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Texas > Moe's Better Half Marathon & 5K
San Marcos,
TX
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Date
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Event
Details
Named for local San Marcos running enthusiast and race director Dr. Moe
Johnson, the Moe's Better Half Marathon & 5K has become a road
running tradition in the central Texas area over the past two decades,
growing into one of the region's more popular race events. Run on an
out-and-back loop course that starts near the Prime Outlets and the
Tanger Outlet Center just off Interstate 35, the race features a mix of
hilly and sometimes challenging stretches through both commercial areas
and Texas farmland.
From the start at the Tanger Outlets, the course follows a clockwise
loop direction heading south on Center Point Road. Runners follow
what's mostly a straightaway along Center Point for the first five and
a half miles of the race, with a turn (but staying on Center Point Rd)
between the 5- and 6-mile markers. As the road continues west, runners
turn north onto Francis Harris Lane, which takes them all the way back
up to the Old Bastrop Highway, which closes the roughly nine-mile loop
when it meets with Center Point for the last mile of the race toward
the finish line at the Tanger Outlets.
Run entirely on paved surfaces throughout, the race features a mix of
flat stretches and some challenging hills. Runners in the half marathon
will encounter the steepest uphills along the course between miles 3
and 4 and miles 12 and 13, while the sharpest downhill occurs just
before participants reach the 6-mile marker. Other than that, the
course has some pretty flat stretches, especially between miles 7 and
8.5, as well as between the starting line and the first mile marker.
Organizers start sending runners off for the three races in the event
at 7:00 AM, when the half-marathon runners leave, followed by those
running the 1K Kids Run Fun at 7:15 AM and the 5K at 7:30 AM. Runners
will have three and a half hours to complete the race; organizers add
that the course closes at 10:30 AM.
Race
Weather & Climate
Mild to moderately warm conditions, with some cool weather and
occasional rain, are the norm in the spring in the San Marcos area,
which lies about 40 miles to the northeast of the San Antonio metro
area. In March, average monthly temperatures range between 73°F
and 50°F, while rainfall totals average around 2.09 inches for
the month.
Fees
$30 if registered by February 24, 2008
$40 from Feb. 25 - race day
Registration
Online registration is not yet open for the spring 2009 running of the
ARA-Moe's Better Half Marathon. Please
check back later for updated information on how to register.
Websites
www.sanmarcosrunners.org/mbhm
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