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Wisconsin > Justiceworks "JustRunGreen09" Half
Marathon &
5K Run/Walk
Stevens
Point, WI
Date
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Event
Details
Roughly 100 runners have come out to participate and cross the finish
line in each of the last few years at Stevens Point's Justiceworks
Half Marathon & 5K, which takes runners through some of central
Wisconsin's most serene and scenic territory along a course that winds
through riverside parks, the campus of the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point and around the shores of the Schmeekle Reserve
lake just outside town.
Sponsored, organized and managed by Justiceworks, a local nonprofit
organization dedicated to supporting restorative justice and
rehabilitative programs in Portage County (where Stevens Point lies),
the race starts and finishes on either end of the town's Clark Street
Bridge, which straddles the Wisconsin River that cuts through the local
area. From there, the course takes runners eastward through downtown
Stevens Point, past the Centerpoint Marketplace on Main Street and
through the university campus on its way toward the loop around the
lake, just off Michigan Avenue.
After the lake loop, runners continue northward along Michigan,
crossing under Interstate 39 and then taking a right for another route
detour, this time around Eagle Summit and Falcons Cove, just north of
Sentry Point Golf Course. Runners then re-join the straightaway portion
of the course along North Reserve, following it northward until they
hit the turnaround point and head back towards town. As runners make
their way southward, they follow North Reserve and Michigan all the way
to Northpoint Drive, where they turn right and head east toward the
Wisconsin River.
The last few miles of the race along the river offer up some of its
most beautiful scenery, as runners follow the course through Buklot
Park, along the Green Circle Trail and reach the finish line at
Pfiffner Pioneer Park, on the eastern side of the Clark Street Bridge.
Though runners encounter a few small hills here and there, overall the
course is fast and flat and run on paved surfaces throughout the race.
Race
Weather & Climate
Located near the geographic center of the state, the small Wisconsin
town of Stevens Point typically experiences mild to moderately warm
weather in the late weeks of summer, with wetter weather on average
than in the spring and winter. In August, average monthly temperatures
range between 78°F and 57°F, while rainfall totals
average around 4.11 inches for the month.
Fees
N/A
Registration
To reserve your spot in the summer 2009 running of Wisconsin's Roll
With The
Changes Half Marathon & 5K, register online at Active.com.
Website
www.justiceworksltd.org
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