30 if pre-registered before the event
$27 for signup without an event t-shirt
$35 on the day of the race
Registration
To sign up for the 2008 running of the Columbia Station Half
Marathon, register online using this signup form.
Website
snow.he.net
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