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About the Race
The Snake River Half Marathon
is put on by the Palouse Road Runners on the first Saturday in March every
year. It is the first big race of the season for the Quad Cities area. It is
a beautiful river canyon out-and-back course on the Wawawai River Road along
the Snake River. The flat and paved course is USATF certified. The start
and finish are at Wawawai Landing at a river elevation of about 720 feet.
Weather in the canyon is quite warm for March with finish line
temperatures close to 50F.
2012 Event Info:
When:
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 10:00am for all runners and walkers.
Race equipment pickup will be at 8:00am on race day.
Where:
Wawawai Landing on the Snake River. From Pullman take Wawawai Road where it
crosses Highway 195 on the Pullman bypass. 16 mile drive from Pullman or 26
miles from Clarkston, WA, on Highway 193.
To see a map showing directions to the start of the race,
click here.
Note: No cell phone coverage at the
race!
2012 Registration:
Online at
http://bluecirclesports.com/EventDetail_Master.aspx?meid=636.
No day of race registration!
Online registration only. Race is being capped at 700 runners this year - and it is now full!
On the Blue Circle Sports website, select Events - Long Distance -
Washington to find this race.
Course Description:
Runners will start at Wawawai
Landing on the Snake River. They will follow Wawawai River Road on a
out-and-back course where they will turn around near Water Canyon.
Awards:
$250 cash prize to any winner breaking these course records:
Open Men: 1:08:25 (Evan Sims '11)
Open Women: 1:20:29 (Gayle Jacklin ‘02)
Masters Men: 1:09:40 (David Hayes ’84)
Masters Women: 1:23:46 (Julie Groo ’02)
Wheelchair Men: 1:00:57 (Tyler Byers ’99)
Overall awards will be given to top female and male in open, masters, and
wheelchair divisions. Age group awards will be given in 5 year age
increments.
The
course record was broken again in 2011!
Congratulations to Evan Sims of Spokane Valley
who came in with a time of 1:08:25,
breaking the 1:08:28 record set in 2010 by Michael Bresson!
Previous Years' Results and Photos:
Race Results
Photo Gallery
Timing:
Recorded times will be capped at 3.5 hours (16 minute miles). Note that walkers and runners will be starting at the same time this year.
Water stops:
Will be located at mile 2.2, 4, 6, 7.1, 9.1, and 10.9.
Porta-potties:
Large numbers
of porta-potties will be located at the starting line.
Two porta-potties
will be located at miles 2.2 and 4. They can also be visited on your return
trip to the finish line.
Course Profile:
Start |______________________________________________|
Turn around
Finish
Accommodations:
Best Western Wheatland Inn - Colfax
701 N. Main Street
Colfax, WA 99111
509-397-0397
Special $85.99 rate for Snake participants! Enter "promo15" when you register online to get the special rate.
Hilltop Inn
928 NW Olsen Street
Pullman, WA 99163
509-332-0928
Holiday Inn Express
1190 SE Bishop Blvd
Pullman, WA 99163
509-334-4437
Quality Inn
1400 SE Bishop Blvd
Pullman, WA 99163
509-334-4271
Race Sponsors:
Tri-State Outfitters
Best Western Wheatland Inn - Colfax
Emergen-C
Endurance Massage
offering sports massages after the race for
$1 per minute.
Online Registration:
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