Monday, October 6, 2008

Run like the devil's chasing you

This Sunday is the big day. The Half Marathon. I will be running non-stop for two hours and 10 minutes through the streets of Evansville. I would love to have some people on the side to look forward to. Friends make the best mile markers. So if you are free and the weather is good, please find a place on the course and say hi.

I start on Reitz Hill at 7am. (I know, that's early for me too.) We work our way to north on Barker to cross the Lloyd and head towards Harmony Way. We run along the south side of Golfmoor and along Maryland and Columbia to Fulton. We go north along Fulton to Ulhorn and over to Garvin park. We run along the Pigeon Greenway and through Bosse Field. Then we run south on Main street all the way to downtown. It gets a little complicated after that. We are on MLKJ, Bellemeade, Powell, Kentucky and so on. We run through the park on Bayard
and around a park near Kentucky (Akin Park). Those are both good, shady spots. Eventually we get on Riverside (not the pretty part) and work our way towards the river. We finish right on the sidewalk by the river downtown. 13.1 miles of fun.

Here's a good map with vague directions: http://evansvillehalfmarathon.org/course/CourseMap.pdf

I wouldn't recommend being at the starting line. It's very crowded. But I thought it was fun last year to drive to a spot, wait for Jason to go by, pack up and drive a little farther ahead and wait for Jason and so on...until it reached 95 degrees. Then it lost it's fun. This Sunday is supposed to be around 70. Come and say hi.

If you are running too, leave a comment.

4 comments:

Michelle said...

I'll see you there!

Laura said...

That's two who need cheering...

Anonymous said...

I will be there...scared out of my pants!

Laura said...

Yeah, Kayla (and Rodney)!

I guess without your pants, you will be easy to find.