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Wisconsin > Madison Marathon, Half Marathon &
6.6-mile Run
Madison, WI
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Date
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Event
Details
The Wisconsin capital city known as the "City of Four Lakes" is the
backdrop for the Madison Marathon, Half Marathon & Quarter
Marathon, which saw more than 5,000 runners cross the finish line in
all three races combined at the spring 2008 running of the race. The
course, much of which runs through Madison's downtown, takes runners
who participate in either the full or the half
marathon past the waters of two of those four lakes -- Lake
Mendota and Lake Monona, as well as the smaller Lake Wingra and the
Monona Bay.
From the downtown starting line at Madison's Capitol Square -- where
all three races start -- runners follow the half-marathon course out
along King Street and then onto Williamson Street, for a straightaway
stretch that lasts several blocks until the route reaches Thornton
Avenue, where runners turn left and head straight for the next few
blocks. The course then starts heading toward its first lakeshore
stretch, passing by Tenney Park and the Tenney Park Pond on the way to
Sherman Avenue and East Gotham Street, which runners follow for roughly
the next nine blocks.
As runners are reaching the mile 4 marker, they turn right onto
Wisconsin and then left onto Langdon Street, and follow Langdon as it
curves around with the direction of the lakeshore toward the
waterfront. At North Park Street, the route turns right and heads out
onto the tree-lined trail along the waterfront, taking runners along
the shore of the massive Lake Mendota and into the campus of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. The course skirts the lakeshore
closely for roughly the next mile, all the way until reaching Walnut
Street, where runners turn left and head away from the water.
Walnut Street takes the field around the edge of campus and along
Breese Terrace, where runners exit the campus and head down to the next
stretch of the race along Edgewood and Vilas Drive, near Edgewood
College and the Henry Vilas Zoo. Runners pass by the zoo and then head
across Drake Street toward Monona Bay, where runners follow the course
along the edge of the bay along West Shore Drive. The course's final
stretch takes runners through Quann Park, for the finish line at
Madison's Alliant Energy Center on Rusk Street.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located in the southernmost part of the state, about an hour and a half
drive west from Milwaukee, the city of Madison typically sees mild to
moderately cool weather conditions in the mid-spring season, with
heavier rainfall than the winter months. In May, average monthly
temperatures range between 70°F and 44°F, while
rainfall totals average around 3.84 inches for the month.
Fees
Half marathon:
$50 if registered by December 31, 2008
$55 between January 1 - March 31, 2009
$60 between April 1 - May 3
$70 between May 4 - 21
$80 at the race expo
Registration
To reserve your spot in the spring 2009 running of
Wisconsin's Madison
Marathon, Half Marathon or 6.6-Mile Run, register online at MarathonGuide.com
or print out and mail in this downloadable entry form.
Website
www.madisonfestivals.com
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