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Utah > Flat Out Half Marathon
Wendover, UT
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Date
Monday, September 7, 2009
Event
Details
Set for its inaugural running on Labor Day 2009, the Flat Out Half
Marathon will take runners on what will surely be one of the most
unique race courses anywhere on earth, for a 13.1-mile run across the
world-famous Bonneville Slat Flats in northwestern Utah, the site of
countless television car commercials and where many of the fastest
automobile
land-speed records have been set for the past several decades.
As its name suggest, the race will follow an almost perfectly flat
course across the Bonneville Salt Flats, which stretch across more than
30,000 acres (or nearly 160 square miles) and are made up of salt
deposits that reach six feet in depth in many places. Along with the
Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City, the flats are the remnants of the
ancient Lake Bonneville, which has receded over the past several
thousand years since the last ice age.
Fragile and protected today by
the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the flats are a geologic wonder
that go through a continual process of wearing away and smoothing out
thanks to the whipping winds and water that floods the flats each
winter, and dries away in the spring and summer months. It is said that
when you stand on the flats and look out over the horizon, you can
detect the curvature of the earth thanks to the flats' tremendous
expanse.
The course for the race will follow much of the same course used each
year at the annual auto races, at which drivers compete for all-time
land speed records (speeds of up to 600 mph have been recorded here).
It's likely you'll recognize the terrain and the landscape if you've
been to movies in the past several years as well, as popular films like
1996's Independence Day and 2007's Pirates
of the Caribbean: At World's End had major scenes filmed
here.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located along the Utah-Nevada border in the northwestern corner of the
state, the Bonneville Salt Flats lie just a few miles from the town of
Wendover, which typically experiences moderately warm to mild weather
conditions as summer is giving way to fall, and receives very little
precipitation of any kind year-round. In September, the town's average
monthly temperatures range between 77°F and 53°F, while
rainfall totals average just under half an inch for the month.
Fees
$45 if registered by August 24, 2009
$50 between Aug. 25 - September 5
$55 on Sept. 6 - 7
Registration
To reserve your spot in the Labor Day 2009 running of Utah's Flat Out
Half Marathon, register online at Active.com
or print out and mail in this downloadable entry form.
Website
www.redlineraces.com
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