Ohio > Park 2 Park Half Marathon & 5K
Sheffield, OH
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Date
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Event
Details
Join the roughly 300 runners who run this "park to park" race just a
few miles from the shores of nearby Lake Erie at the 5th annual Park 2
Park Half Marathon & 5K, which takes the field along a
combination crushed limestone and paved surface trail between two of
Lorain County's metro parks -- French Creek Reservation and Black Creek
Reservation Parks. Run mostly through tree-lined portions of the trails
inside the parks, with a few stretches along open road, the trail
offers gorgeous scenery with mildly challenging terrain.
The out-and-back race starts and finishes at French Creek, a 450-acre
park just north of Sheffield with a largely forested landscape and
plenty of high cliffs and steep ravines along the park's four main
hiking and walking trails. Runners in the half marathon start their
race by following a brief loop around a stretch of the park's Big Woods
Trail before exiting the park onto French Creek Road, which they follow
going west to East River Road and then East 31st Street.
After a brief stretch along East 31st, runners then turn off the main
road and onto the trail within Black River Reservation Metro Park,
hitting the 3.5-mile Bridgeway Trail that runs along the length of the
winding Black River, from which the park gets its name and which
follows a curling course through the park. The Bridgeway takes runners
across bridges over streams and creeks, past open greenspace meadows
and through thickets of trees and vegetation, which make for a
refreshing break from the nearby urban areas.
Once they hit the southern tip of the park near where the trail meets
Interstate 90, runners hit the turnaround point and begin heading back
northward along the same trail they've just run, skirting the Black
River on their way back to the starting line at French Creek. The race
begins at 7:00 AM and race-day registration starts at 6:00 AM at French
Creek Park's Pine Tree picnic area.
Race
Weather & Climate
Summertime weather conditions tend to be moderately warm (and sometimes
hot) to mild in the Sheffield Lake area, which lies just a few miles
from the village of Sheffield near the shores of Lake Erie. In June,
average monthly temperatures for the area range between 81°F
and 58°F, while rainfall amounts average around 4.07 inches for
the month -- the town's highest average rainfall for the year.
Fees
$30 for pre-registered runners
($27 if you don't want a race t-shirt)
$35 on the day of the race
Registration
To sign up for the summer 2008 running of the Park 2 Park Half
Marathon or 5K, register using this online entry form.
Website
snow.he.net
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