Austin ATT Marathon February 15, 2009

By Molly Greaves
     Austin Marathon is slated for the day after Valentine’s Day. What a great way to spend the day after a romantic holiday running the marathon and having your significant other cheer you on from the sidelines in one of the coolest towns in America. Perhaps you’ll run together…that is, start off together until you kick their butt later in the race.

The picture above is the crowd last year rolling by the street in front of my house.

I’m really hoping that my friends from Vermont will come down and run this one. In fact, this blog is posted as a quick sales tool for them. Their doing Boston and all of these other events, so why not Austin? We kick ass here. Ha.

Get this. Austin is EVEN ranked #1 for the “Greenest Races” according to Runner’s World Magazine.

(here is some of what they say about Austin being a green race. “As if solar generators, a finish-line farmers’ market, organic race tees, and bio-diesel vehicles weren’t enough, the event recycles 14,375 pounds of trash”)

 

Don’t forget that if you’re new to town, Austin is home to the LONGHORNS and we are serious about our team. We’re number one right now as of writing, and I just thought I’d toss that out there in case you didn’t know.

 

 

 

Here are the VITAL STATS of this raceThe Austin Marathon & Half Marathon

Vital Statistics:

–  13,000 total runners

–  6,000 Marathon

–  7,000 Half Marathon

–  Date: Feb. 15, 2009

–  Start Time: 7:00 am

–  Approximately 40 Bands

–  Certified Boston Qualifier Course

–  Oroweat Health & Fitness Expo 
Friday, February 13 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 
Saturday, February 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd.

–  Seton Hospital Medical Staff  

–  Average Temperature Range: 44 – 65

–  Elevation: 597 feet

 

CLICK here to learn all about the race! Hope to see  ya’ll in town February 15, 2009! I’ll be looking for you.