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Oregon > Haulin' Aspen Trail Marathon & Half
Marathon
Bend, OR
Date
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Event
Details
Trail runners get a chance to run among the narrow, winding trails and
tall, old growth trees of Oregon's Shevlin Regional Park at the annual
Haulin' Aspen Trail Marathon & Half Marathon, which welcomed
more than 460 runners for its fourth annual running in the summer of
2008. Along the way, runners traverse challenging single-track trails
and jeep roads as well as open valleys and a brief stretch of paved
roads on their
out-and-back route
through the 650-acre park, where they start and finish the race at
Aspen Meadows at the park's northern end.
From the starting line at Aspen Meadows, the half-marathon route winds
southward along the eastern edge of the park closest to Bend, which
lies just three miles away. Runners follow the winding trails through
the park to the crossing over Tumalo Creek, where they turn and head
northward across the creek onto Tumalo Creek Road and then Jack Pine
Spring Road. This loop of the course takes runners to just past the
half-way point and then turns back toward Shevlin Park, heading through
the forest while giving runners ample views of nearby Mount Bachelor
and Tumalo Mountain.
Once around the loop, the course crosses the creek a second time and
takes runners back northward through the park, roughly parallel to Jack
Pine Spring Road. All the while, Tumalo Creek is on runners' right
side, following them back up toward the finish line, with abundant
aspens, ponderosas and pine trees along the way. The route also
takes runners through a covered bridge as well as a half log over the
creek at one point, and runners can expect to experience about 1,300
feet in elevation gain over the course of the race.
As they head toward the finish line, the home stretch of the half
marathon (as well as the full) is thankfully mostly flat, pine-needle
covered terrain along the creek, and runners can cool themselves off
and clean off their trail shoes in the creek at the finish. The full
marathon starts at 7:00 AM, followed by the half marathon start at 8:30
AM.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in central Oregon, about a three-and-a-half-hour drive by car
from Portland, the city of Bend typically experiences mild to
moderately warm weather conditions in the summer, and relatively little
rainfall. In August, average monthly temperatures range between
81°F and 46°F, while precipitation totals average
around 0.6
inches for the month.
Fees
$35 for the half marathon, if registered before July 15, 2010
$45 on July 15 and after
$55 at the race packet pickup, depending on availability
Registration
To reserve your spot in the summer 2010 running of Bend's Haulin' Aspen
Trail Half Marathon, register online at the event website.
Website
www.freshairsports.com
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