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Oregon > Vernonia Half Marathon
Vernonia, OR

Date

Saturday, April 3, 2010


 
Event Details

After a year's absence from Oregon's road running calendar in 2008, the Vernonia Half Marathon -- which was canceled by its organizers (the Oregon Road Runners Club) due to flooding and related damage in the northwestern Oregon -- was back on the schedule for 2009, and saw 160 runners cross the finish line, in line with the roughly 150 to 200 runners it has in past years.

Like in past years, the Vernonia Half features an out-and-back course that takes runners largely along the Banks-Vernonia State Trail, a local rails-to-trails project that has converted 21 miles of formerly used railroad into a tree-lined paved and gravel trail through Oregon's picturesque woodlands for walkers, runners, bikers, hikers, horseback riders and inline skaters, as well as families bringing their children out in strollers.

Generally fast and flat throughout most of the 13.1 miles of the race, the course starts and finishes at Vernonia's Anderson Park, which lies not far from town at the southern end of Jefferson and Adams Avenues, near where the Nehalem River and Rock Creek come together. The course features a few rolling hills along the way, and runners also will cross several roads during the course of the race, but the route is otherwise closed to automobile traffic.


Race Weather & Climate

Nestled up among Oregon's Cascade Mountains, about an hour's drive northwest from Portland, the town of Vernonia can experience weather that's still quite cold in the early spring, as average monthly temperatures in April range between 58°F and 35°F. Rainfall is always a possibility this time of year, as area precipitation averages nearly 3 3/4 inches during the month.


Fees

N/A


Registration

Registration for the spring 2009 running of the Vernonia Half Marathon is now closed, as the event has completed. Please check back later for updated information on how to register for the 2010 running of the race.


Website

www.orrc.net


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