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Ohio > Road Runner Akron Marathon, Half Marathon
& Relay
Akron, OH
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Date
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Event
Details
Known around the world for its famed Soap Box Derby world championship
races every summer, the Ohio city of Akron hosts the 9th annual running
of its Road Runner Akron Marathon, Half Marathon & Relay races
in the fall of 2009, of which the 13.1-mile race is the newest
addition, having been added to this annual early autumn race event for
the first time in 2007.
Both the half and the full marathon share the same starting line and
time and follow the same route for most of the first half of the full
marathon, which starts on South Broadway Street and takes runners first
northward along Broadway and then onto Main Street for the first mile
of the race, which turns around near St. Thomas Hospital. After making
turns on both York Street, Schiller Avenue and Olive Street, runners
then converge once again with Main Street and head south back toward
the starting area for the next stretch of the race.
The first three miles of the half marathon feature perhaps its steepest
uphill and downhill stretches, as runners continue making their way
southward along High Street past the campus of the University of Akron,
and join South Main Street for the stretch down to the turn onto
Wilbeth Road. These roads (like nearly all of the half marathon course)
are run on paved streets through Akron's downtown areas and tree-lined
residential neighborhoods, and past local landmarks like the stadium
for the Akron Aeros, the double-A minor league affiliate of the
Cleveland Indians baseball team.
After making their way southward to Wilbeth Road, runners turn left and
head eastward toward Firestone Park, and run all the way around the
western edge of the park along Firestone Boulevard until they meet up
with Brown Street, where they turn left and head northward for roughly
the next two miles all the way up to the University of Akron, where
they run along Sumner Street and University Avenue to meet up again
with Broadway, followed by a few twists and turns and a brief stretch
along the canal toward the finish line at the Canal Park Stadium, the
home of the Aeros.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in northeastern Ohio, roughly 40 miles south of Cleveland, the
city of Akron typically experiences mild to moderately warm weather
conditions in the early fall season, and slightly wetter weather in the
summer and early fall than in the winter season. In September, the
city's average monthly temperatures range between 74°F and
56°F, while rainfall amounts average just under 3.6 inches for
the month.
Fees
$55 for the half marathon, if registered by January 31, 2009
$65 between February 1 - September 21
$85 at the race expo
Registration
To reserve your spot in the fall 2009 running of Ohio's Road Runner
Akron Marathon, Half Marathon or Relay, register
online at the event website.
Website
www.akronmarathon.org
Half
Marathon Course Map
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