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Ohio > Glass City Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay
& 5K
Toledo, OH
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Date
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Event
Details
More than 1,300 runners and walkers crossed the finish line in all four
races
combined at the spring 2009 running of Toledo's Glass City Marathon,
Half Marathon, 5K & five-person relay races, which takes its
name for the city's nickname the "Glass City," as it has been
well-known for decades as a center of glass and auto parts production
and boasts the first building in the U.S. to be constructed completely
covered in glass, the headquarters of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company,
built in 1936.
The race, which has been a fixture in the local running and athletic
community for more than three decades, follows a mostly flat and fast
out-and-back course that starts and finishes on the campus of the
University of Toledo, near the city's downtown. From there, the half
marathon takes runners out on a tour of the city, along stretches of
its Metroparks system of urban trails and parks, and through its quiet
residential areas like Ottawa Hills and Old Orchard, as well as along
stretches of the Maumee River that flows through the city.
After the run along a combination of city streets and the bike trails
along the Metroparks, the race takes runners into the finish line at
the Glass Bowl Stadium, the home field of the University of Toledo
Rockets football team. Those running or walking the half have a limit
of six hours to complete the race, and the field for the half is
limited to 1,500 entrants.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in the northwestern part of the state, near the eastern end of
Lake Erie and just south of the border with Michigan, the city of
Toledo typically experiences moderately cool to cold weather conditions
in the mid-spring season, and its second-wettest weather of the year
during the month the race is held. In April, the city's average monthly
temperatures range between 61°F and 42°F, while
precipitation amounts average just under 3.3 inches for the month.
Fees
$35 for the half marathon, if registered before December 31, 2009
$45 between January 1 - April 14, 2010
$60 between April 15 - 24
$70 at the race expo
Registration
Registration for the spring 2009 running of Toledo's Glass City
Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay & 5K is now closed, as the event
has completed. Please check back later for updated information on how
to sign up for the 2010 running of the race.
Website
www.glasscitymarathon.org
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