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Texas > Buffalo Wallow Half Marathon & 2-Mile
Run
Lubbock, TX
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Date
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Event
Details
There's no need to worry about encountering any hills to speak of along
the course at the Buffalo Wallow Half Marathon & 2-Mile Race,
which takes runners around Buffalo Springs Lake, as the West Texas city
of Lubbock lies on some of the flattest and most wide-open terrain
anywhere in the United States. Home to the Red Raiders of Texas Tech
University and famous as the birthplace of rock and roll pioneer Buddy
Holly, Lubbock lies in the area of Texas known as Llano Estacado, and
offers largely flat and gentle terrain for runners throughout the race.
The course for the race is a double-loop that takes runners around the
outer perimeter road of Buffalo Springs Lake, starting near the park's
entry gates on High Meadow Road. From there, participants run a
clockwise loop around the lake twice, as High Meadow Road gives way to
Indian Trail on the lake's eastern end and Comanche Drive along its
southern and western shore. After completing both the first and second
loops around the lake, runners finish the race on Pony Express Trail,
along the peninsula of land that points out into the lake.
Flat and fast and run entirely on paved roads around the lake, the
6.5-mile course takes runners both through the residential
neighborhoods that lie near the lake as well as right along the shore,
especially on the stretch of the course along the southern edge of the
water. Just under 200 runners crossed the finish line in 2007 in both
races combined, which share a starting time of 9:00 AM.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located out in the plains of remote West Texas, the city of Lubbock
generally enjoys mild to cool (and sometimes cold) conditions in the
early weeks of fall. In November, local average monthly temperatures
range between 62°F and 35°F, while rainfall amounts
average around 0.71 inches, which ties November as the month with the
city's second-lowest rainfall of the year on average.
Fees
$10 if registered before race day
$15 on the day of the race
Registration
To reserve your spot in the fall 2008 running of Lubbock's Buffalo
Wallow Half Marathon or 2-mile run, print out and mail in this
downloadable entry form.
Websites
wtrc.tripod.com
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from the 2006 Buffalo Wallow races
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