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Washington > Run For The Honeywagon Half Marathon &
4-Mile Walk/Run
Everson, WA
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Date
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Event
Details
Just over 190 runners and walkers crossed the finish line in the spring
2009 running of Everson's Run For The Honeywagon Half Marathon, 4-Mile
Run/Walk and Half-Mile Kids Run, which takes participants on a largely
fast and flat course along paved country roads through this rural
Washington town's farmland areas, located just a few miles from the
Canadian border with the province of British Columbia. Organized by the
Greater Bellingham Running Club, the race offers a smaller, more
intimate-sized field, as just under 80 runners competed in the half
marathon in 2009.
From the starting line at the Nooksack Valley Middle School on
Everson's Main Street, runners follow an out-and-back loop course that
offers a few turns in the first couple of miles of the race, as runners
head out along Main Street and then turn onto Second Street, Harrison
Street and then again onto Nooksack Avenue for a stretch that takes
them northward toward Tom Road. There the course turns left, and
runners head along Tom to Van Buren Road, which begins the stretch of
the race that takes them out of the town and into the wide-open farm
fields just outside Everson.
Runners hit the middle stretch of the race once they turn from Van
Buren onto Lindsay Road and then again onto Trap Line Road, as the
course alternates between tree-lined stretches of road and open country
fields. The course follows roughly the next two miles along Hampton
Road, then turns south onto Slotemaker and then again onto Stickney
Island Road, which runners remain on for the next two and half miles as
the course zig-zags its way through a few twists and turns.
Once the field hits Tarp Line Road for a second time, the course begins
a roughly mile-long north and then south route, up along Tarp Line,
east across Hampton and then south along Van Buren, turning for the
final time onto Main Street for the home stretch of the race back
toward the finish line at the school. Those running the four-mile and
half marathon runs will start their races at 10:00 AM, and runners are
advised that the aid stations along the course will start closing by
12:30 PM.
Race
Weather & Climate
Cool, often cold weather prevails in the Everson area in the early
spring, as March temperatures average between 37°F and
53°F. Come prepared for wet weather, as the town sees an
average of just over 4 inches of precipitation during the month.
Fees
$10 for the half marathon
$8 for the 4-mile run
Registration
Runners who wish to run in the spring 2010 running of Washington's
Run For The Honeywagon Half
Marathon can register on the day of the race at Nooksack Valley Middle
School.
Website
www.gbrc.net
Half
Marathon Course Map
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