Haulin' Aspen Trail Marathon
Haulin' Aspen Trail Half Marathon
Start Time: 8:30 AM
Registration Deadline: 8/9/2009
Registration Fee: $55
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Haulin' Aspen Trail Marathon
Start Time: 7:00 AM
Registration Deadline: 8/9/2009
Registration Fee: $80
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Course Information:
A race with a great mix of fast single track, open jeep trails, cool valleys and amazing views. Head out under the Aspens and climb into the Juniper and Ponderosa Pine trees. The single-loop course starts and ends at Shevlin Park, an amazing 650 acre park five minutes from downtown Bend...and it's 99% on dirt!
Great weather, great food and drinks, really cool people. What more could you want? Oh yeah, how about a unique finisher's medal, a custom embroidered run cap and a soak for your legs in the stream...
As usual, we have will have a wonderful post -race experience and be serving up fantastic food and locally brewed beer from Cascade Lakes Brewing Company as well as a selection of non alcoholic beverages. The marathon has 2500 feet in elevation gain and the half marathon has 1300 feet of elevation gain. The race is entering its 3rd year so we have the course pretty dialed in. All of the elevation gain for both races is in the first half of the race. Both course are fun, scenic and challenging. The well marked course will have mile markers at each aid station.
The course is going to be a great mix of terrain, surfaces, vegetation and views. From start to finish it is an awesome venue and we'll provide the aid and support to help you have your best day on the trails. You'll have at least three bridges to cross over Tumalo creek; one is a half log and another a covered bridge. You'll cross a canal that may or may not still have a bit of water in it in August. You'll have some nice cinder forest service roads and some great windy (as in curvy, not blustery!) single track to run on. You'll see aspens, ponderosas, other pines and clearings of manzanitas. You'll catch some peaks at Mt. Bachelor, Tumalo Mountain and maybe even Broken Top and The Sisters. You'll climb for the first half of the marathon (from about 3500ft at Shevlin Park to nearly 6000 ft). There will be a couple nice short steep technical sections of single track before hitting the old forest service roads which will continue the upwards trend. At the halfway point you catch the Mrazek trail and have downhill single track the rest of the way to the finish. It'll be a windy, fast and fun return to Shevlin Park. And the finish is soft and flat along pine needle covered paths next to the creek. You'll end at Aspen Meadows and after you cross the finish line you'll have the cold fresh water of the creek right there so you can cool you're legs off and clean the dirt out from between your toes.
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