Marathoners rejoin the Half Marathon course for the final half mile of the race as they enjoy an epic finish on the track inside Hayward Field. The final miles of the Marathon course run along the Willamette River and feature Eugene's new Downtown Riverfront Park. The course takes runners through Alton Baker Park, past Valley River Center to the Owosso Footbridge where they start the return journey to the finish. The Half Marathon loops west in Alton Baker Park, crosses the Frohnmayer Footbridge and returns to Hayward Field for a final 200m on the track.Īfter splitting from the Half Marathon course, Marathoners will do a loop in Springfield before heading west on the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path System. After joining the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path System, the Marathon and Half Marathon courses split at Knickerbocker Footbridge. Near Mile 9, runners pass by Hayward Field heading north, cross Franklin Blvd and head east toward Springfield.

Heading back toward the University of Oregon, runners follow Amazon Parkway and turn east on 19th Ave. The course takes runners through the University neighborhoods and south on E Amazon all the way to Frank Kinney Park. Who at the NYRR.Age: Must be at least 16 years old on race dayĢ023 Course Map on Google Maps: Click HereĬourse Description: The Eugene Marathon and Half Marathon courses will start on Agate Street, in the shadow of Hayward Field, heading south. This is coming from an avid fan of running. No mater how it is advertised as “An event with thousands of different stories” it only disrupts traffic and people’s schedules to have it go on for hours and hours until it is over. I think that these races have to stop trying to have more and more runners. I heard it is to accommodate more runners.

I don’t know why it was so dramatically changed from the course it had in which the runners go around Central Park then down 7th Avenue and turn west at 42nd Street and down the West Side Highway to the Wall Street area. I think that next year or not much more than in another two years the course will be changed even another time. The Marathons World (App is Here Marathons World is a social media website geared toward runners. It will go through some obscure streets in lower Manhattan and it is really odd that it starts in Brooklyn never mind that the FDR drive has to be closed for hours for this event. The New York Road Runners Org has chosen such a strange course for this year’s NYC half marathon.

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