MARATHON

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The marathon course starts in Greenway station with a flat and open first mile. At Capitol Brewery the course turns onto a 1.5 mile stretch of rolling hills on residential streets. Racers then run a moderate uphill stretch to the top of Parmenter hill before turning onto a steep descent down South Avenue. After winding back into downtown Middleton, the course crosses University Avenue just before mile 4. After mile 4.5 the racers take a right hand turn into the scenic, tree-canopied, stretch of the Pheasant Branch Nature Conservancy. The first mile is run on a new soft black top compound which changes to crushed limestone at mile 5.5. Here racers are treated to 4 miles of scenic woodland and prairie with spectacular views of the countryside. Racers exit the conservancy to run up a short hill to Pheasant Branch Road. Miles 10-13 contain the hilliest stretch as the course undulates up and down on the countryside highways. This section is capped with a challenging climb up High Road. After descending into the Middleton Hills subdivision, racers retrace their steps down Pheasant Branch Road and back into the Pheasant Branch Conservancy. Miles 15-21 are flat, fast and gorgeous as the racers traverse through the scenic and winding paved conservancy trail. At mile 22 racers are welcomed back into Downtown Middleton before retracing their previous steps. This time climbing up the backside of Parmenter hill on South Avenue then treated to a long downhill down Parmenter and Voss Parkway. After a short climb up Westchester, everything else is downhill. After turning at Capitol Brewery with less than a mile to go it will be all adrenaline through the last flat and open stretch back to the Finish Line at Greenway Station.

Surface makeup of marathon course
Blacktop/concrete road – 53%
Paved Trail- 23%
Crushed Limestone-14.5%
Boardwalk-9.5%

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HALF MARATHON

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The Half marathon course starts in Greenway station with a flat and open first mile. At Capitol Brewery the course turns onto a 1.5 mile stretch of rolling hills on residential streets. Racers then run a moderate uphill stretch to the top of Parmenter hill before turning onto a steep descent down South Avenue. After winding back into downtown Middleton, the course crosses University Avenue just before mile 4. After mile 4.5 the racers take a right hand turn into the scenic, tree-canopied, stretch of the Pheasant Branch Nature Conservancy. The first mile is run on a new soft black top compound which changes to crushed limestone at mile 5.5 as the course crosses Century Avenue. Here racers are treated to 4 miles of scenic woodland and prairie with spectacular views of the countryside. Racers return to the paved section of conservancy trail as they head west, and cross Park Lawn and Parmenter Street. After a short out and back the racers turn around under the spooky Deming Way overpass before heading back into downtown Middleton via the conservancy trail and Parmenter Ave. The course takes a right turn onto Elmwood and rounds Capitol Brewery for the final 1 mile homestretch to the finish.

Surface makeup of half marathon course
Blacktop/concrete road – 50%
Paved Trail- 20%
Crushed Limestone- 30%

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10K

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The 10k course starts in Greenway station with a flat and open first mile. At Capitol Brewery the course turns onto a 1.5 mile stretch of rolling hills on residential streets. Racers then run a moderate uphill stretch to the top of Parmenter hill before turning onto a steep descent down South Avenue. After winding back into downtown Middleton, the course makes a left hand turn onto Elmwood Avenue and rounds Capitol Brewery. The last miles are run on an out and back stretch on paved bike path and Blacktop Street.

Surface makeup of the 10k
Blacktop/concrete road – 84%
Paved Trail- 16%
Crushed Limestone- 0%