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Tennessee > Murfreesboro Half Marathon
Murfreesboro,
TN
Date
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Event
Details
The campus and surrounding neighborhoods around Murfreesboro's Middle
Tennessee State University serve as the backdrop for the autumn running
of the Murfreesboro Half Marathon, a race that marks just its third
annual running in 2009 and saw its event limit of 2,000 runners sign up
for its past two years. Featuring a course that takes
runners along a largely fast and flat route through the city, the race
features a run down the tree-lined straightway of Main Street and a
turnaround at the city's historic Oaklands Mansion, along a route that
varies only about 40 feet in elevation throughout the entire race.
From the starting line on Greenland Drive, in front of MTSU's track and
field facility, runners follow what is roughly a counter-clockwise loop
course
through the city, with a number of turns in the first few miles of the
race. The course takes runners past Evergreen Cemetery and Middle
Tennessee Medical Center and then onto Maney Avenue, where the
up-and-back run along this street features the view of Oaklands Mansion
at the end of it, followed by the return route back to Main Street and
the run around the square at the Rutherford County Courthouse.
After the run around the courthouse square, the course takes runners
along Main Street and turns onto Middle Tennessee Boulevard, and then
again onto Mercury Boulevard for the section of the race that returns
up to the university campus, where runners will get to run along MTSU's
Fraternity Row. After this stretch, the course straightens out North
Rutherford Boulevard and then turns around onto Old Lascassas Road, for
the final stretch of the race into the finish line at the track and
field athletic complex.
Race
Weather & Climate
Set in the middle of the state, about halfway between Chattanooga and
Nashville, the city of Murfreesboro typically enjoys mild to moderately
cool weather in the early fall season, with the occasional rain shower.
In October, average monthly temperatures range between 72°F and
44°F, while rainfall totals average around 3.45 inches for the
month.
Fees
$50 if registered by August 1, 2009
$65 for registrations after August 1
Registration
To reserve your spot in the fall 2009 running of the Murfreesboro Half
Marathon, check back in May, when registration for this race opens to
the public.
Website
www.themiddlehalf.com
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