Course features
- USA Track and Field certified‚ TX06017JF
- Distance
- Half Marathon: 13.1 miles
- Relay
- First leg: 6.4 miles
- Second leg: 6.7 miles
- 4.8 m/km drop
- Rolling urban setting
- Mostly (but not exclusively) downhill
- Long straightaways
- Disposable timing device
- Pace groups provided by RunTex and Twenty-Six Two Marathon Club of Austin
- Water every other mile
- Power drinks at miles 4‚ 8 and 12
- Mile markers every mile
- Split timers every other mile
- Dry clothing drop-off at start
- Police-controlled major intersections
- Entertainment and medical support along the course
- Food at the finish
- Return bus transport from the finish to the start upon completion
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Pacing Information
Projected Race Day Schedule
| 5:30 a.m. |
Packet pickup for Half Marathon and Relay at the starting line (9500 block of Stonelake Blvd.) |
| 6:15 a.m. |
Buses transport second-leg relay team members to exchange point. The bus will be located on York Blvd. |
| 6:40 a.m. |
Start for Wheelchair Division at 9500 block of Stonelake Blvd. |
| 6:45 a.m. |
Start for Half Marathon & Relay at 9500 block of Stonelake Blvd. |
| 8 a.m. |
Buses begin picking up runners at finish line at Waterloo Park to return runners to starting line. |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Award ceremony at Waterloo Park. |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Last bus departs Waterloo Park to return runners to starting line. |
Times and places subject to change
Relay Exchange
The relay exchange point is 6.4 miles into the half marathon course‚ on Northcross Drive. First-leg runners will be timed according to gun time for the relay split time.
The second leg of the Half Marathon Relay is 6.7 miles. Second-leg runners will be timed according to the disposable timing device.
Aid Stations
- Water every other mile
- Power drinks at miles 4‚ 8 and 12
Athlete Shuttle Bus Information
All participants
Buses will return runners from the finish-line area at Waterloo Park to the start-line area beginning at 8 a.m. All buses leave when they are completely full. Last bus leaves at 11:15 a.m.
Relay Teams
At 6:15 a.m. a bus will transport the second-leg runner from the starting area along York Boulevard to the relay exchange point (the U.S. Post Office on Northcross Drive.)
The first-leg runner has the option of busing from the exchange point and returning to the starting line or the finish-line area.
There is no transportation from the finish line to the relay exchange point prior to the race.
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