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Ohio > Tour de Ashland Half Marathon & Team
Relays
Ashland, OH
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Date
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Event
Details
One of the newest road race running events on the calendar in this
scenic and hilly city in northern Ohio, Ashland's Tour de Ashland Half
Marathon & Team Relays was run for the first time ever in 2006
and has welcomed just over 100 runners for last year's event,
making this small, intimate race something of a new wintertime
counterpart to the city's summertime Holiday Balloonfest 5K Race, which
is
run each year on the fourth of July.
Like the city itself, the 13.1-mile race course is scenic and hilly,
starting at Ashland Community Stadium on Katherine Avenue. From there,
runners follow a somewhat circuitous path through the city, along a
mostly counter-clockwise loop that takes runners past and through local
greenspace areas like Myers Field and Brookside Park. The course is run
on paved surfaces throughout the race, and features very few flat
stretches -- there is an overall elevation change of just over 200 feet
through the course of the race.
Runners will reach the highest point in the race just after the second
mile marker, at just over 1,275 feet above sea level, while the lowest
point in the race arrives just after the 5-mile marker, when the course
drops to around 1,040 feet above sea level. Race organizers will have
limited traffic control throughout the race, though they will have
crossing guards posted at the eight major intersections along the
course and police escorts for much of the race.
Race
Weather & Climate
Runners should come bundled up for this early winter race in Ashland,
which is located in northern Ohio about 60 miles southwest of Cleveland
and typically sees very cold and sometimes snowy conditions in the
winter. In December, area temperatures average between 37°F and
21°F, while precipitation amounts average around 2.67 inches
for the month.
Fees
N/A
Registration
Online registration is not yet available for the 2009 running of the
Tour de Ashland Half Marathon. Please check back for updated
information on how to sign up for the race.
Websites
www.ashlandrunners.com
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of
runners finishing the 2007 race
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