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Texas > Chevron Houston Marathon & Aramco Half Marathon
Houston, TX  •  Sunday, January 13, 2013  •  Course Map


 
Appropriately enough for the city that's synonymous with big oil, the Houston Marathon & Half Marathon enjoys the sponsorship of Chevron and Aramco and draws a Texas-sized field of about 18,000 runners and a couple hundred thousand spectators every year, for a race that takes those running in both the half and the full marathons along a fast and flat course that's been called one of the nation's "fastest winter marathons" by the editors of the Ultimate Guide to Marathons.

The course for the half marathon starts separately from the full, in front of Minute Maid Park -- the home of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros -- and meets up with the full marathon course by the second mile marker. From the start on Texas & Crawford Streets, the course takes runners northward along Elysian and Hardy Streets for the first two miles, and turns left onto Quitman for the next two miles, as Quitman becomes White Oak Drive.

Runners follow White Oak as it curves through a series of city parks, including White Oak Park, Hogg Park and Stude Park, before turning north onto Michaux Street and then again on East 11th Street at the 5-mile marker. The course's few rollling hills occur in this part of the race, as well as a few in the middle of the second half of the course. After a brief stretch along 11th, the course turns south again on Studewood, and takes runners on a long straightaway southward for the next four miles.

When they reach the corner of Montrose and Richmond Street, runners make a quick turn and run northward back up along Montrose toward the Allen Parkway, which skirts along the southern edge of Sabine Park and Sam Houston Park. The last mile and a half of the race includes two last turns on Milam Street and Rusk Street, which takes runners all the way to the finish line in front of Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center.

Those running the half marathon will have four hours to complete the course, which means at least a pace of 13:45 minutes per mile over the first nine miles of the race, organizers add. Walkers are welcome to participate in the half, provided they can keep enough of a pace to finish in four hours.



Race Weather & Climate

Known for its hot and humid weather for much of the rest of the year, Houston enjoys generally cooler conditions in the wintertime, and typically sees ample rainfall throughout the year. In January, the city's average monthly temperatures range between 63°F and 45°F, while rainfall totals average around 4.25 inches for the month. On the day of the race (Jan. 13), the average high is 63°F and the average low is 45°F.


Course Map

View the race route map for the Aramco Houston Half Marathon


Fees

N/A


Registration

To register for the lottery for the winter 2013 running of the Chevron Houston Marathon or Aramco Houston Half Marathon, register online at MarathonGuide.com.


Official Race Website

www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com



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