• Sunday October 12, 2014

The Marathon and Marathon Relay courses are the same. The route starts on Spokane Falls Blvd and Howard at Riverfront Park and proceeds west to Monroe. Runners will cross Monroe carefully and turn right onto Riverside. At Oak, turn left and head south to First. Turn right on First Ave, then turn left on Poplar. Turn right on Pacific and then turn left on S. Coeur d'Alene St. Follow the route along the summit and follow it to the right and down the steep hill on S. Coeur d'Alene St. Turn right on Sunset Blvd and cross over the bridge. Turn right on Government way running for about two and a half miles to the Military Cemetery. At the Cemetery runners will be routed right onto the Centennial Trail on a long, paved, downhill back to Ft. Wright Drive. Runners take the right fork of the trail, running up the Fort Wright Drive hill to Elliott Drive. Turn right and continue up the Elliott hill onto the back side of the SFCC campus. After cresting, the road veers left. Stay on the road along the softball field to the main entrance to the track. RELAY EXCHANGE ZONE #1 (at SFCC track). Stay on Elliot as it veers left. Then continue to Ft. George Wright Drive and turn right. Run one block and turn right on Randolph Road. Go to Fremont Road and turn left. Stay to the right on Fremont at the Y and continue on to N. Wright Drive. The road turns into dirt as you run past the National Guard maintenance shop. The road then continues back to the Military Cemetery. Once back at the Military Cemetery, you will be routed left and head west on the Centennial Trail. This section is very winding, with short but steep hills. At about mile 9.5 runners come out on to N. Audrey White Park Drive and meet a significant hill. The next four and a half miles are winding, downhill, and rolling along the Spokane River to the 7-Mile bridge. After crossing the bridge, RELAY EXCHANGE ZONE #2 (at 7-mile Bridge) runners turn immediately right on to Aubrey White Parkway, which will follow the Spokane River back into town past Riverside State Park. This turns in to Downriver Park Drive. This section is particularly scenic as it winds along the river and past Downriver Golf Course. RELAY EXCHANGE ZONE #3 (just before the "Y" where N. Aubrey L. White Parkway meets W. Downriver Park Dr.) The next hill is at mile 22 at Pettet Drive (Doomsday Hill). After cresting the hill (half mile) runners turn right on West Point and then right on Mission. Run along the edge of the west central neighborhood where Mission turns into Summit Blvd, and then Summit turns into Ohio. This ridge road is gravel. Ohio eventually goes to the left just after the road changes from gravel to pavement. At this point, turn right onto Ide. At Monroe turn left and then immediately right onto Bridge St. Then turn left at Lincoln and run past Anthony's. Turn right at Mallon, and then continue to Howard just past the Arena. Turn right into Riverfront Park and follow the trail south across two bridges (the second one is the Blue Bridge). In the middle of the Blue Bridge is the finish.

Course closes at 1:00 pm. As always over 26.2 miles, there may be construction or other issues that will force us to make changes to the course. If this happens we will announce it on this website.

• Marathon Relay- Race Start 8:00 am
• Awards Marathon Relay- 12:45 pm

• There is no day of race registration.
• You may not change races on race day.
• No Refunds- No Deferrals
• Register Online/Web click on go image below or click here for mail-in registration

• 1st - 2nd Leg: SFCC- near the track
• 2nd - 3rd Leg: Seven-Mile Bridge
• 3rd - 4th Leg: Just before the "Y" where N. Aubrey L. White Parkway meets W. Downriver Park Dr.

• Volunteers will be at each drop off and pick up locations for assistance.
• Port-o-johns will be available at each relay transition area.
• Plan for cool, crisp temperatures.
• Be familiar with the pace of your runners to facilitate an efficient drop off/pick up timeline. Traffic can be heavy around Relay Zones. Allow extra time.
• Mile 10 to 13 of the Marathon & Marathon Relay course will be closed to motorized traffic.
• Drive Yourself to Transition Locations
• One Person Drives each Team Member -Carpool

• Local and Out-of-town participants may pick-up their race packet:
  Date: Friday, October 10, 2014
  Time: 5:00 am - 8:00 pm
  Date: Saturday, October 11, 2014
  Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
  Location:
       Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Spokane City Center
       322 North Spokane Falls Court
       Spokane, WA 99201
       
  
• Out-of-town participants only may pick-up their race packet on Race Day:
  Date: Sunday, October 12, 2014
  Time: 6:45 am - 8:30 am
  Location:
       In the hallway by Runners Soul
       Downtown Spokane
       221 N. Wall St.
       Spokane, Wa.
  
  

• Head Phones - The use of personal music devices is strongly discouraged at this race. The courses are not closed, so for the safety of all participants in these races we encourage a headphone-free environment during the running of the events.
• The Spokane marathon and half marathon travel through much of the Spokane area, quite a bit of it through neighborhoods. As you are in your final preparations for your race, please consider reminding your friends and family who are going to travel around the course to cheer for you of a few considerations for the people living in those neighborhoods and the other runners in the race:
• Be considerate of all runners—don’t drive along with the runners exposing them to your exhaust. Please park well off the road and cheer from the sidelines.
• When you park in a neighborhood, please park where you won’t intrude on the neighbors. For example- Don’t park in driveways, don’t park in their flower beds, and if they come out to ask you to do something, don’t swear at them and call them names (Yes! This has all happened!)
• Please don’t tell the neighbors that they can’t drive on the streets during the race. The roads are open, and we must share the road with the cars. Otherwise our permits won’t be renewed.
• Treat their neighborhood as you would want yours treated if this were happening in your area.

• One rule that many people aren’t aware of is the rule of illegal aid. This is true in all races where they give awards. Runners need to use the aid stations only for their aid (or carry what they need with them). If you are getting water, gel, or any other aid from someone other than aid station workers, you are actually getting illegal aid. You are getting help that others in the race aren’t able to get. Now, if you are just trying to finish, chances are people won’t notice that your spouse is meeting you every half mile and giving you the secret potion that you need. However, if you are vying for an age-group award, it may become an issue. Technically, according to USATF and RRCA rules (which are the rules we abide by), this is grounds for disqualification. The marathon committee’s hope is that everyone on the course will act with integrity and finish the race within these rules. We have had to deal with this issue once, and would rather not have to do so again.

Plan for cool, crisp temperatures at the start line - around 36 Degrees. Please check the race day weather forecast when you get into town and plan to dress accordingly.

• High average for October 59 Degrees
• Low average for October 36 Degrees

Water and sports drink will be available approximately every two miles.
Gel will be given out at Mile 15 and 20

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