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Texas > Miracle Match Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay,
10K & 5K
Waco, TX
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Date
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Event
Details
Staged in the central Texas town of Waco to raise both awareness and
funds for bone local marrow donation programs, the Miracle Match
Marathon is actually several races in one -- including a full,
26.2-mile marathon, a 13.1-mile half-marathon, relay races for both the
full and half marathon, and a 10K and 5K race. Begun in 2004 by the
Waco
Professional Fire Fighters Association, proceeds from the race are used
to help patients and programs at the local Scott & White Marrow
Donor Program.
In keeping with the spirit of the race's founders, the course for the
half marathon is challenging and includes a variety of different kinds
of terrain. From the half-marathon start in Waco's Indian Springs Park,
in the shadow of Waco's signature suspension bridge, the course takes
runners alongside the banks of the Brazos River and
into the campus of Baylor University for the first couple of miles,
following a loop course through campus that re-emerges just under
Interstate 35.
After passing underneath the interstate, runners will turn onto 2nd
Street for several blocks and then left onto Franklin Avenue, which
they follow for a long straightaway -- the next three and a half miles
-- all the way to the intersection with 38th Street. The course reaches
the turnaround point here, and then heads back up Franklin Street along
the course participants have just run. At the intersection with 6th
Street, runners turn left and head in a northwesterly direction
(turning again on Jefferson Avenue and University Parks Drive), running
along the Cameron Park river bottomlands to the bridge over the river
at Herring Drive.
Once over the bridge, runners hit the final two miles of the race and
run alongside the northern bank of the Brazos, running the trail
alongside the river all the way to the suspension bridge, and the
finish line. By the time they cross the finish line, the field of
participants -- which includes runners, walkers and wheelchair
competitors -- will have trekked across a course made up mostly of
paved surfaces, but with also some natural surface and gravel trails
thrown in.
Both the full and half marathons will start at 7:30 AM, and organizers
plan to keep the course open for seven hours, and will close it at 2:30
PM. In addition to the race events above, there are also a one-mile fun
run for children and a "Miracle Match Kids" run for up to eighth-grade
age children.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located about 80 miles south of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan
area, the town of Waco typically sees moderately warm to mild weather
conditions in the fall, with occasional showers. In October, the city's
average monthly temperatures range between 79°F and
55°F, while
rainfall totals average around 3.8 inches for the month.
Fees
$50 if registered by September 8, 2008
$60 between Sept. 9 - October 18
$70 between Oct. 19 - 25
$80 on the day of the race
Registration
To reserve your spot in the fall 2008 running of
Waco's Miracle Match Half Marathon or any of the other races in the
event, register online at Active.com
or print out and mail in this downloadable entry form.
Website
www.sw.org
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