The Eau Claire Marathon course starts and finishes in Carson Park. The route utilizes our city streets and area bike trails, with multiple river crossings. The second half of the race is essentially flat or downhill until the up-and-over finish back into Carson Park.
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The Bristol Half Marathon is an annual road running event held on the streets of Bristol, UK. The route is at sea level and winds through the city centre, along the Avon Gorge and under the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
The event is hilly there is no denying it. The first 4 km are nice and flat allowing you to well Standish your pace..then the hills start ...
Rule #3, aka “the rule of 120”: a course can be considered hilly if it has three (or more) rises (or descents) of 150 feet (or more). Rule #4, aka “the 4% rule”: A course is 'hilly' if it has four (or more) up (or down)hills of 4% grade or more).
The half-marathon presents a deceptively challenging elevation profile. Runners can expect approximately 1,500' feet of gain and 1,500' of loss, the majority of which occurs in the first four miles of the race. High Point: 8,189' Low Point: 7,448'
A moderately rolling run has 10-50 feet of gain per mile. A rolling run has 50-150 feet of gain per mile. A hilly run has 150-250 feet of gain per mile. A mountainous run has 250 feet of gain or more per mile.
Athletes run or walk up steep slopes ranging between 10 degrees and 30 degrees in order to ascend 1,000 meters over a distance of less than 5 kilometers, or about 3.1 miles.
In general, “high altitude” is considered to be approximately 5,000 feet or above (although the medical community tends to define the term as 8,000 feet or higher), says Bruce Kirk, Owner and Director of Snow Shadow Gymnastics High Altitude Cross-Training.
about 2 milesonly about 2 miles of gentle incline, the rest downhill and flat! Connor D. A great race in a great place. The Brighton half is a lovely race, with a good few thousand runners it has a big event feel and the start / finish line atmosphere is great.
It's very hilly. You don't really know what to expect because you'll start fast up to Ecclesall Road South but then it's a grind up to the Norfolk Arms. But once you're their it's downhill all the way back. The start line for the Sheffield Half Marathon.
Although many would consider Bath to be hilly, this course is fast and flat, avoiding all of the hills surrounding Bath. The route straddles the Avon and is on completely closed roads. The first mile is a gentle downhill, followed by two laps after Churchill Bridge.