Walnut Creek Half Marathon & 5K:
Civic Park
1375 Civic Dr,Walnut Creek
Saturday, December 14th, 2013
7:00am | $50 / $95HALF MARATHON
The start of the half marathon will be at 7:00am Runners are encouraged to start making their way to the start line no later than 6:20am.The start line is located at the Civic Park entrance on the road in front of the driveway facing North.
This course is a loop.
Look for pacers as you stage for the Half Marathon. They will be standing in their respective corals with their signs held high. Find your pace buddy and get to know your group. Pace times are as follows:
1:30
1:40
1:50
2:00
2:10
2:20The Walnut Creek Half Marathon & 10K Race will be using the ”D-Tag” timing device that goes through the shoe laces. For more information and a tutorial video on how to use this, please see below. On the morning of the event, make sure that you have your D-tag in place. Athletes will run over timing mats located throughout the race, recording their time as they pass several check points.
Runners will be given a time of 3 1/2 hours to complete the course. At the 3 1/2 hour mark, those still on the course will be moved to the shoulder/sidewalk and will be subject to the normal traffic laws.
The start of the half marathon is located in front of Civic Park and will take runners from Civic Park on the road North across Ygnacio onto Civic Rd. North which becomes Oak Rd. Runners will turn and run behind Club Sport at Jones road, which will come out onto Treat Blvd. Runners will then make their way up Treat Blvd. heading East on Treat Blvd. in the outer lane. At Cowell Road in Concord, runners will turn right and head over to Ygnacio Blvd. where they will turn left and return into Walnut Creek in the outer lane. At Heather Farms Park (San Miguel Road), runners will turn right and head through the park to the Iron Horse Trail where they will turn left. Runners will make their way to the Walnut Creek Canal Trail where they will turn left and head back to Civic Park. At Lincoln Blvd. runners will turn right and head a short ways to Broadway where they will turn right again and head to Civic Road. With just a few tenths of a mile left, runners will enter Civic Park at it’s main entrance and finish in the festival area.
Aid and Refreshment Stations will be all along the course, please refer to the course map for aid and refreshment stations.
Each half marathon finisher will receive a very cool custom die cast finishers medal for their achievement.
The Walnut Creek Half Marathon will be the last race on the California Half Marathon Series.
Each finisher of the series will also be identified as they come across the finish line and will receive a custom die cast series finisher’s medal. For more information, click here.
Awards to the top three point’s winners in the series for male and female open and male and female masters division will also be handed out on the day of the race. For more information, click here.