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Oregon > Foot Traffic Flat Marathon & Half
Marathon
Portland, OR
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Date
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Event
Details
More than 1,200 runners came out to compete in the summer 2008 running
of Portland's Foot Traffic Flat Marathon & Half Marathon,
organized by the local running and walking shoe company of the same
name and promoted as the West Coast's flattest and fastest marathon
& half marathon road running event.
Runners can expect to
record fast personal record times on this course, which is run through
the wilderness of Sauvie Island, a 12,000+ acre island just to the
northwest of Portland that is a seasonal home to thousands of migratory
waterfowl and a popular local destination for hiking, biking, fishing,
hunting, birdwatching and for its beaches.
The full and half marathon races are run on the same loop course
through the island -- those running the half marathon run in a single
time, while those running the full follow the course a second time
around the island. From the starting line at the Sauvie Island Pumpkin
Patch, the course takes runners on a clockwise loop around the island,
down Gillihan Road and up North Sauvie Island Road. Runners turn right
onto Reeder Road and head northwest along the paved road, detouring for
a brief stretch along Oak Island Road and then back onto Reeder for the
next few miles.
Once Reeder meets up with Gillihan Road, runners have hit the final
third of the race, which takes the field along the bottom half of the
loop back to the starting line at the Pumpkin Patch. Along the way,
runners can expect to see local wildlife ranging from cows and
songbirds to the bald eagles that commonly fly through the island's
skies, and to see Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens off in the distance
if conditions are clear enough.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in northwest Oregon, on the dry side of the Cascade Mountain
range, Portland experiences far more sun and mild to moderately warm
weather in the summer than in the fall and winter months, when colder,
grayer and rainier weather conditions are much more common. In July,
average monthly temperatures range between 79°F and
57°F, while rainfall totals average around 0.76 inches for the
month.
Fees
N/A
Registration
Registration for the summer 2009 running of Oregon's Foot Traffic Flat
Half Marathon 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.foottraffic.us
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